about the place
Lourinhã is a town in the District of Lisboa, in the Oeste region, about 65 km north of Lisboa, covering 147.17 km², with 26,246 inhabitants (2021) and 12 km of Atlantic coastline. The origins of this medieval town are linked to D. Jordão, a French knight who took part in the conquest of Lisboa in 1147 and to whom D. Afonso Henriques granted these lands; D. Jordão issued its royal charter in 1160, and D. Manuel I a new royal charter in 1512. The municipality lends its name to the Formação da Lourinhã, from the Upper Jurassic, famous for its dinosaur finds. In the parish of Vimeiro, on 21 August 1808, the Battle of Vimeiro was fought, during the Peninsular War.
