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Amora (Seixal)
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Amora is a Portuguese
city and freguesia
, located in Seixal Municipality, Setúbal District. It had a 2001 population of 50,991 inhabitants and a total area of 27.31 km²; its density was 1,867.1/km².
. The city was noted for its sea-based industry notably navy repairs and construction, fishing and other industries but nowadays is one of the dorm-cities surrounding Lisbon
. Thousands of people leave everyday to work in the capital (by train, car or ferryboat) but choose to keep living in Amora due to its cheaper cost of living and good level of infrastructures and services.
The parish was first mentioned in 1384 in the Chronicles of John I
, a work of Fernão Lopes
. From this period apparently dates the first population settlement in the area, which was located in Cheira Ventos, in the present day area of Talaminho. The parish became a town on 30 June 1989 and a city on 20 May 1993.
Localities include:
Middle schools:
Secondary schools:
Both of these schools also include the last three middle school levels.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
city and freguesia
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
, located in Seixal Municipality, Setúbal District. It had a 2001 population of 50,991 inhabitants and a total area of 27.31 km²; its density was 1,867.1/km².
Nearest parishes
- CorroiosCorroiosCorroios is a Portuguese town and parish, located in the municipality of Seixal. It has a 2001 population of 46,475 inhabitants and a total area of 16.92 km² and the density is 2,746.9/km². Corroios remains as the second most populous town in Portugal, after Algueirão-Mem Martins...
, northeast - ArrentelaArrentelaArrentela is a Portuguese parish, located in the city of Seixal. It had a 2001 population of 28,610 inhabitants and a total area of 9.58 km², its density was 2,986.4/km². Its inhabitants are known as Arrentelense...
, east - Aldeia de Paio PiresAldeia de Paio PiresAldeia de Paio Pires is a Portuguese village located in the municipality of , Portugal. It had a 2001 population of 10,937 inhabitants and a total area of 12.14 km², with a density of 900.9/km²....
, southeast - Fernão FerroFernão FerroFernão Ferro is a Portuguese parish, located in the city of Seixal. It had a 2001 population of 10,752 inhabitants and a total area of 25.26 km², its density was 425.7/km²....
, south - Charneca de Caparica, west
Information and History
Amora is situated in the banks of Rio Judeu, a tributary of the TejoTejo
Tejo can be:*The Tagus, a river on the Iberian Peninsula.*Tejo , a sport and national pastime of Colombia.*The Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo * Tejo, Ethiopia...
. The city was noted for its sea-based industry notably navy repairs and construction, fishing and other industries but nowadays is one of the dorm-cities surrounding Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. Thousands of people leave everyday to work in the capital (by train, car or ferryboat) but choose to keep living in Amora due to its cheaper cost of living and good level of infrastructures and services.
The parish was first mentioned in 1384 in the Chronicles of John I
John I of Portugal
John I KG , called the Good or of Happy Memory, more rarely and outside Portugal the Bastard, was the tenth King of Portugal and the Algarve and the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta...
, a work of Fernão Lopes
Fernão Lopes
Fernão Lopes was a Portuguese chronicler appointed by King Edward of Portugal. Fernão Lopes wrote the history of Portugal, but only a part of his work remained....
. From this period apparently dates the first population settlement in the area, which was located in Cheira Ventos, in the present day area of Talaminho. The parish became a town on 30 June 1989 and a city on 20 May 1993.
Localities
- Amora
- Belverde
- Cruz de PauCruz de PauCruz de Pau is one of two localities in the city and parish of Amora, in the municipality of Seixal in Portugal. It is located north of the A2 superhighway. It forms a part with a conjunction with the dormitory cities of the area south of the Tagus or Tejo in the Greater Lisbon Area....
- FogueteiroFogueteiroFogueteiro is a locality in the parish and city of Amora in the municipality of Seixal, Portugal. It is also a suburb of the Greater Lisbon area, located by Rio Judeu and at the banks of the Tejo river....
- Foros de AmoraForos de AmoraForos de Amora is a locality of the parish and city of Amora, in the municipality of Seixal, Lisbon Area ,south of the major superhighway, the A2.-Bounding localities:*Cruz de Pau, north*Paivas, north*Soutelo, north*Pinhal Conde da Cunha, west...
- Medideira
- Paivas
- Pinhal Conde da Cunha
- Quinta da Princesa
- Soutelo
- Vale de Gatos
Sites of interest
- Moinho da Passagem (watermillWatermillA watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
) - Moinho da Torre (watermill)
- Moinho do Capitão (watermilll)
- Moinho do Galvão (watermill)
- Coreto of Amora (GazeboGazeboA gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal, that may be built, in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. Gazebos are freestanding or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade, shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest...
) in Amora - Casa da família Carvalho (Family Carvalho'sHouse)
- Quinta da Princesa e Infanta (a farm)
- Antigas fábricas de vidro e garrafões (old glass factories)
Schools
Amora has several primary schools, middle schools (3) and secondary schools (2):Middle schools:
- Escola Básica 2º e 3º Paulo da Gama (EBPG)
- Escola Básica 2º e 3º ciclos da Cruz de Pau (C+S)
- Escola Básica, 2º e 3º ciclos Pedro Eanes Lobato (PEL)
Secondary schools:
- Escolas Secundária Manuel Cargaleiro (ESMC)
- Escola Secundária da Amora (ESA)
Both of these schools also include the last three middle school levels.
Sporting club
Amora hosts several sporting events per year, namely most of the events of Seixalíada (multi-sports event involving thousands of participants), International Cross country of Amora, 24 hours non-stop swimming (in the city's municipal swimming arena) and the athletics' nationals (in the municipal track and field's stadium Carla Sacramento).- Amora Futebol Clube - football (stadium located in Medideira)
- Associação Naval Amorense (ANA) - kayak and canoeing (practices held in Rio Judeu, on the bay of Amora)