Grande Lisboa

Grande Lisboa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡɾɐ̃d(ɨ) liʒˈbo.ɐ]; English: Greater Lisbon) is a former Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa Region. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.[1] 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 (2,042,477 inhabitants and 1,483.6 inhabitants/km2[2]).

Map showing the location of the Grande Lisboa subregion

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)[3]Population (2011)[4]N.U.T.S. III inclusionDistrict inclusionCultural Region inclusion
Amadora24175,136Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Cascais97206,479Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Lisbon85547,733Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Loures169205,054Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Mafra29276,685Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Odivelas26144,549Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Oeiras46172,120Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Sintra319377,835Grande LisboaLisboaEstremadura
Vila Franca de Xira318136,886Grande LisboaLisboaRibatejo
Total1,377 km22,042,477

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

References
  1. Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
  2. http://habitacao.cm-lisboa.pt/documentos/1362596653V6gKK1xq6Mw12JO4.pdf
  3. "PORDATA - Superfície". Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  4. Instituto Nacional de Estatística

Media related to Grande Lisboa at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.