Cartaxo is a municipality in Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 with a total area of 158.2 km² and a total population of 24,465 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 9,507.

The municipality is composed of 8 parishes, and is located Santarém District.

The present Mayor is Paulo Simões Caldas, elected by the Socialist Party

Portuguese Socialist Party

The Portuguese Socialist Party was a political party in Portugal.The party was founded in 1875. During its initial phase the party was heavily influenced by Proudhonism, and rejected revolutionary Marxism. The party suffered constant factional struggles...

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The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Parishes

• Cartaxo
• Ereira
• Lapa
• Pontével
• Valada
• Vale da Pedra
• Vale da Pinta
• Vila Chã de Ourique

People from Cartaxo

• Marcelino Mesquita, playwright
• José Tagarro, painter
• José Maria Nicolau, cyclist (1908–1969)
• Marco Chagas
  Marco Chagas
  Marco Antonio Chagas Martins is a former professional racing cyclist from Portugal. He is one of the best Portuguese cyclists, having won 4 times the Volta a Portugal, in 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986. Becoming the most successful rider in the competition. He is now the cycling commentator on...
  
  , cyclist (born in the parish of Pontével, 1956)
• Rui Silva
  Rui Silva
  Rui Silva is a Portuguese athlete, who represents Sporting Clube de Portugal. As a distance runner, he specializes at the 1500 and 3000 m events, although he has at times run the 800 metres as well. He is the national champion at 1500 m...
  
  , olympic athlete (born in Santarém, 1977; raised in Cartaxo)
• The rock band Qwentin
  Qwentin
  Qwentin is a Portuguese rock band formed in Cartaxo in 2003. It consists of Drepopoulos Qwentinsson , Gospodar Qwentinsson , Morloch Qwentinsson , Qweon Qwentinsson and Bárány Qwentinsson . Qwentin has a prominent visual component to accompany their music...
  
   is from Cartaxo (2003).
• The punk rock band Defying Control is from Cartaxo (2003).

Twin towns — Sister cities

Cartaxo is twinned

Town twinning

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 with:
Słupsk, Poland

Poland

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External links

• Town Hall official website