Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal.

It is the westernmost large city located in continental Europe, as well as its westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. Lisbon lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus, and has a population of 552,700 in an area of 100.05 km².

The urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with an estimated population of 2.7 million,on an area of 958 square kilometres (370 sq mi), making it the 11th most populous urban area in the European Union. About 3,035,000 people live in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area .