Paço de Arcos
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Lisboa | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Lisbon | |||||
| Concelho : | Oeiras | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 42 ′ N , 9 ° 18 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 15,209 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 3.39 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 4486 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 2770 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Rui Manuel de Freitas | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Paço de Arcos Praceta Dionísio Matias Edifício do Mercado 2770-051 Paço de Arcos |
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Paço de Arcos is a freguesia (municipality) in the municipality (district) of Oeiras with an area of 3.4 km² and 15,209 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). This results in a population density of 4481 inhabitants per km².
history
Towards the end of the 14th century, the city's palace ( port . : Paço) was built, with two towers and a connecting balcony over the arcades (port .: Arcos) , whereupon the name was transferred to the community. Legend has it that King Manuel I watched from the balcony when Vasco da Gama's fleet set off for India.
The community used to be known for its quarries, which today are an obstacle. The Arco da Rua Augusta (Triumphal Arch) in Lisbon was built from stones from these works.
At the beginning of the last century, Paço de Arcos was still a small village and served as a passage between Lisbon and Cascais . Only with the construction of Avenida Maginal did the town get better traffic access . In the course of the 1960s the population grew rapidly and economic and social measures were taken to prevent a slum formation as a suburb of Lisbon. These include the Quinta de Fonte industrial park , the Valentim de Carvalho sound and television studio , hotels, a shopping center and the Escola Náutica Infante D. Henrique University of Applied Sciences .
The place was raised to a small town ( Vila ) on December 7, 1926 .
Personalities
- The Patrão Joaquim Lopes (1798–1890), The Master in Saving Lives, lived here and saved people from drowning for many years.
- The colonial administrator, diplomat and politician Januário Correia de Almeida (1829–1901) was born here.
- The architect Manuel Tainha (1922–2012) was born here.
Buildings
- Palácio Itamaraty e anexos (also Palácio dos Arcos)
- Fornos de Cal
- Forte de Sao Pedro de Paço de Arcos
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Paço de Arcos at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Description of Paço de Arcos from the county's website (Portuguese), accessed February 2, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Website from iknow-portugal.co.uk ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on February 4, 2010
- ↑ Website of the Escola Superior Náutica (Portuguese / English), accessed on February 4, 2010
- ↑ Patrão Joaquim Lopes (Portuguese), at sites.google.com, accessed February 4, 2010
