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Also known as Idanha-a-Nova Municipality, Idanha a Nova

Idanha-a-Nova ( ), officially the Town of Idanha-a-Nova (), is a town and municipality in the district of Castelo Branco, in east-central Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 9,716, in an area of 1416.34 km2, making it one of the largest and least densely populated municipalities in Portugal as well as the first Portuguese municipality by population ageing. King Afonso II (1211–1223) confirmed its charter in 1219 renaming the village with the current place names (Idanha-a-Nova) to distinguish it from the old Idanha (hereinafter Idanha-

Key facts

Portuguese subdivision.type
municipality
Portuguese subdivision.name
Idanha-a-Nova
Portuguese subdivision.official_name
Town of Idanha-a-Nova
Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
Pt-idn1.png
Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
no
Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
IDN.png
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
yes
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
8
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
none
Portuguese subdivision.region
Centro
Portuguese subdivision.CIM
Beira Baixa
Portuguese subdivision.district
Castelo Branco
Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
PS
Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
Armindo Moreira Palma Jacinto
Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
1416.34
Portuguese subdivision.population_total
9,716
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
2011
Portuguese subdivision.parishes
13

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Wikidata facts

Country
Portugal
Contains
Penha Garcia
Population
9716
Area
1416.34
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Shares border with
Valverde del Fresno
Official website
www.cm-idanhanova.pt
Image
Idanha-a-Velha met Monsanto 2008.jpg
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twinned administrative body
Condeixa-a-Nova
Commons category
Idanha-a-Nova
topic's main category
Category:Idanha-a-Nova
postal code
6060
P8168
Laona
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Economy
  • Green Valley Food Lab
  • Education
  • Parishes
  • Climate
  • Notable individuals
  • Olden times
  • Modern times
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Idanha-a-Nova ( ), officially the Town of Idanha-a-Nova (), is a town and municipality in the district of Castelo Branco, in east-central Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 9,716, in an area of 1416.34 km2, making it one of the largest and least densely populated municipalities in Portugal as well as the first Portuguese municipality by population ageing. King Afonso II (1211–1223) confirmed its charter in 1219 renaming the village with the current place names (Idanha-a-Nova) to distinguish it from the old Idanha (hereinafter Idanha-a-Velha), 18 kilometers away. The municipal holiday is the Monday 15 days after Easter. The incumbent mayor is Armindo Moreira Palma Jacinto, representing the Socialist Party.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Idanha-a-Nova” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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