Penha de França

Penha de França
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Lisboa
Sub-region :	Lisbon metropolitan area
District :	Lisbon
Concelho :	Lisboa
Coordinates :	38 ° 44 ′  N , 9 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 44 ′  N , 9 ° 8 ′  W
Residents:	12,744 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	71 ha (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	17,949 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Penha da França
Website:	jf-penhafranca.pt

Penha de França is a Portuguese community ( freguesia ) in the 4th Bairro of the capital Lisbon .

It was built on April 13, 1918. In 1959, the municipality ceded parts of its territory for the establishment of the municipalities of São João and Alto do Pina . The patron saint of the freguesia is the Nossa Senhora da Penha de França .

Buildings

EPAL camp, built in 1929, with the Igreja da Penha de França in the background

• Church and convent of the Nossa Senhora da Penha de França
• Escola Técnica Elementar Nuno Gonçalves
• Building Praça Paiva Couceiro n.º 6
• Chafariz da Penha de França
• Jardim da Praça Antonio Sardinha

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

Web links

Commons : Penha de França (Lisbon)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Penha de França at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Penha da França local authority website (Portuguese)