Alter do Chão

Alter do Chão is a municipality in the District of Portalegre in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,562, in an area of 362.07 km2.

The present Mayor is Francisco Miranda, elected by a centre-right coalition of the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day. The municipality is famous for its horsebreeding and high school of horseriding.

Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):
 * Alter do Chão
 * Chancelaria
 * Cunheira
 * Seda

Notable people

 * Artur Pastor (1922 in Alter do Chão – 1999) a Portuguese photographer.