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District Of Portalegre
Portalegre District ( ) is located in the east of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Portalegre. As of 2021, it is the least populous district of Portugal. It borders Spain. Municipalities The district is composed of 15 municipalities: * Alter do Chão * Arronches * Avis * Campo Maior * Castelo de Vide * Crato * Elvas * Fronteira * Gavião * Marvão * Monforte * Nisa * Ponte de Sor * Portalegre * Sousel Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022 , - class="unsortable" !rowspan=2, Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 , 1976 !colspan=2 , 1979 !colspan=2 , 1980 !colspan=2 , 1983 !colspan=2 , 1985 !colspan=2 , 1987 !colspan=2 , 1991 !colspan=2 , 1995 !colspan=2 , 1999 !colspan=2 , 2002 !colspan=2 , 2005 !colspan=2 , 2009 !colspan=2 , 2011 !colspan=2 , 2015 !colspan=2 , 2019 !colspan=2 , 2022 , - , align="left", PS , , st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Portugal
The Districts of Portugal () are the most important first-level administrative subdivisions of continental Portugal. Currently, mainland Portugal is divided into 18 districts. As an administrative division, each district serves mainly as the area of jurisdiction of a Civil Government, civil governor, who acts as the local delegate of the Government of Portugal, Central Government of Portugal. Overview The Districts of Portugal were established by a royal decree of 18 July 1835. On the Portuguese mainland, they correspond to the current districts, with the exception of Setúbal District, which is the result of a split of Lisbon District in 1926. This decree did not affect the then extensive colonial empire. The 1976 Constitution of Portugal, Portuguese Constitution specifies that Portugal has only, as first-level divisions, the Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions (Azores and Madeira) and the administrative divisions of Portugal, administrative regions (to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crato, Portugal
Crato () is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,708, in an area of 398.07 km2. The present Mayor is José Correia Luz, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Aldeia da Mata * Crato e Mártires, Flor da Rosa e Vale do Peso * Gáfete * Monte da Pedra History Crato has been the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Portugal since 1340. The head of the order was known as the Prior of Crato The Prior of Crato (''Prior do Crato''), was the traditional title given to the head of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Hospitaller) in Portugal. It is a reference to the domains of the order around Crato, Portugal. The Port .... References External linksTown Hall official website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unitary Democratic Coalition
The Unitary Democratic Coalition (, CDU) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party () and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" ( Portuguese: Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" or PEV). The coalition also integrates the political movement Democratic Intervention (). The coalition was formed in 1987 in order to run to the simultaneous legislative election and European Parliament election that were held on July 19 of that year. It achieved its best result in the 1987 elections both nationally and locally. From 1991 until 2019, the party consistently won between six and ten percent of the national vote in elections to the Assembly of the Republic until 2022 and 2024, in which the coalition dropped below 5% nationally for the first time. The coalition supported the minority Socialist Costa Government from 2015 until 2019 with a confidence and supply agreement. History Since the beginning of the coalition, the member parties have never participate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal Ahead
The PSD/CDS coalition (, PPD/PSD.CDS-PP) is a recurring conservative political and electoral alliance in Portugal formed by the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP). Though the history of coalition between the two parties stretches back over 40 years, the parties have not run together in most elections and, when they did so, they always retained their own autonomous parliamentary groups afterwards. History PSD and CDS were founded after the 1974 Revolution that overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship. Both parties have had a close affinity for the most part of their existence. Previous to any electoral alliance, they both endorsed the same presidential candidate in the first democratic presidential election of 1976, Ramalho Eanes, who also had the backing of the Socialist Party. The first time the two parties were together in a coalition was in the general and local elections of 1979, under the Democratic Alliance banner, albeit along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 1979)
The Democratic Alliance (, AD) was a centre-right political alliance, in Portugal composed of the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party (PSD), CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and the People's Monarchist Party (Portugal), People's Monarchist Party (PPM). It existed between 1979 and 1983, and was Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024), refounded for the 2024 Portuguese legislative election, 2024 legislative election. After its first official dissolution, the coalition was continued to operated in local elections after 1989 and presented lists across the country in every single local election after 2001. In the first creation, the alliance was composed of the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party (PSD), the CDS – People's Party, Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) and the People's Monarchist Party (Portugal), People's Monarchist Party (PPM), including also a group of dissidents of the right wing of the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party ( , PSD) is a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal that is currently the country's ruling party. Commonly known by its colloquial initials PSD, on ballot papers its initials appear as its official form PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, the Democratic People's Party (, PPD). A party of the centre-right, the PSD is one of the three major parties in Portuguese politics, its rivals being the Socialist Party (PS) on the centre-left and the far-right Chega (CH) party. The PSD was founded in 1974, two weeks after the Carnation Revolution. In 1976, the party adopted its current name. In 1979, the PSD allied with centre-right parties to form the Democratic Alliance and won that year's election. One year later, the party's founder and then Prime Minister, Francisco Sá Carneiro died in a plane crash. After the 1983 general election, the party formed a grand coalition with the Socialist Party, kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party ( , PS) is a social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Portugal, political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action (). The PS is a member of the Socialist International, Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists, and has eight members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the Tenth European Parliament, 10th European Parliament. The party won the 1976 Portuguese legislative election, 1976 general election and formed the I Constitutional Government of Portugal, first constitutional government after the 1974 revolution, with Mário Soares as prime minister. However, the government was unstable and fell in 1978. The PS lost the 1979 Portuguese legislative election, 1979 election, but returned to power in 1983 Portuguese legislative election, 1983, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sousel, Portugal
Sousel () is a municipality in the District of Portalegre in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,074, in an area of 279.32 km2. The municipality is famous for its olive trees and as a great hunting region. The Calça e Pina family was the main developer of Sousel in the 18th century. The economy is mainly based on agriculture, but tourism plays a major role in the region's economy as well. The present Mayor is Manuel Valério, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday Easter Monday is the second day of Eastertide and a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly Christian countries. In Western Christianity it marks the second day of the Octave of Easter; in Eastern Christianity it marks the second day of Br .... Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Cano * Casa Branca * Santo Amaro * Sousel Notable people * Bruno Bolas (born 1996) a Portuguese professional footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponte De Sor
Ponte de Sor () is a city and municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,722, in an area of 839.71 km2. The present Mayor is Hugo Hilário, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday. Economy The economy of the municipality is based on agriculture – in particular the cork industry, of which the area is one of the biggest producers worldwide – services and light industries ranging from food to aviation. Ponte de Sor Aerodrome is base to several business, such as Sevenair Academy, the biggest flight school in Europe. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Foros de Arrão * Galveias * Longomel * Montargil * Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor Sport Ponte de Sor is home to the football team Eléctrico, who play at the Estádio Municipal de Ponte de Sor. Notable people * Vitória Pais Freire de Andrade (1883–1930) an active Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisa, Portugal
Nisa () is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,450, in an area of 575.68 km2. The present Mayor is Maria Idalina Alves Trindade (PS - Partido Socialista). The municipal holiday is Easter Monday. In addition, it lends its name to Queijo de Nisa, a Portuguese sheep cheese with a protected designation of origin The protected designation of origin (PDO) is a type of geographical indication of the European Union aimed at preserving the designations of origin of food-related products. The designation was created in 1992 and its main purpose is to designat ... (PDO). Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Alpalhão * Arez e Amieira do Tejo * Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão * Montalvão * Santana * São Matias * Tolosa Notable people * Álvaro Semedo (ca.1585 - 1658) a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary in China. References External links To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monforte Municipality
Monforte () is a municipality in the District of Portalegre in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,329, in an area of 420.25 km2. The present Mayor is Gonçalo Nuno Lagem, elected by the Coligação Democrática Unitária. History The human occupation of this territory began in the Neolithic period, with small communities farming and cattle raising. The Roman civilization had an important influence in these lands leaving a rich patrimonial legacy. During the Middle Ages there existed in the territory of the present council two different population nucleus, the Villa of Monforte and the Villa of Assumar. The first Letter of charter was granted in 1257, by D. Afonso III, to the Villa of Monforte. It would be it given new letter of charter on July 1, 1512, by D. Manuel I. In 1281, D. Dinis offered it to its daughter D. Isabel, as gift of its marriage. In 1455, the Villa of Monforte entered in the ownership of the territorial domain of Bragança's House, through the don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvão
Marvão (), officially the Very Noble and Ever Loyal Town of Marvão (), is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2020 was 2,972 (and dropping at a rate of around one inhabitant per week), in an area of 154.90 km2. The present Mayor is Luís Vitorino, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 8. Perched on a quartzite crag of the Serra de São Mamede, Marvão's name is derived from an 8th-century Muwallad rebel, named Ibn Marwan. Ibn Marwan, who constructed the Castle of Marvão - likely on the site of an earlier Roman watchtower - as a power base when establishing an independent statelet ("emirate", duchy) - covering much of modern-day Portugal - during the Emirate of Cordoba (884-931 CE). The castle and walled village were further fortified through the centuries, notably under Sancho II of Portugal (13th century) and Denis of Portugal. The village has generated significant tourist interest in recent yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
