Alenquer
Alenquer, officially the Town of Alenquer, is a Portuguese municipality in the Lisbon District and in the Oeste region. The population in 2011 was 43,267, in an area of 304.22 square kilometres. The present Mayor is Pedro Miguel Ferreira Folgado.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: SoAres, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 43,300 residents
- Description: municipality of Portugal
- Also known as: “Alenquer Municipality” and “Alenquer, Portugal”
- Neighbors: Arruda dos Vinhos, Cadaval, Sobral de Monte Agraço, Torres Vedras, and Vila Franca de Xira
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fábrica Nova da Romeira and Castle of Alenquer.
Fábrica Nova da Romeira
Community center
Photo: Hipersyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fábrica Nova da Romeira is a community center.
Castle of Alenquer
Castle
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0.
The Castle of Alenquer, is a Portuguese medieval castle in civil parish of Alenquer, in the municipality of Alenquer, in the district of Lisbon.
Mercado Municipal de Alenquer
Marketplace
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mercado Municipal de Alenquer is a marketplace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meca.
Meca
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0.
Meca is a parish of the municipality of Alenquer, in western Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,719, in an area of 14.12 km2. Meca is situated 4½ km northwest of Alenquer.
Alenquer
- Categories: municipality of Portugal and locality
- Location: Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.0566° or 39° 3′ 24″ northLongitude
-9.0076° or 9° 0′ 27″ westPopulation
43,300Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
8CFG3X4R+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1261373147OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8010557Wikidata ID
Q988830
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Alenquer from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Waray—“Alenquer” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Alenquer, Portugal”
- Basque: “Alenquer”
- Bishnupriya: “আলএনকুয়ের”
- Catalan: “Alenquer”
- Cebuano: “Alenquer”
- Chechen: “Аленкер”
- Chinese: “Alenquer”
- Chinese: “阿倫克爾”
- Czech: “Alenquer”
- Dutch: “Alenquer (Portugal)”
- Dutch: “Alenquer”
- Esperanto: “Alenquer”
- French: “Alenquer”
- Galician: “Alenquer”
- German: “Alenquer”
- Hebrew: “אלנקר”
- Irish: “Alenquer”
- Italian: “Alenquer”
- Japanese: “アレンケル”
- Korean: “알렝케르”
- Lithuanian: “Alenkeras”
- Lombard: “Alenquer (Portogall)”
- Lombard: “Alenquer”
- Malay: “Perbandaran Alenquer, Portugal”
- Malay: “Perbandaran Alenquer”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alenquer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alenquer”
- Ossetian: “Аленкер”
- Persian: “شهر النکویر، پرتغال”
- Persian: “شهر النکویر، پرتقال”
- Polish: “Alenquer”
- Portuguese: “Alenquer”
- Portuguese: “Município de Alenquer”
- Russian: “Аленкер”
- Slovenian: “Alenquer”
- Spanish: “Alenquer”
- Tatar: “Аленкер”
- Turkish: “Alenquer, Portekiz”
- Turkish: “Alenquer”
- Ukrainian: “Аленкер”
- Vietnamese: “Alenquer, Bồ Đào Nha”
- Volapük: “Alenquer”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alenquer”
- “Alenquer”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Alenquer”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alto da Boavista and Paredes.
Portugal: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Lisbon, Caldas da Rainha, Porto, and Coimbra.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alenquer”. Photo: SoAres, Public domain.