Viana do Alentejo

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

Viana do Alentejo

Municipality

The Castle of Viana do Alentejo contemplating the town

Flag

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 38°17′N 7°59′W﻿ / ﻿38.283°N 7.983°W﻿ / 38.283; -7.983
Country|  Portugal
Region| Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.| Alentejo Central
District| Évora
Parishes| 3
Government

• President| Bernardino Bengalinha Pinto (PS)
Area

• Total

| 393.67 km2 (152.00 sq mi)
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 5,743
• Density| 15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday| January 13
Website| www.cm-vianadoalentejo.pt

Viana do Alentejo (pronounced [viˈɐnɐ ðu ɐlẽˈtɛʒu] ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,743,[1] in an area of 393.67 km2.[2]

The present Mayor is Bernardino Bengalinha Pinto, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is January 13.

## Climate

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Viana do Alentejo has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with mild, rainy winters and hot to very hot, dry summers.

Climate data for Viana do Alentejo, 1981-2010 normals and extremes (with 2003 record high), altitude: 202 m (663 ft)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 23.8
(74.8)  | 25.2
(77.4)  | 30.0
(86.0)  | 35.7
(96.3)  | 39.2
(102.6)  | 44.0
(111.2)  | 45.0
(113.0)  | 47.0
(116.6)  | 43.0
(109.4)  | 36.5
(97.7)  | 28.6
(83.5)  | 25.0
(77.0)  | 47.0
(116.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 14.7
(58.5)  | 16.3
(61.3)  | 19.7
(67.5)  | 21.1
(70.0)  | 24.9
(76.8)  | 30.4
(86.7)  | 34.0
(93.2)  | 33.9
(93.0)  | 30.2
(86.4)  | 24.1
(75.4)  | 18.8
(65.8)  | 15.3
(59.5)  | 23.6
(74.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 9.8
(49.6)  | 11.0
(51.8)  | 13.5
(56.3)  | 14.8
(58.6)  | 17.8
(64.0)  | 22.0
(71.6)  | 24.6
(76.3)  | 24.8
(76.6)  | 22.4
(72.3)  | 18.2
(64.8)  | 13.6
(56.5)  | 10.8
(51.4)  | 16.9
(62.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 4.8
(40.6)  | 5.7
(42.3)  | 7.4
(45.3)  | 8.5
(47.3)  | 10.6
(51.1)  | 13.7
(56.7)  | 15.3
(59.5)  | 15.7
(60.3)  | 14.7
(58.5)  | 12.2
(54.0)  | 8.4
(47.1)  | 6.4
(43.5)  | 10.3
(50.5)
Record low °C (°F)  | −5.7
(21.7)  | −4.5
(23.9)  | −2.7
(27.1)  | 0.6
(33.1)  | 2.7
(36.9)  | 6.2
(43.2)  | 9.0
(48.2)  | 8.7
(47.7)  | 4.7
(40.5)  | 0.5
(32.9)  | −2.0
(28.4)  | −4.2
(24.4)  | −5.7
(21.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)  | 72.5
(2.85)  | 58.9
(2.32)  | 40.9
(1.61)  | 60.1
(2.37)  | 38.7
(1.52)  | 13.8
(0.54)  | 2.8
(0.11)  | 5.9
(0.23)  | 30.8
(1.21)  | 74.0
(2.91)  | 81.5
(3.21)  | 91.9
(3.62)  | 571.8
(22.5)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 12.0  | 10.4  | 7.3  | 10.1  | 7.0  | 2.7  | 0.6  | 1.0  | 5.0  | 11.2  | 11.8  | 14.5  | 93.6
Source: Instituto de Meteorologia[3]

## Parishes

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Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]

* Aguiar
* Alcáçovas
* Viana do Alentejo

## Notable residents

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Notable people from Viana do Alentejo include:

* Joana da Gama (c.1520 – 1586) a Portuguese writer.
* Duarte Lobo (ca.1565 – 1646) a Portuguese composer.
* Aleixo de Abreu (1568–1630) a Portuguese physician and tropical pathologist.
* António Francisco Cardim (1596–1659) a Jesuit priest, missionary and historian in the Far East.
* António Banha (1941-2011) actor.[5]

## Twin towns

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Viana do Alentejo is twinned with:[6]

* Igarassu, Brazil
* Porto Seguro, Brazil
* Viana, Brazil

## Gallery

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* The Castle of Viana do Alentejo with the city below

* The local Senhora d'Aires Church in Viana do Alentejo

## References

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1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
3. ^ "Monthly Averages for Viana do Alentejo (1981–2010)" (PDF). IPMA.
4. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 126-127" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
5. ^ António Banha, IMDb Database retrieved 20 June 2021.
6. ^ "Geminações de Cidades e Vilas". anmp.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-28.

## External links

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* Town Hall official website

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