Évora is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The city proper has 41,159[1] inhabitants, and the municipality has a total area of 1,307.0 km² with a population of 55,619 inhabitants. It is the seat of the district of Évora and capital of the Alentejo region. The municipality is composed of 19 parishes, and is located in the District of Évora.
Évora was ranked first in a study concerning competitiveness of the 18 Portuguese district capitals - according to a study made by Minho University economic researchers and published in Público newspaper on 30th September 2006.
The present Mayor is José Ernesto Oliveira elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 29.
Évora is ranked number 3 in the Portuguese most livable cities survey of living conditions published yearly by Expresso. Evora is the finest example of a city of the golden age of Portugal after the destruction of Lisbon by the earthquake of 1755
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