Benfica (Lisbon)

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Benfica
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Benfica (Portugal)
Benfica
Basic data
Region : Lisboa
Sub-region : Lisbon metropolitan area
District : Lisbon
Concelho : Lisboa
Coordinates : 38 ° 45 ′  N , 9 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 45 ′  N , 9 ° 12 ′  W
Residents: 36,985 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 8.03 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 4606 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Benfica
Avenida Gomes Pereira nº 17
1549-019 Lisboa
Website: www.jf-benfica.pt

Benfica is a Portuguese parish in the Lisbon district and in the Lisboa Região . The municipality is a district of Lisbon .

Church Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Amparo in Benfica

The place has 8 km² with 36,985 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). Benfica comprises around two thirds of the green lung of the Portuguese capital, the Parque Florestal de Monsanto .

history

Benfica began as a village with simple farmers in the region around Lisbon ( Saloio in Portuguese ). Some religious communities have also settled here with them .

In the 15th century, the place was promoted due to its location in the Termo de Lisboa area and was awarded two judge positions. This was accompanied by the establishment of three important religious orders, the Nossa Senhora do Amparo, Santo António and São Sebastião.

In the 18th century, a high level of immigration of the new wealthy began, who, inspired by the landscape, built their quintas here.

The 19th century was marked by the development of public transport and the further growth of the city.

With the abolition of the Termo de Lisboa in 1852, the area of ​​Benfica was integrated into the new district of Santa Maria de Belém , which was divided again in 1886. The outer part of Benfica (up to the Estrada da Circunvalação de Lisboa ) was transferred to the district of Oeiras (this area is now part of the district of Amadora ), and the inner part was incorporated into Lisbon. This is the part of today's community.

The community continued to grow rapidly, making it more and more of a city. From the 1950s to the 1990s, the population tripled from 17,843 to around 50,000.

In 1959 the area was divided again and the municipality of São Domingos de Benfica was established.

In recent years there has been a decline in the population as the population ages and young people move to the periphery of Lisbon.

economy

The Lusa news agency is headquartered in the municipality.

Sports

Benfica is home to the clubs Sport Lisboa e Benfica and the Clube Futebol Benfica , whose venues, the Estádio da Luz and the Estádio Francisco Lázaro , are about three kilometers apart as the crow flies.

sons and daughters of the town

Buildings

Kiosk in Parque Silva Porto

Streets (selection)

1 Together with the municipality of Campolide
2 Together with the municipalities of Santo Condestável and Alcântara
3 Together with the municipality of São Domingos de Benfica
4 Together with the municipality of Carnide
5 Together with the municipality of Nossa Senhora de Fátima
6 Together with the municipalities of Olivais and Santa Maria de Belém
7 Together with the municipalities of Ajuda and São Francisco Xavier

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
  3. ↑ Maria Máxima Vaz: O Termo de Lisboa ( pt ) Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 15, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / odivelas.com

Web links

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