Camarate
Sign in to saveCamarate () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Lisbon District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Camarate, Unhos e Apelação. With a population of 23,000 inhabitants in 2001, the parish of Camarate extends into an area of 5.52 km2.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 5.17
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
- 123
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2001
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 18822
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 2680-103
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 219
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Santiago Maior
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Camarate
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-lrscm1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- LRS-camarate.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.metro
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Loures
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Camarate () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Lisbon District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Camarate, Unhos e Apelação. With a population of 23,000 inhabitants in 2001, the parish of Camarate extends into an area of 5.52 km2.
==History== thumb|170px|left|The pillory marking the municipal history of Camarate, in the Largo da Igreja The probable origin of the local place name came from the historical cultivation of vineyards with a caste of grape called Camarate.