Vialonga, Portugal

Town and civil parish in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal

Civil parish in Lisbon, Portugal

Vialonga

Civil parish

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Vialonga

Location in Portugal

Coordinates: 38°52′26″N 9°04′55″W﻿ / ﻿38.874°N 9.082°W﻿ / 38.874; -9.082
Country|  Portugal
Region| Lisbon
District| Lisbon
Municipality| Vila Franca de Xira
Population

(2021)

• Total

| 21,261
Time zone| UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Vialonga is a town and freguesia (civil parish) in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. Its population in 2021 was 21,261.[1]

## History

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The land where present-day Vialonga stands was occupied by humans in prehistoric ages, as evidenced by the dolmen cemeteries in Monte Serves and Casal do Penedo in the Vialonga parish. Other prehistoric religious objects, ornaments, metallic weapons and ceramics have been found in the area.[2]

It is believed that the settlement in this area comes from the times of Moorish rule in the Iberian Peninsula.[2] Over the centuries, the settlement had various subtle changes in its name: Vila Longa, Vila-Longa, Via Longa, Via-Longa, until the current form "Vialonga".[2]

In 1852, the freguesia of Vialonga was integrated in the Olivais municipality. After a restructuring of the Lisbon municipality in 1886, Vialonga became part of the Vila Franca de Xira municipality.[2]

On 12 July 1985, the locality of Forte da Casa, until then part of the Vialonga freguesia, became a new freguesia. On 24 September 1985, Vialonga was promoted to the category of town (vila).[2]

In November 2014, Vialonga was one of the locations most affected by a Legionella outbreak in the Vila Franca de Xira municipality.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Resultados Preliminares Censos 2021 INE". INE. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
2. ^ a b c d e "História – Junta de Freguesia de Vialonga" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
3. ^ "Quatro anos depois do surto, processo da 'legionella' sem data para a instrução". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-14.

## External links

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* Junta de Freguesia Vialonga (in Portuguese)

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Freguesias (civil parishes) of Vila Franca de Xira

* Alhandra, São João dos Montes e Calhandriz
* Alverca do Ribatejo e Sobralinho
* Castanheira do Ribatejo e Cachoeiras
* Póvoa de Santa Iria e Forte da Casa
* Vialonga
* Vila Franca de Xira

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