Aljustrel is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 456.0 km² and a total population of 10,038 inhabitants. The Republic of Portugal (Portuguese: República Portuguesa) is a democratic republic located on the west and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, the westernmost country in continental Europe. ... Square kilometre ( U.S. spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The municipality is composed of 5 parishes, and is located in the District of Beja. The District of Beja is a district in the South Portugal, the district Capital is Beja. ...
The present Mayor is António José Gonçalves Godinho (Communist) and the President of the Municipal Assembly is Luís Maria Bartolomeu Palma (Communist). PCPs official symbol, featuring the hammer and sickle and the Portuguese national colors, red and green. ... PCPs official symbol, featuring the hammer and sickle and the Portuguese national colors, red and green. ...
The municipal holiday is June 13. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ...
Parishes
Aljustrel
Ervidel
Messejana
Rio de Moinhos
São João de Negrilhos
External links
Town Hall official website (http://www.mun-aljustrel.pt/)
As far as I was aware the branch was freight only and served the now closed copper ore mines at Aljustrel: the colour of the local streams certainly proved this.
The railhead at Aljustrel served the nearby copper pyrites mine, one of several places across the southern Iberian peninsular where the copper rich seam of mineral comes to the surface.
The drift mine at Aljustrel is now owned by the Portuguese Government, and is currently held on a 'care and maintence' basis, but still employs 100 men.
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