Arroios (Lisbon)

Arroios
coat of arms map
Basic data
Coordinates :	38 ° 44 ′  N , 9 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 44 ′  N , 9 ° 8 ′  W

Arroios is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon . 32,345 inhabitants live in an area of ​​2.15 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Arroios was created on September 29, 2013 as part of the administrative reorganization of the city from the merger of the municipalities of Anjos , Pena and São Jorge de Arroios .

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  Coat of arms of Pena

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  Coat of arms of Sao Jorge de Arroios

Buildings

Former seat of the Junta de Freguesia of Pena

• Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany at Campo Mártires da Pátria
• Coliseu dos Recreios
• Palácio Valmor

Sons and daughters

• Patrícia Mamona (* 1988), athlete from São Jorge de Arroios
• António Botelho Homem Bernardes Pessoa (1749–1810), Governor of Portuguese Timor from São Jorge de Arroios
• Amália Rodrigues (1920–1999), fado singer and actress from Pena

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diário da República, 1.ª série - N.º 216, 8 November 2012
2. ↑ Diário de Noticias: List of the new municipalities (Portuguese; PDF; 25 kB)