Sertã
Encyclopedia
Sertã is a municipality in Portugal
with a total area of 446.7 km² and a total population of 16,208 inhabitants.
The municipality is composed of 14 parishes and is located in Castelo Branco District.
The present mayor is José Paulo Barata Farinha, elected by the Socialist Party
.
The municipal holiday is the June 24.
(mainly devoted to soccer, playing (2004-2005) the 3rd Division Championship).
Local newspaper: A Comarca da Sertã
(weekly)
Nearby is the parish of Cernache de Bonjardim
, where Nuno Álvares Pereira
was born.
s):
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 446.7 km² and a total population of 16,208 inhabitants.
The municipality is composed of 14 parishes and is located in Castelo Branco District.
The present mayor is José Paulo Barata Farinha, elected by the Socialist Party
Portuguese Socialist Party
The Portuguese Socialist Party was a political party in Portugal.The party was founded in 1875. During its initial phase the party was heavily influenced by Proudhonism, and rejected revolutionary Marxism. The party suffered constant factional struggles...
.
The municipal holiday is the June 24.
| Population of Sertã (1801 – 2004) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 |
| 10235 | 13456 | 20380 | 24057 | 27997 | 21503 | 18199 | 16720 | 16208 |
General information
Local sports club: Sertanense Futebol ClubeSertanense
Sertanense Futebol Clube , formerly Sertanense Foot-ball Club, is a Portuguese football club based in Sertã. Founded in 1934, it currently plays in the Portuguese Third Division, holding home games at Campo de Jogos Dr...
(mainly devoted to soccer, playing (2004-2005) the 3rd Division Championship).
Local newspaper: A Comarca da Sertã
A Comarca da Sertã
A Comarca da Sertã is a local newspaper published weekly in Sertã, Portugal.Its first publication was on 9 May 1936, led by Eduardo Barata da Silva Corrêa. Later it was developed by Amaro Vicente Martins. it is directed by João Miguel Barata Martins....
(weekly)
Nearby is the parish of Cernache de Bonjardim
Cernache de Bonjardim
Cernache do Bonjardim is a parish in central Portugal. It is often wrongly spelled Sernache do Bonjardim ....
, where Nuno Álvares Pereira
Nuno Álvares Pereira
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. , also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile...
was born.
Parishes
The municipality includes the following parishes (freguesiaFreguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
s):
| Parish name | Population | Area km² | Densidade h/km² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabeçudo | 999 | 9,95 | 100,4 |
| Carvalhal | 613 | 9,84 | 62,3 |
| Castelo | 1 163 | 24,62 | 47,2 |
| Cernache de Bonjardim Cernache de Bonjardim Cernache do Bonjardim is a parish in central Portugal. It is often wrongly spelled Sernache do Bonjardim .... |
3 283 | 72,06 | 45,6 |
| Cumeada | 573 | 23,10 | 24,8 |
| Ermida | 301 | 27,98 | 10,8 |
| Figueiredo | 286 | 14,70 | 19,5 |
| Marmeleiro | 304 | 29,70 | 10,2 |
| Nesperal | 335 | 7,74 | 43,3 |
| Palhais | 346 | 22,04 | 15,7 |
| Pedrógão Pequeno | 916 | 42,75 | 21,4 |
| Sertã | 5 500 | 81,71 | 67,3 |
| Troviscal | 1 134 | 54,06 | 21,0 |
| Várzea dos Cavaleiros | 968 | 32,88 | 29,4 |