Rio Maior () is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192, in an area of 272.76 km².
The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the first woman to be elected mayor in the municipality. The municipal holiday is November 6.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into ten civil parishes (freguesias):
- Alcobertas
- Arrouquelas
- Asseiceira
- Azambujeira e Malaqueijo
- Fráguas
- Marmeleira e Assentiz
- Outeiro da Cortiçada e Arruda dos Pisões
- Rio Maior
- São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João
- São Sebastião
Climate
Rio Maior has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Rio Maior registered a temperature of on 4 August 2018 and on January and February. Portuguese Environment Agency
Notable people
- Duarte da Silva Marques (born 1983 in Rio Maior) a triathlete, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pedro Oliveira (born 1988 in Rio Maior) a backstroke and butterfly swimmer, participated in the 2008 & 2012 Summer Olympics
- Miguel Carvalho (born 1994) a racewalker, took part in the 2016 Summer Olympics
References
External links
- Town Hall official website
- Photos from Rio Maior