Loures (parish)

Loures is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Portugal.[1] It is an urban parish, part of the city of Loures. The population in 2011 was 26,769,[2] in an area of 32.82 km².[3]

Loures
Civil parish
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Loures
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 38.829°N 9.169°W / 38.829; -9.169
Country Portugal
RegionLisboa
Metropolitan areaLisbon
DistrictLisbon
MunicipalityLoures
Area
 • Total32.82 km2 (12.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total26,769
 • Density820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
2670
Area code219
PatronNossa Senhora da Saúde
Websitehttp://www.jf-loures.pt/

History
Population of
Loures
(1862 - 2011)
YearPop.±%
1862 3,574—    
1864 4,515+26.3%
1890 4,791+6.1%
1900 4,789−0.0%
1911 5,156+7.7%
1920 4,355−15.5%
1930 4,698+7.9%
1991 19,252+309.8%
2001 24,237+25.9%
2011 26,769+10.4%

The parish of Loures was first mentioned in 1118, and again in 1191, along with the parishes of Unhose and Sacavém.[4] From this administrative entity, the territories of the civil parish of Póvoa de Santo Adrião (known as Póvoa de Loures), during the middle of the 17th century, and Caneças in 1915 were cleaved from the territory. In 1989 the civil parish of Santo António dos Cavaleiros was de-annexed from Loures.

Geography

The civil parish of Loures, located in the extreme western part of the municipality, is bordered by the neighbouring civil parishes of Fanhões, Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas, Lousa, Santo Antão e São Julião do Tojal and the municipalities of Mafra, Odivelas (the parish of Ramada e Caneças) and Sintra (Almargem do Bispo, Pêro Pinheiro e Montelavar).

It includes several agglomerations and localities dispersed beyond the main settlement; these include: A-dos-Calvos, A-dos-Cãos, Barro, Bolores, Botica, Fanqueiro, Fonte Santa, Guerreiros, Infantado, Lagariça, Loures, Mealhada, Migarrinhos, Moninhos, Montemor, Murteira, Pai Joanes, Palhais, Pinheiro de Loures, Ponte de Lousa (which is shared with the neighbouring parish of Lousa), Quinta Nova de São Roque, São Sebastião de Guerreiros, Sete Casas, Tojalinho and Torre Trotes.

References
  1. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 62" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  3. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  4. "Caracterização" (in Portuguese). Loures (Loures), Portugal. 2011. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.


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