Lourinhã city in Portugal

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Lourinhã , City in Portugal Population :
Environment Lourinhã is located in the Lisbon region in the west of Portugal, including Grande Lisboa and the Peninsula de Setubal. This is a region of significant importance in industry, services and agriculture. In this region you will find "big-city life" as well as marvelous historical places of interest, nice wine districts, some of the best beaches in the country, and world famous golf courses. Lourinhã is situated in the district of Lisboa. View all properties for sale in the district of Lisboa. Some distances of interest The closest airport is Lisbon Internationale Airport, located 60 km away. It is more than 50 km to the mountains and 10 km to the nearest river. If you enjoy playing golf, you might want to know that the nearest golf course is Vimeiro Golf Club (10 km away). In Portugal the Atlantic Ocean is always "close by" - distances from estern inland border will maximum be a two hour drive. The closest beach is 3 km away.


Climate : Ocean clima with nice hot humid summers and with a cool breeze from the sea in wintertime Town character : Agricultural town Primary Industry : Agricultur
Lourinhã can offer you: Sight: Archaeological-site, Castle/Ruins, Museum, Church, Historical-monument, Dining/Pleasure: Hotel, Restaurants, Bar, Dancing, Coffé-shop, Shopping: City centre, Pharmacy, Supermarked, Shops, Bakery, Florist, Sport/Activity: Fotball arena, Surfing, Beach, Golf, Go-cart, Spa, Bath, Diving, Paragliding, Sailing, Windsurfing, Motorsport, Horseback-riding, Fishing, Tennis, Climbing, Public transport: Car-rental, Buss-terminal, Taxi, Public: Public service, Cinema, Medical-care, Police, Bank, Post-office, Tourist-info, Level of education: Primary school
Homepage : http://www.cm-lourinha.pt


Lourinhã - with Late Jurassic findings! Municipal holiday: June 24 Population in the village: 8.800 inhabitants. Population in the municipality: 24.600 inhabitants. Lourinhã is a town and a municipality, in the district of Lisbon, located on the west coast in Portugal. The area of Lourinhã is known by the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian/Tithonian) findings of dinosaurs and other fossils.The paleontological remains, which include fossilised bones, footprints, eggs and even embryos from Jurassic dinosaurs. Many of which can be seen nowadays at the local museum, Museu da Lourinhã. The economy of Lourinhã depends mostly on agriculture and fishing, and nowadays also in tourism - due to the municipality's extensive, picturesque beaches and the dinosaur remains. Lourinhã has 12 km of coastline, with several popular beaches, such as; Praia de Areal, Praia da Areia Branca, Praia do Caniçal, Praia de Paimogo, Praia de Vale Frades, Praia de Porto das Barcas and Praia da Peralta.

Wine from the region of Lisbon Portugal produces some of the world's finest, oldest, unique and highest value-added wines. The country has a large variety of native breeds - about 285 - producing a very wide variety of different wines with distinctive personality. Lisbon region is known for its Moscatel wine and also for the Colares sand wine. Read more about wine from Lisbon region here. Read more about Portuguese wine here.