Oeiras

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Oeiras

Coordinates38.69°, -9.31°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Oeiras is a town and municipality in the western part of Lisbon metropolitan area, located within the Portuguese Riviera, in continental Portugal. The municipality is part of the urban agglomeration of Lisbon and the town of Oeiras is about 16 km from Lisbon downtown. The population in 2011 was 172,120 living in an area of 45.88 km2, making the municipality the fifth-most densely populated in Portugal.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

José Luis Encarnação

Portuguese university teacher

Aure Atika

French actress and film director

J

José de Freitas Ribeiro

Portuguese politician (1868-1929)

Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia

Spanish noble (1936-2008)

F

Fernando Fragata

Portuguese film director (1965–2024)

H

Heliodoro Garcia

Portuguese association football referee

Luís Filipe Thomáz

Portuguese university teacher

Richie Campbell

Portuguese singer

C

Chabeli Iglesias

Spanish socialite

J

João Manuel Pinto

football player and manager

A

António Henrique Rodrigo de Oliveira Marques

historian (1933–2007)

Fábio Paím

Portuguese footballer (Fã do CR7)

J

John Tojeiro

British car designer

Mário Quina

sailor

O

Osório Carvalho

association football player from Angola

M

Miriam Halpern Pereira

Portuguese writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Lisbon

• Sidi Hassine
  1067.6 mi away · pop. 109,690
• Amguid
  1200.7 mi away
• Iglen
  1375.3 mi away
• Tahart
  1388.9 mi away
• تڨمارت ⵜⴰⴳⵓⵎⴰⵔⵜ
  1389.8 mi away
• Outoul
  1394.6 mi away
• Amsel
  1411.1 mi away
• Tahifet
  1411.3 mi away
• Poljana
  1419.7 mi away · pop. 547
• Brekinska
  1424 mi away · pop. 126
• Kapetanovo Polje
  1425.9 mi away · pop. 35
• Toranj
  1425.9 mi away · pop. 75

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Two-tailed Pasha

Charaxes jasius

Seen 2026-10-18

Grey Triggerfish

Balistes capriscus

Seen 2026-10-18

Semicassis saburon

Semicassis saburon

Seen 2026-10-18

Bronze Beetle

Chrysolina bankii

Seen 2026-10-17

Larentia malvata

Larentia malvata

Seen 2026-10-17

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-10-17

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Seen 2026-10-17

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-10-17

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Seen 2026-10-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers