Pombal, Portugal


Pombal is a city and a municipality located in the historical Beira Litoral province and in the região de Leiria of the Leiria district.
The population in 2011 was, in an area of 626.00 km2. The population of the city of Pombal proper is about inhabitants.
The municipality is served by a railway station which is part of the Linha do Norte, the main Portuguese railway line that connects its two largest cities, Lisbon and Porto.
The Mayor is Luís Diogo de Paiva Morão Alves Mateus since 2013, elected by the Social [Democratic Party |Social Democratic Party]. The municipal holiday is November 11 and celebrates St. Martin's Day.
In 2017, an 82-foot-long skeleton of a possible sauropod dinosaur was uncovered in a Pombal property owner's backyard.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes :
is the major sports club in Pombal. It was established on 20 October 1922 as the branch number 10 of Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Notable people