Abrantes
Sign in to saveAbrantes () is a municipality in the central Médio Tejo subregion of Portugal. The population was 39,325, in an area of . The municipality includes several parishes divided by the Tagus River, which runs through the middle of the municipality. The urbanized part, the parish of Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede, located on the north bank of the Tagus, has about 17,000 residents.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Abrantes
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-abt1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- PRT Abrantes CoA.svg
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Abrantes
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Oeste e Vale do Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Médio Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Santarém
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 13
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Manuel Jorge Valamatos
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_min
- 18
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_max
- 315
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 714.69
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 39,325
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Abrantes () is a municipality in the central Médio Tejo subregion of Portugal. The population was 39,325, in an area of . The municipality includes several parishes divided by the Tagus River, which runs through the middle of the municipality. The urbanized part, the parish of Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede, located on the north bank of the Tagus, has about 17,000 residents.
==History== thumb|left|235px|The main ramparts and walls of the Castle of Abrantes, captured from the [[Moors during the reign of Afonso I of Portugal]] thumb|235px|left|The detention block, used to house prisoners, located within the walls of the Castle of Abrantes The Celts are believed to have established the first settlement in Abrantes around 300 BC. The name is derived from Latin Aurantes, perhaps referring to deposits of alluvial gold (Latin: aurum) along the Tagus. Similarly, Roman mosaics, coins, the remains of ancient aqueducts, as well as other antiquities, have been discovered in the vicinity of Abrantes.