Abrantes is a municipality in Portugal on the right bank of the river Tagus,at the junction of the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway with the Guarda-Abrantes line, with a total area of 714.7 km² and a total population of 41,560 inhabitants (up from 7255 in 1900). The city proper has a population of 17,830.
The present mayor is Nélson Marques Carvalho, elected by the Socialist Party and the president of the Municipal Assembly is Jorge Lacão Costa, also elected by the Socialist Party.
Abrantes was made a city in 14 June 1916, which is celebrated every year on this same day.