Caxias (Portugal)

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Caxias
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Caxias (Portugal)
Caxias
Basic data
Region : Lisboa
Sub-region : Lisbon metropolitan area
District : Lisbon
Concelho : Oeiras
Coordinates : 38 ° 42 ′  N , 9 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′  N , 9 ° 17 ′  W
Residents: 8943 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 3.41 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 2623 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Caxias
Rua Dr. Manuel Rodrigues
2780-048 Caxias
Website: www.jf-caxias.pt

Caxias is a municipality in the district (Município) of Oeiras with an area of ​​3.4 km² and 8943 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). This results in a population density of 2623 inhabitants per km². The patron of the place is Nossa Senhora das Dores .

The place was raised to Vila (small town) on July 24, 1997 , which was followed by the establishment of the eponymous municipality on June 12, 2001 by splitting off from Paço de Arcos .

During the Estado Novo (dictatorship) in Portugal , the political police PIDE operated the prison of Caxias there , which was stormed on April 27, 1974 during the Carnation Revolution .

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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

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