Vendas Novas

Vendas Novas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvẽdɐʒ ˈnɔvɐʃ] ^ⓘ), officially the City of Vendas Novas (Portuguese: Cidade de Vendas Novas), is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 11,245,^[1] in an area of 222.39 km².^[2] The city has 10,625 inhabitants.^[1]

City of Vendas Novas
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 38°41′N 8°27′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Alentejo Central
District	Évora
Parishes	2
Government
• President	Valentino Salgado Cunha (PS)
Area
• Total	222.39 km2 (85.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	11,245
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	September 7
Website	www.cm-vn.pt

The present Mayor is Valentino Salgado Cunha, elected by the Socialist Party.^[3] The municipal holiday is September 7.

History

One of the Vendas Novas plaques in the British Museum

The other Vendas Novas plaque in the British Museum

A hoard of prehistoric objects, including two trapezoid-shaped plaques with geometric designs, was found underneath a hill by labourers in the mid nineteenth century during the construction of the railway line between Vendas Novas and Beja. They are since 1862 kept at the British Museum.^[4]

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 2 civil parishes (freguesias):^[5]

• Landeira
• Vendas Novas

Notable people

• Pedro Madeira (born 1992 in Vendas Novas) a singer.
• Rui Modesto (born 1999) a footballer.
• Pedro Pereira (born 1998) a footballer.
• Ricardo Pessoa (born 1982) a former professional footballer with 430 club caps.
• Diogo Rodrigues (born 1999) a footballer.