Queluz, Portugal

Queluz
Coat of arms of Queluz
Queluz is located in Portugal
Queluz
Queluz
Location of the town of Queluz
Coordinates: 38°45′05″N 9°15′59″W / 38.75139°N 9.26639°W / 38.75139; -9.26639
Country Portugal
RegionLisbon
SubregionGreater Lisbon
DistrictLisbon
MunicipalitySintra
MunicipalitySintra
Parishes
3
  • Massamá
  • Monte Abraão
  • Queluz
Population
 (2001)
 • Total78,273
DemonymQueluzense
Time zoneUTC0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)
2745-NNN
2745-000:2745-999
Postal Zone(+351) 21X XXX XXX
ISO 3166 codePT
Websitehttp://www.cm-sintra.pt

Queluz (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɛˈluʃ]) is a city within the Sintra Municipality, on the Portuguese Riviera, in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal.[1] It is famed as the home of Queluz National Palace, the 18th century pleasure palace of the Portuguese Royal Family, as well as notable institutions like the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art. Queluz had a population 78,273 inhabitants in 2001.[2]

  1. ^ Decrete Lei Nº.88/97 (PDF), Lisbon, Portugal: Diário da República, 24 July 1997, retrieved 12 October 2012
  2. ^ Nuno Pires Soares (ed.), Uma População que se Urbaniza (Census of 2001) (PDF) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português[permanent dead link]