Batalha, Portugal

Batalha (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐˈtaʎɐ] (listen)) is a town and a municipality in Leiria District, Pinhal Litoral Subregion, Centro Region, Portugal. The town's name means "battle". The municipality population in 2011 was 15,805,[1] in an area of 103.42 square kilometres (39.93 sq mi).[2] The town proper has about 7,500 inhabitants. The municipality is limited to the North and West by the municipality of Leiria, to the East by Ourém, to the Southeast by Alcanena and to the Southwest by Porto de Mós.

Batalha
Municipality
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Coordinates: 39°39′N 8°48′W
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Leiria
DistrictLeiria
Parishes4
Area
 • Total103.42 km2 (39.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total15,805
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.cm-batalha.pt
Details of Gothic architecture in the Monastery of Batalha

The town was founded by King D. João I of Portugal, jointly with the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória na Batalha, to pay homage to the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385) that put an end to the 1383–1385 Crisis.

The Portuguese professor and sociologist Moisés Espírito Santo was born there.

Demography
Population of the municipality of Batalha (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011
2510 2445 7107 9634 13 811 12 588 13 329 15 002 15 542 15 805
Frontside of Batalha Monastery

Monuments
  • Batalha Monastery
  • Estátua Equestre de São Nuno de Santa Maria (1966 - 1968)
  • Igreja Matriz de Exaltação de Santa Cruz (1514 - 1532)
  • Capela da Santa Casa da Misericórdia (18th century)
  • Ponte da Boutaca (1862)
  • Pelourinho (Restored in 2000)
  • Edifício Mouzinho de Albuquerque - Galeria de Exposições
  • Capela de Nossa Senhora do Caminho
  • Boca da Mina das Barrojeiras
  • Igreja Paroquial Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
  • Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Fetal
  • Moinhos de Vento
Statue of D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, next to the Monastery of Batalha

Natural heritage
  • Grutas da Moeda
  • Maciço Calcário Estremenho
  • Buraco Roto
  • Pia da Ovelha
  • Escarpa de falha do Reguengo do Fetal

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

  • Batalha
  • Golpilheira
  • Reguengo do Fetal
  • São Mamede

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Portugal

Batalha is twinned with:

References
  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 24" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. "Geminações de Cidades e Vilas - Batalha". www.anmp.pt. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  5. "Joinville-le-Pont - Portal do Município da Batalha". cm-batalha.pt. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
Coin Caves - (in Portuguese Grutas da Moeda)


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