Cernache do Bonjardim

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Cernache do Bonjardim is a small town ( Vila ) in Portugal.

History

The community was founded in 1555 as São Sebastião de Cernache do Bonjardim. The place has long been considered one of the largest villages of Portugal until he was raised on 20 August 1995 small town ( Vila ).

Management

Cernache do Bonjardim is the seat of an eponymous municipality ( freguesia ) in a circle ( concelho ) of Sertã in the district of Castelo Branco. 3055 inhabitants live in it (as at 30 June 2011).

Longtime Chairman of the Municipal Council (Presidente da Junta de Freguesia ) is Diamantino Calado Pina (1997-2001, 2005-2009, 2013-2017 ).

The following villages are in the community:

• Almegue
• Brejo da Correia
• Calvaria
• Canado
• Carvalho
• Casal da Madalena
• Cascabaço

• Cernache do Bonjardim
• Escudeiros
• Foz da Sertã
• Matos
• Mendeira
• Pampilhal
• Pinheiro da Aldeia Velha

• Porto dos Fusos
• Quintã
• Roda
• Sambado
• Várzea de Pedro Mouro

Sports

The football club Grupo Desportivo de Vitória Sernache founded in 1948, plays its home games at the 4,500 -seat municipal stadium Estádio Municipal Nuno Pereira Álveres. The first men's team played in the 2012/13 season in the top division of the district of Castelo Branco. Also Futsal men's and ladies' have meaning in the club.

Sons and daughters of the town

As the birthplace of the saint and national hero Nuno Alvares Pereira (1360-1431) is the church a famous pilgrimage site in Portugal. There the significant for India Jesuit Bishop Clemens Joseph Colaco Leitao (1704-1776) and the journalist and author Pedro Rosa Mendes ( b. 1968 ) In addition, were born.