Grândola
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Grândola (, ) is a town (vila) and municipality in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 13,822, in an area of . Besides the town of Grândola, it includes areas such as Tróia (part of Carvalhal parish), a peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Sado River, and the popular summer resort of Melides. The municipality also features the Serra de Grândola mountain range and its coastline is partly within the Comporta region.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.seat
- Grândola Municipal Chamber
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Grândola
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-gdl1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- GDL.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Câmara Municipal Grândola Portugal.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Grândola City Hall
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
- none
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Alentejo Litoral
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Setúbal
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- CDU
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Antonio Figueira Mendes
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 825.94
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 13,822
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history and medieval period
- Early modern period
- 20th and 21st centuries
- Climate
- Parishes
- Transports
- Notable inhabitants
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Grândola (, ) is a town (vila) and municipality in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 13,822, in an area of . Besides the town of Grândola, it includes areas such as Tróia (part of Carvalhal parish), a peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Sado River, and the popular summer resort of Melides. The municipality also features the Serra de Grândola mountain range and its coastline is partly within the Comporta region.
Grândola is known for inspiring the song "Grândola, Vila Morena" by José Afonso, which became an iconic symbol during the Carnation Revolution. The song was used as the second, secret radio broadcast signal on the 25th of April 1974, confirming that the military coup was underway. Its airing just after midnight following "E depois do adeus" on Rádio Renascença, marked the start of the revolution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grândola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations