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Alandroal
Sign in to saveAlandroal (), officially Alandroal Town (), is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Évora located on the eastern frontier with Spain along the right margin of the Guadiana River in the Central Alentejo region. It is located above sea level, northeast of Évora and southeast of Estremoz. The population in 2011 was 5,843, in an area of 542.68 km2.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Alandroal
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Town of Alandroal
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
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- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- ADL.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Alandroal (Portugal), pueblo hermanado con Brenes..jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- A profile of Alandroal showing the parochial church and low-lying buildings
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Alandroal
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Alentejo Central
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Évora
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 4
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- João Maria Aranha Grilo
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 341
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Alandroal (), officially Alandroal Town (), is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Évora located on the eastern frontier with Spain along the right margin of the Guadiana River in the Central Alentejo region. It is located above sea level, northeast of Évora and southeast of Estremoz. The population in 2011 was 5,843, in an area of 542.68 km2.
==History== thumb|235px|left|The historical castle walls and the classical parochial church With the completion of the castle in 1298, by Lourenço Afonso (9th Master of the Order of Aviz), the noble fulfilled his obligation to King Denis of Portugal to expand the territory that would form Alandroal. By 1359, the church of Alandroal was incorporated under the commander of the Order of Avis, but it was only a century later (1486) that John II would issue a foral (charter) for the town. Alandroal was elevated to town at this time, while only including the parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição. A second foral was conceded in 1514 by his successor, Manuel I of Portugal.