Type: | municipality |
Official Name: | Vendas Novas |
Flag Border: | no |
Coordinates: | 38.6833°N -35°W |
Region: | Alentejo |
Cim: | Alentejo Central |
District: | Évora |
Parishes: | 2 |
Leader Party: | PS |
Leader Name: | Luís Dias |
Area Total Km2: | 222.39 |
Population Total: | 11,846 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Holiday: | September 7 |
Vendas Novas (pronounced as /pt/) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,846,[1] in an area of 222.39 km2.[2] The city has 10,235 inhabitants.
The present Mayor is Luís Dias, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is September 7.
A hoard of prehistoric objects, including two trapezoid-shaped plaques with geometric designs, was found underneath a hill by labourers in the mid nineteenth century during the construction of the railway line between Vendas Novas and Beja. They are since 1862 kept at the British Museum.[3]
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 2 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]