Grande Lisboa
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Grande Lisboa (Portuguese pronunciation:
Overview
In spite of getting the name Grande Lisboa, the subregion did not take the entire area of the Lisbon metropolitan area, because it does not include the municipalities on the South bank of the Tagus river estuary, known as Península de Setúbal, which the term at times also applied to.
The area is bordered in the North by the
This subregion is the leading services center for the entire country and it also has a large industrial output. It is served by the busiest Portuguese
Municipalities
Municipality | Area (km2)[3] | Population (2011)[4] | N.U.T.S. III inclusion | District inclusion | Cultural Region inclusion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amadora | 24 | 175,136 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Estremadura |
Cascais | 97 | 206,479 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Estremadura |
Lisbon | 85 | 547,733 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Estremadura |
Loures | 169 | 205,054 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Estremadura |
Mafra | 292 | 76,685 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Estremadura |
Odivelas | 26 | 144,549 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Estremadura |
Oeiras | 46 | 172,120 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Estremadura |
Sintra | 319 | 377,835 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Estremadura |
Vila Franca de Xira | 318 | 136,886 | Grande Lisboa | Lisboa | Ribatejo |
Total | 1,377 km2 | 2,042,477 |
The main urban centers are Lisboa, Amadora,
References
- ^ Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
- ^ http://habitacao.cm-lisboa.pt/documentos/1362596653V6gKK1xq6Mw12JO4.pdf [dead link]
- ^ "PORDATA – Superfície". Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
External links
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