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Alenquer
Alenquer
Municipality
	View of Alenquer from Praça Luís de Camões
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 39°03′N 9°01′W / 39.050°N 9.017°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Oeste e Vale do Tejo
Intermunic. comm.	Oeste
District	Lisbon
Parishes	11
Government
• President	Paulo Sequeira Santos
Area
• Total	304.22 km2 (117.46 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	43,267
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	Ascension Day (date varies)
Website	http://www.cm-alenquer.pt

Alenquer (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐlẽˈkɛɾ] ^ⓘ) is a Portuguese municipality in the Lisbon District and in the Oeste region. The population in 2011 was 43,267,^[1] in an area of 304.22 square kilometres (117.46 sq mi).^[2] The present Mayor is Pedro Miguel Ferreira Folgado.^[3]

History

Alenquer received its Foral in 1212 by the hand of Infanta (Princess) Sancha, Lady of Alenquer, daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal.

Climate

Alenquer has a mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. It has a total of 2763.9 annual hours of sunshine.^[4]

Climate data for Ota Airport, Alenquer, 1961-1990, altitude: 40 m (130 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.6 (70.9)	24.5 (76.1)	27.3 (81.1)	29.4 (84.9)	36.5 (97.7)	43.5 (110.3)	40.5 (104.9)	40.9 (105.6)	39.8 (103.6)	33.6 (92.5)	29.4 (84.9)	22.8 (73.0)	43.5 (110.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	14.7 (58.5)	15.7 (60.3)	17.7 (63.9)	19.2 (66.6)	22.0 (71.6)	25.6 (78.1)	28.4 (83.1)	28.7 (83.7)	27.4 (81.3)	23.1 (73.6)	18.0 (64.4)	15.1 (59.2)	21.3 (70.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	10.1 (50.2)	11.0 (51.8)	12.8 (55.0)	14.4 (57.9)	16.9 (62.4)	20.0 (68.0)	22.4 (72.3)	22.5 (72.5)	21.4 (70.5)	17.8 (64.0)	13.4 (56.1)	10.7 (51.3)	16.1 (61.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	5.5 (41.9)	6.3 (43.3)	7.9 (46.2)	9.6 (49.3)	11.8 (53.2)	14.4 (57.9)	16.4 (61.5)	16.3 (61.3)	15.4 (59.7)	12.5 (54.5)	8.8 (47.8)	6.3 (43.3)	10.9 (51.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	84.6 (3.33)	88.7 (3.49)	61.8 (2.43)	56.7 (2.23)	44.1 (1.74)	20.9 (0.82)	4.5 (0.18)	5.7 (0.22)	23.2 (0.91)	74.1 (2.92)	103.6 (4.08)	89.2 (3.51)	657.1 (25.86)
Source: Instituto de Meteorologia^[5]

Notable residents

Pêro de Alenquer a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
Damião de Góis (1502 in Alenquer – 1574) an important Portuguese humanist philosopher.^[6]
John Smith Athelstane, 1st Count of Carnota (1813-1886 in Alenquer) a British diplomat, author, biographer and painter.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):^[7]

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ "Info institucional › Câmara municipal 2017/21 - Município de Alenquer".
^ "Linha aérea dupla Carregado-Rio Maior" (PDF). REN. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Alenquer Municipality. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "Goes, Damião de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 180–181.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 8" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2014.

External links

Official site
Fórum Alenquer Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine

[ine-1] Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[dgt-2] "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

[3] "Info institucional › Câmara municipal 2017/21 - Município de Alenquer".

[4] "Linha aérea dupla Carregado-Rio Maior" (PDF). REN. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[5] "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Alenquer Municipality. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[6] "Goes, Damião de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 180–181.

[7] Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 8" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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