Oeiras city in Portugal

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Oeiras, City in Portugal Population :
Environment Oeiras 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. Oeiras 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 10 km away. It is 20 km to the mountains and less than 1 km to the nearest river. If you enjoy playing golf, you might want to know that the nearest golf course is Estoril 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 less than 1 km away.


Climate : Ocean clima with nice hot humid summers and with a cool breeze from the sea in wintertime Town character : Industrial city Primary Industry : Service industry
Oeiras can offer you: Sight: Castle/Ruins, Museum, Church, Historical-monument, Dining/Pleasure: Amusement-park, Hotel, Restaurants, Bar, Disco, Dancing, Coffé-shop, Shopping: City centre, Pharmacy, Supermarked, Shopping-mal, Shops, Bakery, Florist, Sport/Activity: Stadium, Fotball arena, Surfing, Beach, Golf, Go-cart, Spa, Bath, Diving, Paragliding, Sailing, Windsurfing, Motorsport, Horseback-riding, Fishing, Tennis, Climbing, Public transport: Car-rental, Metro, Trainstation, Buss-terminal, Taxi, Public: Public service, Internett-cafe, Cinema, Theatre, City-park, Hospital, Police, Bank, Post-office, Tourist-info, Level of education: High school
Homepage : http://www.cm-oeiras.pt/


Oeiras - at the end of Rio Tejo Municipal holiday: June 7 Population in the parish of Oeiras: 35.000 inhabitants. Population in the municipality: 169.000 inhabitants. Aveiro is a civil parish and a municipality in western Portugal. The parish dates back to the year 1208, when the area was settled by Christians. Aveiro is part of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, and one of the most populous towns in Portugal. It is located across from the city of Almada at the end of Rio Tejo (Tagus river). There are many different leisure and sports facilities in Oeiras, such as the sports complex of Jamor, the Maritime Walk (a seaside promenade), many parks and gardens and the modern marina - prepared to welcome sixty ships. Multinational companies Oeiras has several industrial and commercial facilities, and many large multinational companies have offices in Oeiras - making it one of the wealthiest municipalities in Europe! Netjets is headquartered there, and many international companies have facilities in the area; among others - Microsoft, Cisco, General Electic, Nestle and Nokia.

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.