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Loures is a city in Portugal. The county Loures adjacent to the capital Lisbon. Here, the Republic was proclaimed on October 4, 1910, one day before the official proclamation. Nationally known is celebrated here since 1934 carnival.
History
Finds, in particular Antas, occupy a prehistoric settlement. During the time of the Arabic al -Andalus under the Moors held a settlement here, until their expulsion by the Reconquista in the 12th century. The area belonged since then to Lisbon, and was a Lufterhohlungsort noble families, such as during the plague epidemics. The independent county Loures was established on 26 July 1886 by merging of communities that were spun off from the now defunct circles Olivais and Belém. On 4 October 1910, the republican flag of Portugal was at the town hall of Loures hoisted and the Revolutionary Council ( Portuguese: Junta Revolucionaria ) proclaimed the First Portuguese Republic, the day before the official proclamation. The former small-town ( Vila ) Loures was raised in 1990 to the city ( Cidade ).
Management
County Loures
Loures is the administrative seat of the homonymous district ( concelho ). June 30, 2011 had the circle 205 577 inhabitants in an area of 169.3 km ².
The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Arruda dos Vinhos, Vila Franca de Xira, the delta of the River Tagus, Lisbon, Odivelas, Sintra and Mafra.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the county Loures:
- Apelação
- Bobadela ( small town )
- Bucelas ( small town )
- Camarate ( small town )
- Fanhões
- Frielas
- Loures (city)
- Lousa
- Moscavide ( small town )
- Portela
- Prior Velho
- Sacavém (city)
- Santa Iria de Azóia ( small town )
- Santo Antão do Tojal
- Santo António dos Cavaleiros
- São João da Talha ( small town )
- São Julião do Tojal
- Unhos
Demographics
In particular, due to the influx in the course of industrial development, reinforced by the EFTA founding in 1960, the population grew significantly in the circle.
Local holiday
- July 26
Twinning
- Cape Verde Cape Verde Maio (since 1993)
- Portugal: Armamar (since 1993)
- Mozambique Mozambique: Matola (since 1996)
- India India: Diu (since 1998)
Sons and daughters of the town
- Baltasar Barreira (1538-1612), Jesuit missionary in Africa, particularly in Angola
- Félix Avelar Brotero (1744-1828), botanist and high school teacher
- Luís António Furtado de Castro do Rio de Mendonça e Faro (1754-1830), colonial governor of Minas Gerais, member of the Portuguese Commission of General Junot in 1808 to Napoleon during the French invasions of Portugal
- Marcos Romão dos Reis Júnior (1917-2000), musician and composer, head of the Portuguese Navy Orchestra
- Alfredo Dinis (1917-1945), communist resistance fighter against the Estado Novo regime
- Fernando Real (1923-2006), politician, Environment Minister in the Cabinet Cavaco Silva II
- José da Cruz (1923-2006), hairdresser and magician, father of Irene Cruz and Henriqueta Maya
- Eduardo Gageiro ( born 1935 ), Photographer
- Irene Cruz ( born 1943 ), actress, sister of the Maya Henriqueta
- Henriqueta Maya ( born 1945 ), actress, sister of Irene Cruz
- Jerónimo de Sousa ( b. 1947 ), politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Portugal
- Júlio Pereira ( born 1953 ), musician and composer
- Eduardo Luís Marques Kruss Gomes ( born 1955 ), former footballer and football coach
- Villa Rosa ( born 1963 ), actress
- Nuno Távora (* 1976), actor
- Cláudia Vieira ( born 1979 ), model and actress
- Rita Redshoes ( born 1981 ), musician
- António Alberto Bastos Pimparel " Beto " ( b. 1982 ), football goalkeeper
- Hugo Miguel Carolo da Silva ( born 1985 ), football player
- Tiago Alexandre Carvalho Gonçalves (* 1989), football player
- Tiago Manuel Dias Correia " Bébé " (* 1990), football player
Marcos Romão
Rita Redshoes
Jerónimo de Sousa
Cláudia Vieira (Portugal Fashion 2005)
Bébé ( Tiago Correia MD ) at Manchester United