Loures is a
civil parish in the municipality of
Loures, Portugal.
It is an urban parish, part of the city of Loures. The population in 2011 was 26,769,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 32.82 km
2.
History
The parish of Loures was first mentioned in 1118, and again in 1191, along with the parishes of Unhose and Sacavém.
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
Santo ('saint' in various languages) may refer to:
People
* Santo (given name)
* Santo (surname)
* El Santo, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and actor
* Bob Santo or Santo, stage name of Ghanaian comedian John Evans Kwadwo ...
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
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,
Lousa,
Santo Antão e São Julião do Tojal
Santo (' saint' in various languages) may refer to:
People
* Santo (given name)
* Santo (surname)
* El Santo, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and actor
* Bob Santo or Santo, stage name of Ghanaian comedian John Evans Kwad ...
and the municipalities of
Mafra,
Odivelas (the parish of
Ramada e Caneças
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Name
The ''Ramada'' name derives from t ...
) 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
Freguesias of Loures
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