Loures
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| Location | ||||||
| - Country | Portugal | |||||
| - Region | Lisboa | |||||
| - Subregion | Greater Lisbon | |||||
| - District or A.R. | Lisbon | |||||
| Mayor | Carlos Teixeira | |||||
| - Party | PS | |||||
| Area | 169.3 km² | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| - Total | 199,231 | |||||
| - Density | 1,177/km² | |||||
| No. of parishes | 18 | |||||
| Coordinates | 38º50'N 9º10'W | |||||
| Municipal holiday | July 26 |
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| Website: http://www.cm-loures.pt | ||||||
Loures (pron. IPA: ['lo(ou)ɾɨʃ]) is a city and a municipality to the north of Lisbon. Created on 26 July 1886 by a royal decree, it currently occupies an area of 169 km² and about 200,000 inhabitants (2001). It borders the municipalities of Odivelas, Sintra, Mafra, Arruda dos Vinhos, Vila Franca de Xira and Lisbon.
The municipality is basically divided in three areas: the rustic one, to the north (the parishes of Lousa, Fanhões, Bucelas, Santo Antão do Tojal and São Julião do Tojal), the urban one, to the south (Frielas, Loures and Santo António dos Cavaleiros) and the urban-industrial, to the east (Apelação, Bobadela, Camarate, Moscavide, Portela de Sacavém, Prior Velho, Sacavém, Santa Iria de Azóia, São João da Talha and Unhos).
In this eastern area, the ten local parishes claim to be independent from Loures, and form its own municipality set in the town of Sacavém. This struggle dates from the beginnings of the Portuguese Republic, and has a very strong support among the local population.
[edit] Parishes
The municipality comprises actually (after the secession of Odivelas and six other parishes – Caneças, Famões, Olival Basto, Póvoa de Santo Adrião and Ramada – in 1997, to form itself another municipality), 18 parishes:
- Apelação
- Bobadela
- Bucelas
- Camarate
- Fanhões
- Frielas
- Loures
- Lousa
- Moscavide
- Portela
- Prior Velho
- Sacavém
- Santa Iria de Azóia
- Santo Antão do Tojal
- Santo António dos Cavaleiros
- São João da Talha
- São Julião do Tojal
- Unhos
From these, both Loures and Sacavém are cities, being towns Bobadela, Bucelas, Camarate, Moscavide, Santa Iria de Azóia, Santo António dos Cavaleiros and São João da Talha.
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[edit] External links
Municipalities of the District of LisbonAlenquer · Amadora · Arruda dos Vinhos · Azambuja · Cadaval · Cascais · Lisbon · Loures · Lourinhã · Mafra · Odivelas · Oeiras · Sintra · Sobral de Monte Agraço · Torres Vedras · Vila Franca de Xira
