Arroios () is a ''

freguesia ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Por ...

'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. Located in central Lisbon, Arroios is north of Santa Maria Maior and São Vicente, east of

Santo António Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Reg ...

, south of

Avenidas Novas Avenidas Novas () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Avenidas Novas is to the south of Alvalade, west of Areeiro, east of Campolide, and north of Santo António. The popul ...

and Areeiro, and west of

Penha de França Penha may refer to: Places *Penha, Santa Catarina Penha is a municipality in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, Brazil. It had a population of 33,284 and an area of 57.752km² as of 2020. Its two largest attractions are its beaches and Bet ...

. The population in 2011 was 31,653.Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal

History

This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Anjos, Pena and

São Jorge de Arroios SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U. ...

Landmarks

Bemposta Palace The Bemposta Palace ('), also known as the ''Paço da Rainha'' (''Queen’s Palace''), is a neoclassical palace in the area of Bemposta, now the civil parish of Pena, in Lisbon. It was originally built for Queen Dowager Catherine of Braganza on ...

*'' Campo dos Mártires da Pátria'' *

Lisbon Geographic Society The Lisbon Geographic Society ( Portuguese: ''Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa'') is a Portuguese scientific society created in Lisbon in the year of 1875, aiming to "promote and assist the study and progress of geography and related sciences in ...

* Queen D. Estefânia Square *'' Praça do Chile''; *'' Praça do Duque de Saldanha''.

References

Parishes of Lisbon {{lisbon-geo-stub