Geography
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The municipality is located along the northern margin and mouth of the Tagus River, across from the municipality of Almada, surrounded by the municipalities of Lisbon (to the east), Queluz (to the north) and Cascais (to the west).
The major expansion in the municipalities demographics, much like the other municipalities that circle Lisbon, occurred in the second half of the 20th century. Realizing this growth, and understanding that there was a need to control urban sprawl, in 1948 the Plano de Urbanização da Costa do Sol (Sun Coast Urbanization Plan) was adopted to manage this activities in the northern margin of the Tagus. This remained active until 1994, when the first Plano Director Municipal (Municipal Plan) was adopted.
Demographically, the population is divided into 52.6% women to 47.4% men, with the majority of its resident population between teh 25 and 64 year cohort (approximately 92,978 inhabitants). Rounding out these numbers there are 24,153 seniors over the age of 65) and 22,685 residents less than 14 years of age.
The region includes ten civil parishes:
- Algés
- Barcarena
- Carnaxide
- Caxias
- Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo
- Linda-a-Velha
- Oeiras e São Julião da Barra
- Paço de Arcos
- Porto Salvo
- Queijas
Read more about this topic: Oeiras Municipality, Portugal
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