Cernache do Bonjardim

Cernache do Bonjardim is a former civil parish in the municipality of Sertã, central Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Cernache do Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais.[1] The population in 2011 was 3,052,[2] in an area of 71.59 km2.[3]

The Portuguese hero Nuno Álvares Pereira was born in Cernache do Bonjardim on 24 June 1360.

The parish includes the following villages:

  • Brejo da Correia
  • Calvaria
  • Carvalhos
  • Cernache do Bonjardim
  • Escudeiros
  • Matos
  • Mendeira
  • Pampilhal
  • Pinheiro da Aldeia Velha
  • Porto dos Fusos
  • Quintã
  • Roda
  • Sambado
  • Várzea de Pedro Mouro
  1. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 114" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ^ Eurostat Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine