Agualva-Cacém


Agualva-Cacém is a Portuguese city located in the municipality of Sintra. It comprises the civil parishes of Agualva, Cacém, Mira-Sintra, and São Marcos, equivalent to 81,845 inhabitants of the municipalities population.

History

The name Agualva-Cacém belonged to a civil parish that encompassed of the municipality of Sintra. On 12 July 2001, that parish was elevated to the status of city and divided into four civil parishes.
The toponym "Agualva" is derived from the Latin ":pt:Agualva |Aqua alba", meaning white water.

Geography

Agualva-Cacém is divided into four civil parishes, which fall within a territorial extent within the Greater Lisbon subregion, an area of mostly residential suburbs.
With the Reorganização Administrativa do Território das Freguesias - , the four parishes were merged in two unions of parishes: União das Freguesias de Agualva e Mira-Sintra and União das Freguesias do Cacém e S. Marcos.
The train station exists since 1887. It was completely remodeled in 2013.

Architecture

There are several football clubs in Agualva-Cacém and two futsal clubs; these include: