Rio Maior Municipality
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Rio Maior is a municipality and city in Portugal. The community numbered 21,231 on 30 June 2011 inhabitants, of whom 12,000 live within the city.
History
Was first documented in Rio Maior in 1177 as a village in the district of Santarém. 1619 here a royal hostel was opened. The 1789 opened royal road from Lisbon to Coimbra also happened Rio Maior. In Miguelistenkrieg 1834 King Michael I stayed in the hostel. In 1836, Rio Maior seat of its own circle.
After the first attempts in 1890 here was the coal mining, as part of the efforts of the country in the First World War, resumed and intensified. On August 14, 1985, the former town ( Vila ) Rio Maior to the city ( Cidade ) was charged.
Management
The circle
Rio Maior is the administrative seat of the homonymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Santarém. June 30, 2011 had the circle 21,231 inhabitants in an area of 272.8 km ².
The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Santarém, Azambuja Cadaval, Caldas da Rainha and Alcobaça.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Rio Maior:
- Alcobertas
- Arrouquelas
- Arruda dos Pisões
- Asseiceira
- Assentiz
- Azambujeira
- Fráguas
- Malaqueijo
- Marmeleira
- Outeiro because Cortiçada
- Ribeira de São João
- Rio Maior
- São João da Ribeira
- São Sebastião
Demographics
Local holiday
- November 6
Twinning
- Morocco Casablanca, Morocco ( since 1993)
- Portugal Cantanhede, Portugal ( since 1996)
- Portugal Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal ( since 1996)
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ruy Belo (1933-1978), writer and translator, known existentialist
- Carmelinda Pereira ( b. 1948 ), politician and teacher
- Susana feitor ( b. 1975 ), athlete