Queluz, Portugal

Queluz
Queluz
City
	Queluz National Palace.
	Coat of arms
	Queluz Location of the town of Queluz
	Coordinates: 38°45′05″N 9°15′59″W / 38.75139°N 9.26639°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Lisbon
Subregion	Greater Lisbon
District	Lisbon
Municipality	Sintra
Municipality	Sintra
Parishes	3 Massamá; Monte Abraão; Queluz;
Population (2001)
• Total	78,273
Demonym	Queluzense
Time zone	UTC0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
2745-NNN	2745-000:2745-999
Postal Zone	(+351) 21X XXX XXX
ISO 3166 code	PT
Website	http://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]

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