Aljustrel
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Aljustrel is a municipality in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 with a total area of 458.3 km² and a total population of 9,940 inhabitants.

During the Roman era, Aljustrel was known as Metallum Vispascense.

The municipality is composed of five parishes and is located in the district of Beja.

The present mayor is Nelson Domingos Brito, elected by the Socialist Party
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of several different political parties around the world that are explicitly called Socialist. All of these parties claim to uphold socialism, though they might belong to different branches of the socialist movement and might therefore have different interpretations of...

.

The municipal holiday is June 13.

Its French twin town is Hem
Hem, Nord
Hem is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It is located near the city of Roubaix.Hem is one of the oldest communes in the North of France. Originally known as ‘Ham’, it became ‘Hem’ during the 14th century...

, in the Nord département.

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