| Alcanede | ||
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | ||
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Main village of Alcanede in the central part of the parish of Alcanede, with the Castle of Alcanede on the hilltop in the background
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| Official name: Freguesia de Alcanede | ||
| Country | Portugal | |
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| Region | Ribatejo | |
| Subregion | Lezíria do Tejo | |
| District | Santarém | |
| Municipality | Santarém | |
| Localities | Aldeia de Além, Aldeia da Ribeira, Alqueidão do Mato, Alqueidão do Rei, Bairro dos Murtais, Barreirinhas, Casais da Charneca, Casal de Além, Covão dos Porcos, Espinheira, Mata do Rei, Mosteiros, Murteira, Prado, Pé da Pedreira, Vale da Trave, Vale do Carro, Vale do Soupo, Valverde, Viegas, Xartinho | |
| Center | Alcanede | |
| - elevation | 93 m (305 ft) | |
| - coordinates | ||
| Lowest point | ||
| - location | Alcanede, Santarém | |
| Length | 15.34 km (10 mi), Northwest-Southeast | |
| Width | 10.12 km (6 mi), Southwest-Northeast | |
| Area | 105.84 km2 (41 sq mi) | |
| Population | 5,048 (2001) | |
| Density | 47.69 / km2 (124 / sq mi) | |
| Settlement | c. 1100 | |
| - Parish | c. 1163 | |
| - Civil Parish | 22 December 1514 | |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia | |
| - location | Largo Afonso Henriques, Casal das Patas, Alcanede, Santarém | |
| President Junta | Manuel Joaquim Vieira | |
| President Assembleia | Gilberto Manuel Augusto Leandro | |
| Timezone | WET (UTC0) | |
| - summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | |
| Postal Zone | 2025-149 Alcanede | |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 243 XXX XXX | |
| Demonym | Alcanedense | |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Purificação | |
| Parish Address | Largo Afonso Henriques, 2 Casal das Patas 2025-149 Alcanede |
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| Wikimedia Commons: Alcanede | ||
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | ||
Alcanede is a civil parish in the municipality of Santarém, in old district of the same name, of the Ribatejo. Although between 1163 and 1855 it was the municipal seat (with a population of 6408 inhabitants in 1801), today its only a local government with approximately 5048 residents (2001) in an area of 108.84 km².
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Between 1163 and 1855, with a population around 6408 (1801), it was the municipal seat of a municipality consisting of Louriceira, Malhou, Alcobertas, Fráguas, Abrã, Alcanede and Arneiro das Milhariças.
During the Roman occupation, the region of Alcanede constituted the western limit of the Santarém colonia; it was a secondary Roman transit roadway.
Afonso Henriques donated the village of Alcanede to Gonçalo Mendes de Sousa, while the ecclesiastical rights were transferred to the Monastery of Coimbra,[1] in 1163, resulting in the construction of a religious temple that records referred to as Santa Maria de Alcanede.[2] The first prior was Father Fernão Anes (1299).[2]
In 1179, the castle's garrison assisted Fuas Roupinho to defeat Moorish incursions and attacks on the Castle of Porto de Mós, and in 1187 King Sancho I donated the castle in Alcanede to the militia in Évora (the future Order of Aviz).[1]
King Ferdinand had the castle remodelled in 1370, at the same time while the men of Alcanede participated in the public works in the Castle of Santarém.[3] In 1372, Vasco Fernandes de Camões (descendent of Luís de Camões) was appointed the Alcaide-mor of the Castle of Alcanede, just as the garrison allied itself with the Master of Aviz (per the chronicler Fernão Lopes).
In 1514, King Manuel provided a regal charter (Portuguese: foral). During the accession crisis, the municipality supported Philip II of Spain, yet for a while, António, Prior of Crato, sought refuge in Alcanede, on his escape from the country. In July 1679, Father António Vieira stayed in Alcanede, as revealed from his correspondence with diplomat Duarte Ribeiro de Macedo.
On 16 July 1719, the local population revolted against taxes imposed by the Order of Aviz, going as far as marching to Lisbon and receiving a favourable hearing from King John V.
During the third French invasion, between November 1810 and March 1811, the main village is occupied an pillaged by French troops from Massena's 8th Corp.
After the 1820 Liberal revolution, the Municipal Chamber of Alcanede aligned itself with the new regime. During the Patuleia (1846) Alcanede and its region were sites of many confrontations between Cartistas and Setemberistas forces.
Alcanede is a parish of the district and municipality of Santarém, situated 26 kilometres from the regional capital. It is bordered by its former parishes: Gançaria, Abrã, Abitureiras and Tremês.
The agricultural community, in addition to being supported by domestication of herd species, is involved in meat processing, along with the extraction of limestone, forestry and saw-milling, construction, bread-making and small commercial businesses.