Montemor-o-Velho Municipality

Montemor-o-Velho (Portuguese pronunciation: [mõtɨˈmɔɾ u ˈvɛʎu]) is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. It has roughly 30,000 inhabitants.

Demographics

Parishes

• Abrunheira
• Arazede
• Carapinheira
• Ereira
• Gatões
• Liceia
• Meãs do Campo
• Montemor-o-Velho
• Pereira
• Santo Varão
• Seixo de Gatões
• Tentúgal
• Verride
• Vila Nova da Barca

Sports

Montemor-o-Velho has one of the only international sized 2 km rowing lakes in Portugal. The lake hosted its first rowing race in 2002 (the Coupe de la Jeunesse), before it was completed. During the competition, FISA judges noted that the lake was not wide enough to meet international standards. After then, it was rebuilt to meet these standards. It hosted the 2010 European Rowing Championships^[1]

Famous people

• Sesnando Davides, 11th century Mozarab nobleman and general born in Tentúgal, Montemor-o-Velho, who would become governor of the County of Coimbra
• Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509? – 1583), Portuguese explorer and writer

References

External links

• Photos from Montemor-o-Velho