Odivelas
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Lisboa | |||||
Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
District : | Lisbon | |||||
Concelho : | Odivelas | |||||
Coordinates : | 38 ° 47 ′ N , 9 ° 11 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 59,546 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 5.04 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 11,815 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 2675 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Odivelas Alameda do Poder Local, 4 2675 - 427 Odivelas |
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Odivelas district | ||||||
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Residents: | 145,142 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 26.55 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 5467 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 4th | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Odivelas Rua Guilherme Gomes Fernandes Quinta da Memória 2675-367 Odivelas |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Susana Amador ( PS ) | |||||
Website: | www.cm-odivelas.pt |
Odivelas is a city ( Cidade ) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 59,546 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). Odivelas belongs to the metropolitan area of the capital Lisbon .
history
The community was probably founded by the crusader João Ramires after participating in the siege of Lisbon in 1147. In 1295 the construction of the Mosteiro de S.Dinis monastery began , which subsequently gave the place some importance, for example due to the presence of Queen Philippa of Lancaster . With the dissolution and expropriation of all religious orders after the Liberal Revolution in 1822, Odivelas' importance waned.
In Pontinha was the high command of the Movimento das Forças Armadas , the group of army officers who overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo with the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1974 and reintroduced democracy in Portugal. With the increasing growth of the greater Lisbon area, Odivelas also grew considerably.
After the place was raised to a small town ( Vila ) in 1964 , Odivelas received the status of a town ( Cidade ) in 1990 , and in 1998 became the seat of an independent district ( concelho ).
administration
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Odivelas is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Loures , Lisbon , Amadora and Sintra .
With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from seven to four.
The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in Odivelas County:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Odivelas | 59,546 | 5.04 | 11,825 | 111603 |
Pontinha e Famões | 34,143 | 9.22 | 3,704 | 111608 |
Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival de Basto | 18,872 | 2.63 | 7.176 | 111609 |
Ramada e Caneças | 32,581 | 9.66 | 3,373 | 111610 |
Odivelas district | 145.142 | 26.55 | 5,467 | 1116 |
Population development
Population of the municipality of Odivelas (from 1998 district) | |||||||||
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1950 | 1970 | 2001 | 2011 | ||||||
6772 | 51,395 | 133,847 | 144,549 |
Town twinning
sons and daughters of the town
- Orlando Worm (1938–2010), dancer, lighting technician, choreographer, founder of the Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo
- Jorge Leitão Ramos (* 1952), film historian and film critic
- Fernando Ferrão (born 1959), actor
- Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima (* 1961), Luxembourg politician, member of the EU since 2019
- Paulo Santos (born 1972), football player
- Catarina Leite (* 1983), chess player
- Roderick Miranda (* 1991), football player
- Rúben Pinto (* 1992), football player
See also
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Odivelas at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website
- Website about Odivelas
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on February 5, 2012
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on February 5, 2013
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 5, 2013