Abrantes

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Abrantes

Total population

16,802

Coordinates39.46°, -8.20°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Abrantes is a municipality in the central Médio Tejo subregion of Portugal. The population as of 2011 was 39,325, in an area of 714.69 square kilometres (275.94 sq mi). The municipality includes several parishes divided by the Tagus River, which runs through the middle of the municipality. The urbanized part, the parish of Abrantes e Alferrarede, located on the north bank of the Tagus, has about 17,000 residents.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo

Portuguese politician (1930–2004)

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António Leal Moreira

composer

Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso

Portuguese nobleman (1507-1534)

Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja

Portuguese infante

Jorge de Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Coimbra

2nd Duke of Coimbra, son of D. João II

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Hugo Costa

Portuguese footballer

Francisco Alves da Silva Taborda

Portuguese actor

Luís Mena e Silva

Portuguese equestrian (1902–1963)

Nuno Janeiro

Portuguese actor

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Eduardo Catroga

Portuguese politician

A

António Rosa Casaco

Portuguese photographer

Rodrigo Almeida e Menezes

Portuguese politician

Eduardo Duarte Ferreira

Portuguese metallurgical entrepreneur

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Fernando Madrinha

Portuguese journalist

Joaquim Marques Esparteiro

Portuguese navy officer and colonial administrator

José Alberty Correia

Portuguese military personnel

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Green Iberian Wall Lizard

Podarcis virescens

Seen 2026-09-20

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-09-20

curly rockrose

Cistus crispus

Seen 2026-09-17

Carlina racemosa

Carlina racemosa

Seen 2026-09-17

myrtle

Myrtus communis

Seen 2026-09-17

Ladder Snake

Zamenis scalaris

Seen 2026-09-12

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-12

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-12

Meadow Brown

Maniola jurtina

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers