Lapa (Lisbon)
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Lisboa | |||||
Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
District : | Lisbon | |||||
Concelho : | Lisboa | |||||
Coordinates : | 38 ° 43 ′ N , 9 ° 10 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 8004 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 74 ha (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 10,816 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 1200 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Luís Miguel de Brito Varela Marreiros ( CDS ) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Lapa Rua da Lapa, 84, R / c Dtº 1200-703 Lisboa |
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Website: | www.jf-lapa.pt |
Lapa is a Portuguese community ( freguesia ) in the 2nd Bairro of the capital Lisbon . The community was established on February 11, 1770.
The 0.72 km² district is dominated by representative city villas, the Parliament of the Portuguese Republic in the Palácio de São Bento parliament building and the seat of the head of government. There are also several embassies in the community, including those from Austria, Switzerland, China, Canada, Romania, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
politics
After the local elections of 2005, the municipal parliament of the bourgeois district is composed as follows:
Political party | Seats 2005 | Seats 2009 |
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CDS-PP 2009 electoral alliance PPD / PSD.CDS-PP.MPT.PPM |
2 | 8th |
CDU election alliance 2005 made up of the PCP and the Greens |
1 | - |
PS | 3 | 4th |
BE | 1 | - |
Psd | 6th | Electoral alliance |
II | 1 |
The president of the Junta de Freguesia was Carlos Mário Duarte Santos of the Conservatives (PSD). He was replaced in 2009 by Luís Miguel de Brito Varela Marreiros (CDS).
Sights and public facilities
- Basílica da Estrela , a classical baroque church from the second half of the 18th century
- Jardim da Estrela , public gardens from the 19th century
- Palácio de São Bento , seat of the National Assembly
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- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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.