Cascais

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Cascais
coat of arms map
Cascais Coat of Arms
Cascais (Portugal)
Cascais
Basic data
Region : Lisboa
Sub-region : Lisbon metropolitan area
District : Lisbon
Concelho : Cascais
Freguesia : União das Freguesias de Cascais e Estoril
Coordinates : 38 ° 42 ′  N , 9 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′  N , 9 ° 25 ′  W
Height: 0  m
Postal code : 2750
politics
Website: www.jf-cascais.pt
Cascais County
flag map
Flag of Cascais Position of the Cascais district
Residents: 206,479 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 97.4 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 2120 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 4th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Cascais
Largo 5 de Outubro
2754-501 Cascais
President of the Câmara Municipal: António d'Orey Capucho ( PSD )
Website: www.cm-cascais.pt







Cascais is a city (vila) in Portugal . The city is located on a sandy bay in the Atlantic , about 25 kilometers west of Lisbon .

Cascais can be reached from Lisbon by motorway or rail. Both traffic lines end here. Cascais also has a marina with around 600 berths.

On September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Cascais and Estoril were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Cascais e Estoril . Cascais is the seat of this newly formed community.

history

The area of ​​Cascais was already settled in prehistoric times, as excavations have shown. The necropolis of Alapraia consists of four rock-domed tombs, some of which are located under the houses at a fountain in the eponymous town east of Cascais. There are several villas from the Roman period in the first century. The Arab period left various place names in the area. The Arab poet Ibn Mukan, born in Alcabideche , was the first to mention windmills in Europe.

In 1153 the first Portuguese king, Alfonso I , recaptured the area. The town of Cascais was mentioned in a document in 1159 and was part of Sintra at that time .

Cascais received city rights on June 7, 1364 from King Peter I. The castle, which the king gave to Gomes Lourenço de Avelar, must have been built around this time.

King Johann II ordered the construction of a defense tower in 1488. During the Portuguese voyages of discovery, around 1537, Cascais got one of the country's first lighthouses . Today the Farol Guia lighthouse, which was built in 1810, stands here. It is an octagonal tower 27 meters high.

From 1870 onwards, the royal family regularly spent the summer in Cascais, which made the place attractive to the nobility and upper classes.

In 1888, the first official football match in Portugal took place in Cascais . On September 30, 1889, the Lisbon railway line was opened.

From the 1930s onwards, Cascais, together with Estoril on the opposite side of the bay , became the gathering point for the Portuguese upper class and many wealthy travelers from abroad.

Cascais County

Cascais is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( Concelho de Cascais) and belongs to the Lisbon district . The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise from the north): Sintra and Oeiras . In the west and south, the Cascais district forms part of the Atlantic coast.

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from six to four.

The following municipalities are in the Cascais district:

Cascais County
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Alcabideche 42,162 39.77 1,060 110501
Carcavelos e Parede 45.007 8.11 5,550 110507
Cascais e Estoril 61,808 29.16 2.120 110508
São Domingos de Rana 57.502 20.36 2,824 110506
Cascais County 206.479 97.40 2.120 1105

Population development of the Cascais district

Population development in the Cascais district (1801–2011)
year 1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2008 2011
Residents 6052 5679 9463 22,932 59,617 141,498 153.294 170,683 188.244 205.117

Local transport

Cascais is connected to Lisbon ( Estação Cais do Sodré ) and the neighboring municipality of Estoril to the east via the suburban trains of the Linha de Cascais along the coast . Travel time from Cascais train station is between 33 and 40 minutes.

Town twinning

Sister cities of Cascais are:

Attractions

  • The Farol de Guia lighthouse is located on the western outskirts of Cascais on the N247 (Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo). In addition to the lighthouse, the cliffs there on the Atlantic also offer an impressive sight.
  • The Boca do Inferno is a cliff washed away by the sea; it is about two kilometers west of Cascais and can be reached on foot or by city bus.
  • Next to the Cascais marina is the Farol Museu de Santa Marta , a lighthouse that has been converted into a museum.
  • The Condes de Castro Guimarães is a former manor house with a large library. The building, located in a spacious park, can now be visited.

Sports

Two golf courses are available to golfers near the sea-side main road, three and four kilometers west of Cascais.

gallery

  • The lighthouse (Farol de Santa Marta) and the Casa de Santa Maria

  • The Conde Castro Guimarães Museum in Cascais

  • Statue of Peter I on the town hall forecourt

  • Beach at Cascais

  • Farol de Guia lighthouse near Cascais (photo 2010)

  • View from the Cidadela to Cascais (photo 2010)

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Cascais  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Cascais  - Travel Guide

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. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization (PDF) in the Diário da República law gazette , January 28, 2013; accessed on October 1, 2014
  4. ↑ including the Villa romana de Freiria a good 9 km northwest of Cascais.
  5. ↑ Publication of the administrative reorganization (PDF) in the Diário da República law gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  6. ↑ Encontro Internacional de Geminações reúne 19 delegações estrangeiras em Cascais - "International meeting on town twinning gathers 19 international delegations in Cascais" , article of July 27, 2012 on the website of the City of Cascais, accessed on January 5, 2018
  7. ↑ Two- page list of twinned cities ( Geminações ) , website of the City of Cascais, accessed on January 5, 2018
  8. ↑ Visita da Mayor de Sausalito a Cascais - “Visit of the Mayoress of Sausalito in Cascais” , article from July 18, 2016 on the website of the City of Cascais, accessed on January 5, 2018
  9. ↑ Cascais e Harbin (China) querem ser irmãs - “Cascais and Harbin want to become sisters” , article from April 16, 2015 on the website of the city of Cascais, accessed on January 5, 2018