Mértola
Sign in to saveMértola (), officially the Town of Mértola (), is a town and municipality in southeastern Portuguese Alentejo near the Spanish border. In 2011, the population was 7,274, in an area of approximately : it is the sixth-largest municipality in Portugal. Meanwhile, it is the second-lowest population centre by density with approximately 5.62 persons/ (second to the adjacent Alcoutim).
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Mértola
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Town of Mértola
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-mtl1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- MTL.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Mértola,_Portugal_2019-11-10-2.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Mértola viewed from the opposite shore of the Guadiana, with the city wall and the medieval castle uphill
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Mértola
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Baixo Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Beja
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 7
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Jorge Rosa
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 1292.87
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 7274
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
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- History
- Romans
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- Moors
- Reconquista
- Modernity
- Geography
- Climate
- Culture
- Main sights
- Festivals
- Notable people
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Mértola (), officially the Town of Mértola (), is a town and municipality in southeastern Portuguese Alentejo near the Spanish border. In 2011, the population was 7,274, in an area of approximately : it is the sixth-largest municipality in Portugal. Meanwhile, it is the second-lowest population centre by density with approximately 5.62 persons/ (second to the adjacent Alcoutim).
The seat of the municipality is the town of Mértola, which has around 2800 inhabitants (2011), located on a hill over the Guadiana River. Its strategic location made it an important fluvial commercial port in Classical Antiquity, through the period of Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Mértola's main church (the Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação) was the only medieval mosque to have survived the period in Portugal.