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| - Country |  Portugal |
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| - Region | Lisboa | |||||
| - Subregion | Greater Lisbon | |||||
| - District or A. The administrative divisions of Portugal are undergoing changes Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Lisboa is one of the 7 NUTS II regions of Portugal. Prior to 2002 the region was referred as Lisboa e Vale do Tejo. Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English) is a Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa region. R. | Lisbon | |||||
| Mayor | Isaltino Morais | |||||
| - Party | Independent | |||||
| Area | 45. The District of Lisbon ( Portuguese: Lisboa pron liʒ'boɐ is located in the South Central Portugal, the District Capital is Political parties in Portugal lists political parties in Portugal. 7 km² | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| - Total | 168,475 | |||||
| - Density | 3,687/km² | |||||
| No. of parishes | 10 | |||||
| Coordinates | 38º41'N 9º19'W | |||||
| Municipal holiday | June 7 |
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| Website: http://www.cm-oeiras.pt/ | ||||||
Oeiras (pron. IPA: [o'ɐiɾɐʃ]) is a civil parish and a municipality in western Lisbon Metropolitan Area. "Freguesia" ( pron fɾɛgɨ'ziɐ is the Portuguese term for Civil parish, a secondary Local administrative unit in Portugal Oeiras ( pron o'ɐjɾɐʃ is a civil parish and a municipality in western Lisbon Metropolitan Area. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Banco Comercial Português ("Portuguese Commercial Bank" also known as BCP was founded in 1985 and is the largest Bank of Portugal In Portugal, municipality (município or concelho (meaning "council" is the most stable Subdivision of Portugal since the foundation Lisbon Metropolitan Area ( Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities ( Concelhos It is in conurbation with Lisbon, the parish population is 34,850, and the entire Oeiras municipality has 168,475 inhabitants. A conurbation is an Urban area or Agglomeration comprising a number of Cities, large Towns and larger urban areas that through Population Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. The town (vila) of Oeiras is one of the most populous towns in Portugal. Located by the end of the mouth Tagus river (rio Tejo), across from Almada, in the Greater Lisbon Area.
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Economy
It has several industrial and commercial facilities, being also home of SIC and TVI, two leading private Portuguese television networks. SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação is a Portuguese Television network and a media company which runs several television channels TVI - Televisão Independente ( Independent Television in english is Portugal 's fourth terrestrial Television channel launched in 1993 Many large multinational companies have offices in Oeiras making it one of the wealthiest municipalities in Europe. Netjets is headquarted there. NetJets, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, offers fractional ownership and Rental of private Business jets History NetJets Nestlé, Microsoft, Cisco, General Electric and Nokia are other companies that have facilities in the area, among many others. Nestlé is a multinational packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Nokia Corporation (pronunciation /'nɔkiɑ/),,) is a Finnish multinational Communications Corporation, headquartered MIPS Technologies recently bought Oeiras based company Chipidea. MIPS Technologies Inc ( formerly MIPS Computer Systems, is most widely known for developing the MIPS architecture and a series of pioneering RISC Chipidea is since 2007 a fully integrated division and a brand of US-based company MIPS Technologies. It is also well known by Taguspark (a science and technology park), the Jamor (where the National Stadium is located), and also by the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (a private research institution). Taguspark is a Science and technology park located in the municipality of Oeiras, Greater Lisbon subregion Portugal. The Estádio Nacional (National Stadium also known as Estádio do Jamor, is the Portuguese national football ground. The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC (Gulbenkian Science Institute was founded and is supported by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG to carry on Biomedical A major NATO command (Joint Command Lisbon) and a maritime academy - Escola Náutica Infante D. The North Atlantic Treaty Joint Command Lisbon or JC Lisbon is one of the three main subdivisions of NATO 's Allied Command Operations. Henrique - are located in the area. The Estação Agronómica Nacional of the National Agronomy and Fishing Investigation Institute, located also in Oeiras, is a state-run national centre of agrarian research. Agricultural science is a broad multidisciplinary field that encompasses the parts of exact natural economic and Social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding
Business Parks
Oeiras is well known by the sprawling office parks along its territory. These host, in most cases, multinational companies. Here is a list of some of them:
- Arquiparque
- Lagoas Park
- Miraflores Premium
- Neo Park
- Parque Holanda
- Parque Suécia
- Quinta da Fonte
- Taguspark - Science and Technology Park
- Tagus Space
History and landmarks
The parish dates back to the year 1208, when the area was settled by christians from the north of Portugal. Taguspark is a Science and technology park located in the municipality of Oeiras, Greater Lisbon subregion Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The municipality was founded in 1759 by the Marquis of Pombal, as a reward granted by king José I to his minister for having reconstructed downtown Lisbon after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, it was at the county that he built a magnificent manor-house, the Palace of the Counts of Oeiras, which still exhibits grand stone staircases, statues, splendid tiles and beautiful gardens with cascades and an aqueduct with arches. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo 1st Count of Oeiras 1st Marquis of Pombal (in Portuguese, Marquês de Pombal, pron Ancestors Marriages and descendants Joseph married Marianne Victoria of Borbón, daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese of Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon Earthquake, took place on November 1 1755 at around 940 in the morning Oeiras was once part of a defensive line of maritime fortresses built along the Lisbon coast between the 16th and 17th centuries, including the Saint Lawrence Fort (known as Bugio, rising on a tiny islet in the middle of the River Tagus) and the São Julião da Barra Fort, both examples of the Renaissance military architecture. The Tagus ( Latin Tagus, Spanish Tajo, Portuguese Tejo, pron.
Oeiras offers a range of new attractions and sites of interest, from the Fábrica da Pólvora (a former gunpowder factory from the 16th century which has been recovered for leisure and cultural purposes) to the Poets Park (a vast green space with statues of Portuguese poets and writers) and the Palace of the Royal Estate at Caxias, dating from the 18th century and surrounded by wonderful gardens.
Visitors may also benefit from different leisure and sports facilities, such as the sports complex of Jamor, the Maritime Walk (a seaside promenade to link Algés to the Torre beach, still unfinished) or the modern marina at Oeiras, prepared to welcome sixty ships, besides other parks and gardens.
The historical centres of several towns have also been recovered and display monuments and sites of interest in picturesque and pleasant settings, often including good restaurants, as is the case of Paço de Arcos. Paço de Arcos ( pron. 'pasu dɨ 'aɾkuʃ or 'daɾkuʃ is a Civil parish ( Freguesias) in Oeiras, Portugal
Sport
Tennis
The Estoril Open, held at the Estoril Court Central, is a prestigious professional tennis tournament that hosts both an ATP (men's) and WTA (women's) event. The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA Clay court tournament held in Jamor Oeiras, Portugal (in spite of nominally located in Estoril Court Central is the main Tennis Court in Oeiras, Portugal. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players The event is held in Oeiras but is nominally located in the nearby resort of Estoril by the sport's governing bodies. The men's event was first held in 1990, when the ATP took absolute control of the men's tennis tour and revamped it. In 1998, the first women's event was held, as a component of the ITF women's cicuit; a year later, it was promoted to the main WTA Tour. The International Tennis Federation (ITF is the governing body of world Tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations On the men's side, several players who have won the event have also triumphed at the French Open, including Sergi Bruguera, Andrei Medvedev, Thomas Muster, Carlos Moyà, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Gastón Gaudio. The French Open ( Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros) is a major Tennis tournament held over Sergi Bruguera Torner (born on January 16, 1971, in Barcelona, Spain) is a retired professional Tennis player from Spain Andriy Medvedev (born August 31, 1974 in Kiev) is a retired professional Tennis player from Ukraine. Thomas Muster (born October 2, 1967 in Leibnitz, Austria) is a former World No Carlos Moyà Llompart (born August 27 1976) also known as Carles Moyà, Carlos Moyá and Carlos Moya, is a former world number Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born February 12 1980) or JCF is a former World No Gastón Norberto Gaudio (born December 9 1978 in Temperley, Buenos Aires) nicknamed El Gato ( The Cat in Spanish) is The list of champions also includes two-time finalist Àlex Corretja, Australian Open champion Novak Đoković, Tennis Masters Cup winner David Nalbandian, and, most recently, twelve-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer. Àlex Corretja Verdegay (born April 11 1974 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former professional Tennis player from Spain The Australian Open is one of the four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments held each year ( Serbian: Новак Ђоковић Novak Đoković, ˈnɔvaːk 'ʥɔːkɔviʨ born May 22 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia (part of Yugoslavia at The Tennis Masters Cup is a Tennis tournament played at the end of each year involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings David Nalbandian (born January 1 1982 is an Argentine-Armenian professional Tennis player who is ranked 7th in the world as of August 11 2008 Roger Federer (ˈrɒdʒə ˈfɛdərər born August 8 1981 is a Swiss professional Tennis player who is currently ranked World No
Parishes
Oeiras has 10 civil parishes
- Algés
- Barcarena
- Carnaxide
- Caxias
- Cruz Quebrada - Dafundo
- Linda-a-Velha
- Oeiras e São Julião da Barra
- Paço de Arcos
- Porto Salvo
- Queijas
External links
- Oeiras Town Hall
- Invest in Oeiras
- Travel Guide to the Municipality of Oeiras
- Photos from Oeiras
- Escola Náutica Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
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