Alenquer Municipality, Portugal
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Alenquer () is a municipality in the
Lisbon District Lisbon District ( pt, Distrito de Lisboa, ) is a district located along the western coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital. From its creation until 1926, it included the area of the cur ...
,
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...
. The population in 2011 was 43,267,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
in an area of . The present Mayor is Pedro Miguel Ferreira Folgado.


History

Alenquer received its
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in 1212 by the hand of ''
Infanta ''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to th ...
'' (Princess)
Sancha, Lady of Alenquer Sancha of Portugal (; 1180 in Coimbra – 13 March 1229 in Celas Monastery), was a Portuguese ''infanta'', second daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon. Life She was born 1180 and was the feudal Lady of Alenquer. Sancha and ...
, daughter of
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Sancho I of Portugal Sancho I of Portugal (), nicknamed "the Populator" ( pt, "o Povoador"), King of Portugal (Coimbra, 11 November 115426 March 1211) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. ...
.


Climate

Alenquer has a
mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...
with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. It has a total of 2763.9 annual hours of sunshine.


Notable residents

* Pêro de Alenquer a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast *
Damião de Góis Damião de Góis (; February 2, 1502January 30, 1574), born in Alenquer, Portugal, was an important Portuguese humanist philosopher. He was a friend and student of Erasmus. He was appointed secretary to the Portuguese factory in Antwerp in 152 ...
(1502 in Alenquer – 1574) an important Portuguese humanist philosopher. *
John Smith Athelstane, 1st Count of Carnota John Smith Athelstane GCC (9 May 1813 – 16 April 1886) was a British diplomat, author, biographer and painter. He was the son of Michael Athleston-Smith and Sarah Walton. He was the first and only Count of Carnota in Portugal and used this st ...
(1813-1886 in Alenquer) a British diplomat, author, biographer and painter.


Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (''
freguesias ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...
''): * Abrigada e Cabanas de Torres * Aldeia Galega da Merceana e Aldeia Gavinha * Alenquer (Santo Estêvão e Triana) *
Carnota Carnota is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, autonomous community of Galicia. It belongs to the comarca of Muros. It has an area of 66.4 km2, a population of 5,285 (2004 estimate) and a population density ...
*
Carregado e Cadafais Carregado e Cadafais is a civil parish in the municipality of Alenquer, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Carregado and Cadafais. The population in 2011 was 13,441,Meca ''mecA'' is a gene found in bacterial cells which allows them to be resistant to antibiotics such as methicillin, penicillin and other penicillin-like antibiotics. The bacteria strain most commonly known to carry ''mecA'' is methicillin-resista ...
* Olhalvo *
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Ribafria e Pereiro de Palhacana Ribafria e Pereiro de Palhacana is a civil parish in the municipality of Alenquer, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Ribafria and Pereiro de Palhacana. The population in 2011 was 1,547,
* Ventosa *
Vila Verde dos Francos Vila Verde dos Francos () is a parish of the municipality of Alenquer, in western Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a Sovereign state, country whose mainland is located on th ...


See also

*
Alenquer DOC Alenquer is a Portuguese wine region centered on the town of Alenquer, Portugal, Alenquer in the Lisboa VR, Lisboa wine region. The region is designated as ''Denominação de Origem Controlada'' (DOC)Official siteFórum Alenquer
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