Azambuja
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| Coordinates: 39°04′N 8°52′W / 39.067°N 8.867°WCoordinates: 39°04′N 8°52′W / 39.067°N 8.867°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Alentejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Lezíria do Tejo |
| District | Lisbon |
| Parishes | 7 |
| Government | |
| • President | Luís de Sousa (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 262.66 km2 (101.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 21,814 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | Ascension Day (date varies) |
| Website | http://www.cm-azambuja.pt |
Azambuja (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐzɐ̃ˈbuʒɐ] (
listen)) is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, in the historical region of Ribatejo (and the sole municipality of within the district that does not belong to the historical province of Estremadura). The population in 2011 was 21,814,[1] in an area of 262.66 km².[2] Since 2002, it was integrated into the NUTS III statistical subregion of Lezíria do Tejo.
History[]
The town is so old that there is no longer any surviving record of when it received the privileged status embodied in a municipal charter.
In 1963 Ford opened an auto-assembly plant in Azambuja.
In 2000 the plant was integrated into the nearby auto-assembly business of General Motors (Opel). Opel Combo minivans were assembled until the end of 2006 when the plant was closed and production transferred to the manufacturer's plant near Saragossa (Spain).[3]
Geography[]
The municipality is limited to the north by Rio Maior, to the northeast Santarém, to the east Cartaxo, to the southeast Salvaterra de Magos, to the south Benavente and Vila Franca de Xira and to the west by Alenquer and Cadaval.
Its seat is the town (vila) with the same name, which has 6,900 inhabitants and occupies the parish (freguesia) also named Azambuja. The total number of parishes is 7.
Demographics[]
| Population in Azambuja Municipality (1801–2011) | ||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 3402 | 3514 | 11446 | 14035 | 18218 | 19768 | 19568 | 20837 | 21814 |
Parishes[]
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
- Alcoentre
- Aveiras de Baixo
- Aveiras de Cima
- Azambuja
- Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa
- Vale do Paraíso
- Vila Nova da Rainha
Notable people[]
- Giovanni Lopez de Andrade (1569 in Azambuja – 1628) a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Otranto 1623 to 1628
External links[]
- Municipality official website
- Azambujadigital - Web site related to Azambuja[permanent dead link]
Sources[]
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Report of closure of auto-assembly plants in western Europe in AutoNews "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-10-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 20" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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