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Loures is a municipality (concelho) to the north of Lisbon. Created on 26th July 1886 by a royal decree, it occupies nowadays an area of 168 km² and about 200 000 inhabitants (2001). It confines with the municipalities of Odivelas, Sintra, Mafra, Arruda dos Vinhos, Vila Franca de Xira and Lisbon. Image File history File links Crest of Loures municipality (Portugal) Author: Sérgio Horta The author has agreed to usage of his works under the GNU-FDL, as long as he is quoted as the source: Caro Senhor, Manuel Anastácio File links The following pages link to this file... Image File history File links Crest of Loures municipality (Portugal) Author: Sérgio Horta The author has agreed to usage of his works under the GNU-FDL, as long as he is quoted as the source: Caro Senhor, Manuel Anastácio File links The following pages link to this file... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... A concelho is the primary local administrative unit in Portugal (and other Lusophone countries). ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Pedro Santana Lopes PSD Area 84. ... Odivelas is a city, in the concelho (municipality) of Odivelas in the district of Lisbon, in Portugal. ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Fernando Seara PSD Area 316. ... Mafra is a small city (2002 pop. ... Vila Franca de Xira is a city in the district of Lisbon, Portugal. ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Pedro Santana Lopes PSD Area 84. ...

The municipality comprises actually (after the secession of Odivelas and six other parishes – Caneças, Famões, Olival Basto, Póvoa de Santo Adrião and Ramada – in 1997, to form itself another municipality), 18 parishes (freguesias): Apelação, Bobadela, Bucelas, Camarate, Fanhões, Frielas, Loures (seat of the municipality), Lousa, Moscavide, Portela de Sacavém (where stays the Lisbon airport with that same name), Prior Velho, Sacavém (well known by its ceramics), Santa Iria de Azóia, Santo Antão do Tojal, Santo António dos Cavaleiros, São João da Talha, São Julião do Tojal and Unhos. From these, both Loures (with 24 000 habs.) and Sacavém (c. 18 000 habs.) are cities (cidades), being towns Bobadela, Bucelas, Moscavide, Santa Iria de Azóia, Santo António dos Cavaleiros and São João da Talha (vilas) and the remainvillages. Odivelas is a city, in the concelho (municipality) of Odivelas in the district of Lisbon, in Portugal. ... A parish is a subdivision of a diocese or bishopric within the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, and of some other churches. ... New U.S. & Canada logo in 2005 U.S. & Canada logo (Soon to be retired). ... A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ... Church of Saint James the Great in Camarate Coat of Arms Camarate is a parish in the Loures municipality, Lisbon district, Portugal. ... Sacavém CoA Vasco da Gama Bridge Sacavém is a city in Portugal, near the capital Lisbon. ... A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... For the Slavic nymphs of this name, see Slavic fairies. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

The municipality is basically divided in three areas: the rustic one, to the north (Lousa, Fanhões, Bucelas, Santo Antão do Tojal and São Julião do Tojal); the urban one, to the south (Frielas, Loures and Santo António dos Cavaleiros); and the urban-industrial, to the east (Apelação, Bobadela, Camarate, Moscavide, Portela de Sacavém, Prior Velho, Sacavém, Santa Iria de Azóia, São João da Talha and Unhos).

In this eastern area, the ten local parishes claim to became independent from Loures, and form his own municipality, with is own set in the town of Sacavém. This struggle dates from the beginnings of the Portuguese Republic, and has a very strong support among the people today.

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