Grândola

Grândola is a town (vila) and municipality in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,826, in an area of 825.94 km2.

Included in this municipality is Tróia (part of Carvalhal parish), a peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Sado River, as well as Melides, a popular summer resort. Also within the municipality is Serra de Grândola (Grândola Mountain). The nearest city is Alcácer do Sal. The coastal portions of the municipality are part of the Comporta region.

The municipal holiday is October 22.

Grândola has its own railway station on the main line between Lisbon and Faro. Passenger trains are operated by Comboios de Portugal (CP).

Climate
Grândola has a Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild wet winters. The highest and lowest temperatures registered in the town were 45 C and -4.5 C, respectively.

Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into four civil parishes (freguesias):
 * Azinheira dos Barros e São Mamede do Sádão
 * Carvalhal
 * Melides
 * Grândola e Santa Margarida da Serra

Notable inhabitants

 * Dinis Vital (1932–2014) a Portuguese football goalkeeper, with upwards of 461 club caps
 * Hélder Costa (born 1939 in Grândola) a Portuguese dramatist and playwright

In popular culture
Portuguese singer-songwriter José Afonso was inspired to write his song "Grândola, Vila Morena" after performing in Grândola on 17 May 1964. "Grândola, Vila Morena", first recorded in 1971, became an iconic song in Portugal after being used as a radio-broadcast signal by the Portuguese Armed Forces Movement during the 1974 Portuguese coup d'état, which led to the Carnation Revolution and the transition to democracy in Portugal.