Civil parish in Lisbon, Portugal
Algés
Algés (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈʒɛʃ] ) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras , in Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal . In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo .[1] The population in 2011 was 22,273,[2] in an area of 1.98 km2 .[3] The parish is located near the Tagus river, between the town of Oeiras and the capital city of Lisbon . It is also a part of the Greater Lisbon Area. It is mostly a residential suburb.
Algés was elevated to a town on August 16, 1991, and the parish was officially created on June 11, 1993, after separating from the parish of Carnaxide .
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