Grande Lisboa

Map showing the location of the Grande Lisboa subregion

Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English) is a Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa Region. It is part of the historical Estremadura Province. It includes the capital and prime city of Portugal - Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese). It is the main economical subregion of the country. It covers 1,376 km² and it is the most populous and most densely populated Portuguese subregion (2,821,619 inhabitants and 2,043 inhabitants/km²[1]).

Overview

In spite of getting the name Grande Lisboa, the subregion did not take the entire area of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, because it does not include the municipalities on the South bank of the Tagus river estuary, known as Península de Setúbal, which the term at times also applied to.

The area is bordered in the North by the Centro Region, in the West by the Atlantic Ocean, in the East by the Ribatejo region and in the South by the Tagus River estuary.

This subregion is the leading services center for the entire country and it also has a large industrial output. It is served by the busiest Portuguese airport, an international harbor and an extensive network of highways, and mass transportation, like commuter, regional and international railways.

Municipalities

MunicipalityArea (km²)[2]Population (2011)[3]N.U.T.S. III inclusionDistrict inclusionCultural Region inclusion
Amadora23.78175,136Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Cascais97.40206,479Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Lisbon100.05547,733Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Loures167.24205,054Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Mafra291.6676,685Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Odivelas26.54144,549Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Oeiras45.88172,120Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Sintra319.23377,835Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Vila Franca de Xira318.19136,886Grande LisboaLisboaRibatejo
Total1,390.97 km22,042,477

The main urban centers are Lisboa, Amadora, Algueirão-Mem Martins, Agualva-Cacém, Queluz and Odivelas.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0
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Coordinates: 38°42′N 9°11′W / 38.700°N 9.183°W / 38.700; -9.183

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