Sesimbra Municipality
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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Sesimbra is a small town ( Vila ) in Portugal. It is located on the peninsula of Setúbal in the former region Lisboa e Vale do Tejo.
History
Sesimbra was founded in 1201 and received a city charter in 1323.
Management
County Sesimbra
Sesimbra is the seat of an eponymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Setúbal. On 30 June 2011 the county had 49 183 inhabitants in an area of 195.2 km ².
The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Almada, Seixal, Barreiro, Setúbal and the Atlantic Ocean.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the county Sesimbra:
Demographics
Local holiday
- May 4
Twinning
Sesimbra is a member of European Cities Association Douzelage, which belong to 24 cities and towns of one country of the European Union.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho (1560-1602), cartographer and explorer
- Helena Laureano (born 1967 ), model and actress
- Pedro Gil- Pedro ( * 1973), writer
- Flávio Paixão ( born 1984 ), football player
- Marco Paixão ( born 1984 ), football player, twin brother of Flávio Paixão