Queijas
Sign in to saveQueijas (), formerly officially known as the Parish of Queijas (, ), is a town and former civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras, Portugal, located within the Lisbon metropolitan area.
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- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Queijas
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
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- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.metro
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Oeiras
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 2.27
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 10377
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.dissolved
- 28 January 2013
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- 2.27
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Queijas (), formerly officially known as the Parish of Queijas (, ), is a town and former civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras, Portugal, located within the Lisbon metropolitan area.
The parish was created on 11 June 1993, following the dismemberment of the parish of Carnaxide. It included the towns of and Queijas itself, and was promoted to town status on 12 July 2001. On 28 January 2013, the civil parish merged with Carnaxide to form the new civil parish of Carnaxide and Queijas. The parish's patron saint was Saint Michael the Archangel.
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