Sertã

For the civil parish, see Sertã (parish). For other uses, see Serta.
Sertã
Municipality
Town of Sertã
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Coordinates: 39°48′N 8°06′W / 39.80°N 8.10°W / 39.80; -8.10
Country Portugal
RegionOeste e Vale do Tejo
Intermunic. comm.Médio Tejo
DistrictCastelo Branco
Parishes10
Government
 • PresidentCarlos Miranda (PS)
Area
 • Total
446.73 km2 (172.48 sq mi)
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
15,880
 • Density35.55/km2 (92.07/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
6100
Area code(+351) 274
Local holidayBirthday of Nuno Álvares Pereira, 24 June
WebsiteOfficial website (in Portuguese)

Sertã (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨɾˈtɐ̃] ⓘ), officially Town of Sertã (Portuguese: Vila da Sertã), is a municipality in Castelo Branco District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,880,[1] in an area of 446.73 km2.[2]

The present mayor is Carlos Miranda, elected by the PS. The municipal holiday is the June 24.

Population of Sertã (1801 – 2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
10235 13456 20380 24057 27997 21503 18199 16720 15880

Etymology

The town's name literally means "frying pan", but is near-certainly a phono-semantic matching of a pre-Roman toponym. This hasn't stopped the creation of all manner of folk etymological legends seeking to explain name of the town, the most famous of which is the so-called "Legend of Celinda", supposedly a Lusitanian woman who had been frying eggs while the settlement was under attack by Quintus Sertorius' forces and, upon learning of her husband's death, poured boiling hot cooking oil on the besiegers. This story has lent the town its name Sartago Sternit Sartagine Hostes (lit. 'Sertã scatters its enemies with a sertã').

General information

Local sports club: Sertanense Futebol Clube (mainly devoted to soccer, playing (2004-2005) the 3rd Division Championship).

Local newspaper: A Comarca da Sertã (weekly)

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 10 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

Parish name Population (2011)[1] Area km2[2]
Cabeçudo 957 10.39
Carvalhal 465 10.02
Castelo 1,046 24.57
Cernache do Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais 3,625 101.58
Cumeada e Marmeleiro 731 51.73
Ermida e Figueiredo 423 42.74
Pedrógão Pequeno 753 36.86
Sertã 6,196 80.95
Troviscal 864 53.37
Várzea dos Cavaleiros 820 34.51

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ a b Eurostat
  3. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 114" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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