Cova da Piedade

Civil parish in Lisbon, Portugal

Coat of arms

38°40′26″N 9°09′22″W / 38.674°N 9.156°W / 38.674; -9.156Country

PortugalRegionLisbonMetropolitan areaLisbonDistrictSetúbalMunicipalityAlmadaDisbanded2013Area

• Total1.42 km² (0.55 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total19,904 • Density14,000/km² (36,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Postal code

2805

Websitehttp://www.jf-covadapiedade.pt

Cova da Piedade is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas.^[1] The population in 2011 was 19,904,^[2] in an area of 1.42 km².^[3] The parish was founded on February 7, 1928.

Sites of interest

Fábrica de Moagem do Caramujo
Palacete António José Gomes

Famous people from Cova da Piedade

Luís Figo

Historic events

Battle of Cova da Piedade (1833)

References

^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 10" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ Eurostat Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine