Vila de Mafra

City Coat of Arms
District	Lisbon
Mayor   - Party	José Maria Ministro dos Santos PSD
Area	291.4 km²
Population  - Total  - Density	53 069 187/km²
Freguesias	17 civil parishes
Coordinates	{{{coor}}}
Municipal holiday	40th day after Easter
Official website: http://www.cm-mafra.pt/

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• The municipality has a total population in 2002 of 53,069. It is mainly rural with some touristic activity centred in the town Mafra and especially in the seaside city of Ericeira, which has become a key destination for national and international surfers. After the completion of the A8 motorway, linking the eastern part of the municipality to the centre of Lisbon, commuter population has increased substantially.

• The town (2002 pop. 11080) is 40km to the northwest of Lisbon. It is mostly known for the impressive Royal Palace and Convent it houses: the Convento de Mafra, which also makes it a popular tourist destination in the Lisbon area. Built in the baroque style and reminescent of the Spanish palace-convent El Escorial, the Convento de Mafra has also inspired Portuguese Nobel Prize laureate José Saramago to write his novel Memorial do Convento. Other points of interest around the city include the Tapada Nacional de Mafra, an enclosed wildlife and game reserve.

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Civil Parishes

Mafra has 17 civil parishes: A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ...

• Azueira
• Carvoeira
• Cheleiros
• Encarnação
• Enxara do Bispo
• Ericeira
• Gradil
• Igreja Nova
• Mafra
• Malveira
• Milharado
• Santo Estêvão das Galés
• Santo Isidoro
• São Miguel de Alcainça
• Sobral da Abelheira
• Venda do Pinheiro
• Vila Franca do Rosário

Coat of Arms Ericeira (2002 pop. ...

Municipalities of the District of Lisbon
Alenquer | Amadora | Arruda dos Vinhos | Azambuja | Cadaval | Cascais | Lisbon (Lisboa) | Loures | Lourinhã | Mafra | Odivelas | Oeiras | Sintra | Sobral de Monte Agraço | Torres Vedras | Vila Franca de Xira