Alfragide () is a
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...
in
Amadora Municipality
Amadora () is a municipality and urbanized city in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78 km² (9.2 sq mi). It is the most densely populated m ...
. The population in 2011 was 17,044,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 2.51 km².
Its
patron saint
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is
Our Lady of Fatima.
In the extreme south of the parish is located the first
IKEA
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store in Portugal as part of a major shopping areas of
Lisbon. This shopping area also extends to the parishes of
Buraca
Buraca () is a former civil parish, located in the municipality of Amadora, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish of Águas Livres. As of the 2011 Census, it had a population of 15 892. It had an area of 1.66 square kilomete ...
and, specially,
Carnaxide (
Oeiras).
Image:Alfragide.jpg, Apartment Buildings in Alfragide
Image:Alfragidetorre.jpg, A typical example of architecture of the parish
Image:Amadora - Fregueisa Alfragide.png, Location within the municipality of Amadora
References
Parishes of Amadora
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