Torres Vedras is a city and a municipality in the district of Lisbon,
PortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...
, about 50 km north of
LisbonLisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region...
. It belongs to the
OesteOeste, is a NUTS 3 sub-region of the NUTS 2 region of Portugal named Centro. The sub-region is coterminous with the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste of the same name...
subregion and the
CentroThe Centro Region is a region in central Portugal, and its capital is Coimbra. Other cities inside this region are Aveiro, Viseu, Leiria, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Figueira da Foz, Guarda, Pinhel, Mealhada, Pombal, Tomar, Abrantes, Torres Vedras, Torres Novas, Peniche, Águeda and Caldas da Rainha....
region.
The municipality covers an area of 405.89 km² distributed over 20
freguesiaFreguesia is the Portuguese term for civil parish, a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and in the former Portuguese Empire, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau. A "freguesia" is a subdivision of a "concelho" or "município", the Portuguese synonym terms for...
s. It borders to
LourinhãLourinhã is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 147.2 km² and a total population of 24,601 inhabitants. The seat of the municipality is the village of Lourinhã, with a population of 8,800 inhabitants....
to the north,
AlenquerAlenquer is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 304.2 km² and a total population of 42,932 inhabitants. The municipality is composed of 16 parishes, and is located in the District of Lisbon....
to the east,
Sobral de Monte AgraçoSobral de Monte Agraço is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 52.1 km² and a total population of 9,789 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 3 parishes, and is located in the District of Lisbon....
to the southeast,
MafraMafra Municipality is located in district of Lisbon on the west coast of Portugal, in the Greater Lisbon region. The seat is in the town of Mafra.The municipality had a total population in 2002 of 53,069...
to the south and the
Atlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres , it covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface and about one-quarter of its water surface area. The first part of its name refers to the Atlas of Greek...
to the west.
To the south of the municipality run the
lines of Torres VedrasThe Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810, and used...
, constructed on the orders of the
Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
in 1809-10.
The municipality is subdivided into 20 parishes.
- A dos Cunhados
A dos Cunhados is a parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras in Portugal. It covers an area of 43.98 km² and had a population of 6,936 as of 2001....
- Campelos
- Carmões
- Carvoeira
- Dois Portos
- Freiria
- Maceira
- Matacães
Matacães is a parish in Torres Vedras municipality, 50km north of Lisbon. The name Matacães has a literal translation of "kill dogs" or "dog killer"...
- Maxial
- Monte Redondo
- Outeiro da Cabeça
- Ponte do Rol
- Ramalhal
- Runa
- Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel (Torres Vedras)
- São Pedro da Cadeira
- São Pedro e Santiago (Torres Vedras)
- Silveira
Silveira is a parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras in Portugal. It covers an area of 24.76 km² and had a population of 6,496 as of 2001....
- Turcifal
- Ventosa
Ventosa is one of eleven parishes in Candamo, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.It is in size with a population of 367 .-Villages:...
The coat of arms shows the flagged and roofed castle on red ground.
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Torres Vedras is a city and a municipality in the district of Lisbon,
PortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...
, about 50 km north of
LisbonLisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region...
. It belongs to the
OesteOeste, is a NUTS 3 sub-region of the NUTS 2 region of Portugal named Centro. The sub-region is coterminous with the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste of the same name...
subregion and the
CentroThe Centro Region is a region in central Portugal, and its capital is Coimbra. Other cities inside this region are Aveiro, Viseu, Leiria, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Figueira da Foz, Guarda, Pinhel, Mealhada, Pombal, Tomar, Abrantes, Torres Vedras, Torres Novas, Peniche, Águeda and Caldas da Rainha....
region.
The municipality covers an area of 405.89 km² distributed over 20
freguesiaFreguesia is the Portuguese term for civil parish, a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and in the former Portuguese Empire, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau. A "freguesia" is a subdivision of a "concelho" or "município", the Portuguese synonym terms for...
s. It borders to
LourinhãLourinhã is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 147.2 km² and a total population of 24,601 inhabitants. The seat of the municipality is the village of Lourinhã, with a population of 8,800 inhabitants....
to the north,
AlenquerAlenquer is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 304.2 km² and a total population of 42,932 inhabitants. The municipality is composed of 16 parishes, and is located in the District of Lisbon....
to the east,
Sobral de Monte AgraçoSobral de Monte Agraço is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 52.1 km² and a total population of 9,789 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 3 parishes, and is located in the District of Lisbon....
to the southeast,
MafraMafra Municipality is located in district of Lisbon on the west coast of Portugal, in the Greater Lisbon region. The seat is in the town of Mafra.The municipality had a total population in 2002 of 53,069...
to the south and the
Atlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres , it covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface and about one-quarter of its water surface area. The first part of its name refers to the Atlas of Greek...
to the west.
To the south of the municipality run the
lines of Torres VedrasThe Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810, and used...
, constructed on the orders of the
Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
in 1809-10.
Parishes
The municipality is subdivided into 20 parishes.
- A dos Cunhados
A dos Cunhados is a parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras in Portugal. It covers an area of 43.98 km² and had a population of 6,936 as of 2001....
- Campelos
- Carmões
- Carvoeira
- Dois Portos
- Freiria
- Maceira
- Matacães
Matacães is a parish in Torres Vedras municipality, 50km north of Lisbon. The name Matacães has a literal translation of "kill dogs" or "dog killer"...
- Maxial
- Monte Redondo
- Outeiro da Cabeça
- Ponte do Rol
- Ramalhal
- Runa
- Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel (Torres Vedras)
- São Pedro da Cadeira
- São Pedro e Santiago (Torres Vedras)
- Silveira
Silveira is a parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras in Portugal. It covers an area of 24.76 km² and had a population of 6,496 as of 2001....
- Turcifal
- Ventosa
Ventosa is one of eleven parishes in Candamo, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.It is in size with a population of 367 .-Villages:...
Coat of arms
The coat of arms shows the flagged and roofed castle on red ground. Above the castle is the Portuguese coat of arms, with one star to each side. A
mural crownIn Hellenistic culture, a mural crown identified the goddess Tyche, the embodiment of the fortune of a city, familiar to Romans as Fortuna. The high cylindrical polos of Cybele too could be rendered as a mural crown in Hellenistic times, specifically designating the Mother Goddess as patron of a...
above with five towers symbolizes the city rank. Below is a white scroll with the words
CIDADE DE TORRES VEDRAS (Torres Vedras city).
Population
The municipality has a very dispersed demographics, with 21 urban agglomerates, of which most have less than 200 inhabitants. The resident population in the city of Torres Vedras (20.000 inhabitants in the two urban parishes) represents about 25% of the population of the concelho.
Altogether the municipality has a population of 75,494, with a population density of 185 per km². The population growth between 1991 to 2001 was 7.5%.
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