Odivelas

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Template:Infobox Municipality pt Odivelas (pron. IPA [[[Template:IPA]]] or [[[Template:IPA]]]) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 26.4 km² and a total population of 143,995 inhabitants.

The municipality is composed of 7 parishes, and is located in the District of Lisbon.

The present Mayor is Susana de Fátima Carvalho Amador, elected by the Socialist Party.

1 Parishes
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Highlights
5 Sports
6 Trivia
7 External links

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Parishes

Caneças
Famões
Odivelas
Olival Basto
Pontinha
Póvoa de Santo Adrião
Ramada

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Geography

The city of Odivelas is located northwest of Lisbon in its metropolitan area, in conurbation with Lisbon. The concelho of Odivelas has an area of 26.1 km².

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Demographics

The population of the city of Odivelas is of 53,448. The municipality of Odivelas has 133,894 inhabitants in 7 freguesias.

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Highlights

The most famous monument in Odivelas is the Cruzeiro which was built in the time of king Don Dinis of Portugal, more than 600 hundred years ago, it still stands in almost perfect condition in the heart of the city.The purposal of this monument is not exactly known.

There is also a convent which has become the Instituto de Odivelas, a school for girls sponsored by the Ministry of Defense of Portugal.

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Sports

Odivelas Futebol Clube is the most representative sporting association in the city, with three soccer fields, gimnasium, and other facilities.

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Trivia

According to a legend the name Odivelas came by chance when the king Don Dinis misunderstood a few words her wife said to him when they were on their way to visit the nuns in the convent of what was later called Odivelas. She said "ide vê-las" (go see them), talking about the nuns, but apparently he understood "Odivelas", which became the name of that place. This story is myth, however. According to scholars the name Odivelas cames from the Arabic uadi (stream of water) and the Latin velas (windmill sails).

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