Carregado

Carregado
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Carregado Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39°01′N 8°58′W / 39.017°N 8.967°W / 39.017; -8.967
Country	Portugal
Region	Oeste e Vale do Tejo
Intermunic. comm.	Oeste
District	Lisbon
Municipality	Alenquer
Disbanded	2013
Area
• Total	15.52 km2 (5.99 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	9,066
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Carregado (European Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʁɨˈɣaðu]) is a former civil parish, located in the municipality of Alenquer, in western Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carregado e Cadafais.^[1] It has a population of 9,066 inhabitants and a total area of 15.52 km². The town is a north-east exurb of Lisbon.

The railway between Carregado and Lisbon was the first line to be built in Portugal; it opened in 1856.