Mértola

Mértola, officially the Town of Mértola, is a town and municipality in southeastern Alentejo near the Spanish border. In 2021, the population of the municipality was 6,206, in an area of approximately 1,292.87 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Town with 1,330 residents
  • Description: municipality of Portugal
  • Also known as: “Mārtula”, “Martulah”, “Mertola (gemeente)”, “Mertola Municipality”, “Mértola Municipality”, “Município de Mértola”, “بلدية مارتلة”, “مرتولا”, and “メルトゥラ”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Castle of Mertola and Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação.

Castle
Photo: miguelvieira, CC BY 2.0.
The Castle of Mértola is a well-preserved medieval…

Church
Photo: HugoNissa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The …

Town hall
Photo: Pedro Ribeiro Simões, CC BY 2.0.
is a town hall.

Mértola

Latitude
37.64204° or 37° 38′ 31″ north
Longitude
-7.66065° or 7° 39′ 38″ west
Population
1,330
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PT MTL
Open location code
8C9JJ8RQ+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255654259
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2266442
Wiki­data ID
Q551056
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Mértola” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مارتلة”
  • Asturian: “Mértola”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mertola”
  • Basque: “Mértola”
  • Belarusian: “Мэртала”
  • Catalan: “Mértola”
  • Cebuano: “Mértola”
  • Chechen: “Мертола”
  • Chinese: “梅爾圖拉”
  • Czech: “Mértola”
  • Danish: “Mértola”
  • Dutch: “Mértola”
  • Esperanto: “Mértola”
  • Finnish: “Mértola”
  • French: “Mértola”
  • Galician: “Mértola”
  • German: “Mértola”
  • Irish: “Mértola”
  • Italian: “Mértola”
  • Japanese: “メルトラ”
  • Lombard: “Mértola”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Mértola”
  • Malay: “Mértola”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mértola”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mértola”
  • Norwegian: “Mértola”
  • Novial: “Mertola (Mértola)”
  • Novial: “Mertola”
  • Polish: “Mértola”
  • Portuguese: “Mértola”
  • Russian: “Мертола”
  • Serbian: “Mertola”
  • Spanish: “Mértola”
  • Swedish: “Mértola”
  • Tatar: “Мертола”
  • Thai: “แมร์ตูลา”
  • Turkish: “Mértola”
  • Ukrainian: “Мертола”
  • Urdu: “میرتولا”
  • Vietnamese: “Mértola”
  • Volapük: “Mértola”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mértola”
  • “Mértola”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Além Rio and Altura dos Coitos.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Junta de Freguesia de Mértola and Praceta do Cerro da Forca.

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