Campo de Ourique

Campo de Ourique (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkɐ̃pu ðɨ oˈɾikɨ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Campo de Ourique is east of Alcântara, north of Estrela, west of Santo António, and south of Campolide. The population in 2011 was 22,120.[1]

Campo de Ourique
Civil parish
Clockwise: Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Conceição; Lisbon tram; Igreja de Santa Isabel; Casa Fernando Pessoa; streets of Campo de Ourique.
Coordinates: 38.715°N 9.167°W / 38.715; -9.167
Country Portugal
RegionLisbon
Metropolitan areaLisbon
DistrictLisbon
MunicipalityLisbon
Area
 • Total1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total22,120
 • Density13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

History

This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Santo Condestável and Santa Isabel.[2] Currently the priest responsible for the parish is Father José Manuel Pereira de Almeida.

Notable people

Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa lived in Campo de Ourique and his apartment is now a museum. He is probably the most famous person, that lived in Campo de Ourique. Several personalities lived in Campo de Ourique: Fernando Pessoa, Luís de Sttau Monteiro, Jorge Costa Pinto, Jorge Borges de Macedo, Rão Kyao, João Afonso, Manuel João Vieira, João D'Ávila, Fernanda Lapa, Fernanda Borsatti, Miguel Simões, João Peste, São José Lapa, Jorge Silva Melo, José Nascimento, Jorge Martins, Artur Varatojo, Manuel Costa Cabral, Luís Varatojo, Guida Maria, Judith Teixeira.

References
  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal (CSV) (in Portuguese)
  2. "List of the new parishes of Lisbon" (pdf). Diário de Noticias newspaper (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 October 2013.
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