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Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Alentejo
- Intermunic comm
- Alto Alentejo
- District
- Portalegre
- President
- Adelaide Teixeira ( Ind. )
- Total
- 447.14 km (172.64 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 480 m (1,570 ft)
- Density
- 50.025/km (129.56/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Local holiday
- 23 May
- Website
- www .cm-portalegre .pt
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Encyclopedic overview
Portalegre ( pronounced [puɾtɐˈlɛɣɾɨ] ), officially the City of Portalegre (Portuguese: Cidade de Portalegre), is a municipality in Portugal. The population as of 2011 was 22,368, in an area of 447.14 square kilometres (172.64 sq mi). The municipality is located by the Serra de São Mamede in the Portalegre District.
Its name comes from the Latin Portus Alacer (meaning "cheerful port"). The municipal holiday is 23 May. According to the 2001 census the city of Portalegre had 15,768 inhabitants in its two parishes (Sé and São Lourenço). These two parishes, plus the eight rural parishes, had a total of 25,608 inhabitants. The current mayor is Adelaide Teixeira, who was elected as an independent.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portalegre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.