Azinhal (Castro Marim)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Algarve | |||||
| Sub-region : | Algarve | |||||
| District : | Faro | |||||
| Concelho : | Castro Marim | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 17 ′ N , 7 ° 28 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 522 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 68.16 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 7.7 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 8950-401 | |||||
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| Mayor : | António José Baltazar Martins ( PSD ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Azinhal Rua de Santa Bárbara 8950-401 Azinhal |
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| Website: | www.azinhalalgarve.wordpress.com | |||||
Azinhal is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Castro Marim , in the Algarve . It has 522 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
According to the history of the entire district, Azinhal was probably also a prehistoric settlement area before it became part of the Roman province of Lusitania . After the invasion of Germanic tribes in the 5th century AD, the Moors conquered the area in the early 8th century. In the course of the Reconquista , Paio Peres Correia conquered the current district of Castro Marim in 1242 , under King D.Afonso III. first gave town rights in 1277 .
In the 18th century, Azinhal became an independent municipality.
administration
Azinhal is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). The following localities and mini-towns are in the municipality:
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Sons and daughters of the church
The general and politician Lino Miguel was born here.
Web links
- Website about the community (port.)
- Photos from Azinhal on Flickr
- Profile Azine Neck in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on March 2, 2013
