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For other places with the same name, see Oeiras (disambiguation).
Oeiras
Flag of Oeiras
Municipal flag
Coat of arms of Oeiras
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Oeiras
Location  
 - Country Flag of Portugal Portugal
 - Region Lisboa
 - Subregion Greater Lisbon
 - District or A.R. Lisbon
Mayor Isaltino Morais
 - Party Independent
Area 45.7 km²
Population
 - Total 168,475
 - Density 3,687/km²
No. of parishes 10
Coordinates 38º41'N 9º19'W
Municipal holiday
June 7
Website: http://www.cm-oeiras.pt/
Arquiparque - One of the several business parks located in Oeiras
Arquiparque - One of the several business parks located in Oeiras
LagoasPark - Office Park in Porto Salvo, Oeiras
LagoasPark - Office Park in Porto Salvo, Oeiras
Banco Comercial Português Operations Headquarters
Banco Comercial Português Operations Headquarters

Oeiras (pron. IPA: [o'ɐiɾɐʃ]) is a civil parish and a municipality in western Lisbon Metropolitan Area. It is in conurbation with Lisbon, the parish population is 34,850, and the entire Oeiras municipality has 168,475 inhabitants. The town(vila)of Oeiras is one of the most populous towns in Portugal.Located by the of the mouth Tagus river(rio Tejo), across from Almada,in the Greater Lisbon Area. Oeiras is the name of at least two locations: Oeiras, Portugal Oeiras in the Brazilian State of Piauí This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links OER.png Crest of Oeiras (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... Image File history File links LocalOeiras. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Lisboa is one of the 7 NUTS II regions of Portugal. ... Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (Lisbon Metropolitan Area, AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities. ... Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese) is a district of Portugal. ... Political parties in Portugal lists political parties in Portugal. ... A freguesia (pron. ... For other places with the same name, see Oeiras (disambiguation). ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Banco Comercial Português, or Portuguese Commercial Bank in English, and known internationally as BCP, is a major bank of Portugal. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Many of the municipalities of Portugal are older than the country itself. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities. ... A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities, towns and villages which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ... For other uses, see Lisbon (disambiguation). ...

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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. Many large multinational companies have offices in Oeiras making it one of the wealthiest municipalities in Europe. Netjets is headquarted there. Nestlé, Microsoft, Cisco, General Electric and Nokia are other companies that have facilities in the area, among many others. MIPS Technologies recently bought Oeiras based company Chipidea. 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). A major NATO command (Joint Command Lisbon) and a maritime academy - Escola Náutica Infante D. 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. SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação is Portugals third terrestrial television station. ... TVI - Televisão Independente or Independent Television is Portugals fourth terrestrial television channel, launched in 1993. ... NetJets is a subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway, which offers fractional ownership and rental of private jets. ... This article is about the company. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Cisco may refer to: Cisco Systems, a computer networking company Cisco IOS, an internet router operating system CISCO Security Private Limited, a security company in Singapore Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation, a statutory board in Singapore Abbreviation for San Francisco, California Cisco (wine) The Cisco Kid, a fictional character created... “GE” redirects here. ... This article is about the telecommunications corporation. ... MIPS Technologies, formerly MIPS Computer Systems, is most widely known for developing the MIPS architecture and a series of pioneering RISC CPUs. ... Founded in 1997, Chipidea Microelectronics S.A. is a Portuguese broadline, one-stop-shop supplier of high performance Analog and Mixed-Signal IP that are silicon-proven on leading edge manufacturing processes. ... Taguspark is a Science and Technology Park located in Greater Lisbon, municipality of Oeiras, Portugal. ... The Estádio Nacional (Eng. ... The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) (Gulbenkian Science Institute) was founded and is supported by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG) to carry on biomedical research and education. ... This article is about the military alliance. ... Joint Command Lisbon or JC Lisbon is one of the three main subdivisions of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. ... National Agronomy and Fishing Investigation Institute (native official name: Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas) is the Portuguese state-run institute for research on agricultural fields, animal growth and fishing. ... 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 of agriculture. ...


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

Taguspark is a Science and Technology Park located in Greater Lisbon, municipality of Oeiras, Portugal. ...

History and landmarks

The parish dates back to the year 1208, when the area was settled by christians from the north of Portugal. 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. 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 Marquis of Pombal, or Marquês de Pombal, (13 May 1699 - 15 May 1782) was a Portuguese politician and statesman, prime minister of king Joseph I of Portugal throughout his reign. ... Joseph I, King of Portugal (Portuguese José, pron. ... For other uses, see Lisbon (disambiguation). ... This 1755 copper engraving shows the ruins of Lisbon in flames and a tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor. ... View over Tejo River from Almourol Castle in Portugal (May 2005). ...


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, Oeiras, Portugal Quinta da Fonte - One of the biggest office parks in Europe Paço de Arcos (pron. ...


Parishes

Oeiras has 10 civil parishes A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ...

Carnaxide is a city near Lisbon, Portugal, with a population of 20,000. ... Paço de Arcos, Oeiras, Portugal Quinta da Fonte - One of the biggest office parks in Europe Paço de Arcos (pron. ... Municipality Oeiras Area 7,10 km² Population  - Total  - Density 13 724 (2001) 1 933,0/km² Website: http://www. ...

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The fort dominates the beach, and on the western side of the fort lies another beach of Carcavelhos which tends to be more popular.
Inside the building there is a conference room (auditorium), exhibition rooms and a magnificent view to the mouth of the river Tagus.
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Oeiras: Information from Answers.com (279 words)
In conurbation with Lisbon, its population is 34,850, and the entire Oeiras municipality has 168,475 inhabitants.
The Estação Agronómica Nacional located also in Oeiras, is a state-run national centre of agrarian research.
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.
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