Lumiar

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Lumiar
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Lumiar coat of arms
Lumiar (Portugal)
Lumiar
Basic data
Region : Lisboa
Sub-region : Lisbon metropolitan area
District : Lisbon
Concelho : Lisboa
Coordinates : 38 ° 46 ′  N , 9 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′  N , 9 ° 10 ′  W
Residents: 45,605 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 6.57 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 6941 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 1750/1600-
politics
Mayor : Nuno Roque
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Lumiar
Estrada da Torre, 19
1750-293 Lisboa
Website: www.jf-lumiar.pt

Lumiar [ 'lumiaɾ ] is a Portuguese parish ( freguesia ) in the 3rd Bairro of the capital Lisbon . It is 6.6 km² and has 45,605 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011), making it one of the largest municipalities in Lisbon. Neighboring municipalities are Odivelas , Campo Grande , São João de Brito , Olivais , Charneca do Lumiar , Ameixoeira and Carnide . Lumiar is directly adjacent to the southwest of Lisbon Airport .

Due to its size, the municipality is divided into the following Bairros (neighborhoods): Alta de Lisboa, Calvanas, Paço do Lumiar, Telheiras and Bairro da Cruz Vermelha.

history

The Freguesia Lumiar was founded on April 2, 1166 as a parish district. In the 18th century the parish belonged to the neighboring parish of Santa Maria dos Olivais for a few years, but on July 18, 1885 it became a parish of the city of Lisbon. Since the end of the 19th century, Lumiar experienced enormous growth due to its location as a suburb of Lisbon.

Culture

Lumiar is home to the Museu Nacional do Traje ( Costume Museum ) and the Museu Nacional do Teatro , Portugal's theater museum.

The José Alvalade Stadium of Sporting Lisbon is located on Campo Grande .

Churches

  • Igreja Paroquial Lumiar
  • Igreja Paroquial de Nossa Senhora do Carmo - Alto do Lumiar
  • Convento de Santa Brígida
  • Convento de Nossa Senhora das Portas do Céu

Parks

Parque Botânico do Monteiro-Mor , staircase in the historic garden at the Palácio Angeja-Palmela
Quinta das Conchas

There are three larger parks in the municipality:

health

There are three health facilities in Lumiar, the Portuguese Air Force Hospital, Hospital da Força Aérea , the Hospital de Pulido Valente and the Centro de Saúde do Lumiar

traffic

Lumiar metro station

The Eixo Norte-Sul expressway , an important transport link that was completed in 2008, runs through Lumiar in a north-east-south-west direction . Lisbon Airport is to the east of Lumiar .

The community is connected via the green and yellow lines of the Lisbon metro and buses from Carris . The metro stations are in Lumiar:

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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