Alvalade (Lisbon)

Alvalade
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Lisboa
Sub-region :	Lisbon metropolitan area
District :	Lisbon
Concelho :	Lisboa
Coordinates :	38 ° 45 ′  N , 9 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 45 ′  N , 9 ° 8 ′  W
Residents:	8985 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	59 ha (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	15,229 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Alvalade Rua Teixeira de Pascoais 12 1700-363 Lisboa
Website:	www.jf-alvalade.pt

Alvalade is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the 3rd Bairro of the Portuguese capital Lisbon . It has 8985 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The municipality was created in 1959 when it was separated from the municipality of Campo Grande . It is bounded in the north by the Avenida dos Estados Unidos da América and in the south by the route of the Linha de Cintura ring line.

The name Alvalade probably comes from the Arabic al-balad , which means an inhabited and walled place. In 1321 the Battle of Alvalade between the Portuguese King Dionysius and his successor Alfonso IV took place here.

The patron saint of the community is Blessed Joan of Portugal .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

Web links

Commons : Alvalade (Lisbon)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Alvalade at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Alvalade Municipal Council website (Portuguese)