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Cascais
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Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourist destination. Its marina hosts events such as the America's Cup and the town of Estoril, part of the Cascais municipality, hosts conferences such as the Horasis Global Meeting.
Cascais is a coastal town and municipality near Lisbon, Portugal, that serves as a major tourist destination known for hosting significant international events like the America's Cup sailing competition and major conferences. With over 214,000 residents spread across roughly 97 square kilometers, it has become an important hub for both leisure travel and international gatherings.
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Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Cascais
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-csc1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- CSC.png
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 10
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
- none
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.metro
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 4
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Carlos Carreiras
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PSD-CDS–PP
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 97.40
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2021
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 214158
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Saint Anthony
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Location
- Cascais, Portugal
- Status
- Active
ISNI 0000 0001 1941 0139
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Has part
- São Domingos de Rana
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Grande Lisboa Subregion
- Contains
- Cascais e Estoril
- Population
- 214124
- Area
- 97.4
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Sintra
- Official website
- www.cascais.pt
- Image
- Cascais Portugal.gif
- Dialing code
- 214
- Patron saint
- Anthony of Padua
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cascais
- twinned administrative body
- Bucha
- Commons category
- Cascais
- postal code
- 2750
- category for people born here
- Q8057058
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Cascais
- Commons gallery
- Cascais
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cascais
- member of
- Climate Alliance
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- social media followers
- 15700
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Education
- Culture
- International relations
- Notable residents
- Sport
- Royalty
- See also
- References
- External links
Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourist destination. Its marina hosts events such as the America's Cup and the town of Estoril, part of the Cascais municipality, hosts conferences such as the Horasis Global Meeting.
Since the 1870s, Cascais has been a popular seaside resort after King Luís I of Portugal and the Portuguese royal family made the seaside town their residence every September, thus also attracting members of the Portuguese nobility, who established a summer community there. Cascais is known for the many members of royalty who have lived there, including King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, when he was the Duke of Windsor, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and King Umberto II of Italy. Former Cuban president Fulgencio Batista was also once a resident of the municipality. The Casino Estoril inspired Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cascais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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