Sertã

Sertã
Municipality
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Coordinates: 39°48′N 8°06′W / 39.80°N 8.10°W / 39.80; -8.10Coordinates: 39°48′N 8°06′W / 39.80°N 8.10°W / 39.80; -8.10
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Médio Tejo
District	Castelo Branco
Parishes	10
Government
• President	José Farinha Nunes (PSD)
Area
• Total	446.73 km2 (172.48 sq mi)
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,880
• Density	36/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code	6100
Area code	(+351) 274
Local holiday	Birthday of Nuno Álvares Pereira, 24 June
Website	Official website (in Portuguese)

Sertã (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨɾˈtɐ̃] (listen)) is a municipality in Castelo Branco District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,880,^[1] in an area of 446.73 km².^[2]

The present mayor is José Farinha Nunes, elected by the PSD. The municipal holiday is the June 24.

General information[]

Local sports club: Sertanense Futebol Clube (mainly devoted to soccer, playing (2004-2005) the 3rd Division Championship).

Local newspaper: A Comarca da Sertã (weekly)

Parishes[]

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 10 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Parish name	Population (2011)[1]	Area km²[2]
	957	10.39
	465	10.02
	1,046	24.57
Cernache do Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais	3,625	101.58
	731	51.73
	423	42.74
	753	36.86
Sertã	6,196	80.95
	864	53.37
	820	34.51

Notable people[]

• Nuno Álvares Pereira (born 1360 in Cernache de Bonjardim - 1431) a Portuguese general, he became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV, in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009
• João Castel-Branco Goulão (born 1954 in Cernache do Bonjardim) a physician and the current national drug coordinator for Portugal

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