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Grande Lisboa

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Greater Lisbon
Grande Lisboa
NUTS II Region
Aerial view of the Greater Lisbon area
Aerial view of the Greater Lisbon area
Etymology: Grande Lisboa, Portuguese for Greater Lisbon
Location of the Greater Lisbon region.
Location of the Greater Lisbon region.
Country Portugal
CapitalLisbon
Area
 • Total
1,389.97 km2 (536.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2025)[1]
 • Total
2,415,261 (2nd)
 • Density1,737.64/km2 (4,500.45/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)
[2]
 • Total€90.686 billion (2024)
 • Per capita€42,345 (2024)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)
ISO 3166 codePT1A
NUTSPT1A0

Grande Lisboa (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡɾɐ̃dɨ liʒˈβoɐ]) or Greater Lisbon is a Portuguese NUTS II and III region and subregion. It was previously only a NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa Region and, previously, in the Lisboa e Vale do Tejo until it was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.[3] It was revived as both a NUTS 2 and 3 overlapped circumscription in the 2024 revision.[4] It is part of the historical Estremadura Province. It includes the capital and prime city of Portugal, Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese). It is the main economical subregion of the country. It covers 1,376 km2 and it is the most populous and most densely populated Portuguese subregion (2,415,261 inhabitants and 1,737.6 inhabitants/km2[2][5]).

Overview

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In spite of getting the name Grande Lisboa, the subregion did not take the entire area of the Lisbon metropolitan area, because it does not include the municipalities on the South bank of the Tagus river estuary, known as Península de Setúbal, which the term at times also applied to.

The area is bordered in the North by the Centro Region, in the West by the Atlantic Ocean, in the East by the Ribatejo region and in the South by the Tagus River estuary.

This subregion is the leading services center for the entire country and it also has a large industrial output. It is served by the busiest Portuguese airport, an international harbor and an extensive network of highways, and mass transportation, like commuter, regional and international railways.

Municipalities

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MunicipalityArea
(km2)[6]		Population
(2021)[7]		 Population
(2025)[8]		District
inclusion		Cultural Region
inclusion
Amadora24171,454205,517LisboaEstremadura
Cascais97214,124242,619LisboaEstremadura
Lisbon85545,796658,236LisboaEstremadura
Loures169201,590236,988LisboaEstremadura
Mafra29286,51596,146LisboaEstremadura
Odivelas26148,034185,736LisboaEstremadura
Oeiras46171,658188,056LisboaEstremadura
Sintra319385,606449,956LisboaEstremadura
Vila Franca de Xira318137,529152,007LisboaRibatejo
Total1,377 km22,062,3062,415,261

The main urban centers are Lisboa, Amadora, Algueirão-Mem Martins, Agualva-Cacém, Queluz and Odivelas.

References

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  1. ↑ "População residente (N.º) por Local de residência (NUTS - 2024), Sexo e Idade; Anual". ine.pt. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. 1 2 "Em 2024, a maioria das regiões registou um crescimento do PIB semelhante ao do país, conduzindo a uma ligeira redução da disparidade regional do PIB per capita - 2024". www.ine.pt. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
  4. ↑ A implementação das NUTS 2024, Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  5. ↑ http://habitacao.cm-lisboa.pt/documentos/1362596653V6gKK1xq6Mw12JO4.pdf [dead link]
  6. ↑ "PORDATA – Superfície". Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  7. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  8. ↑ "População residente (N.º) por Local de residência (NUTS - 2024), Sexo e Grupo etário; Anual". INE. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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