Bordeira
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Algarve | |||||
| Sub-region : | Algarve | |||||
| District : | Faro | |||||
| Concelho : | Aljezur | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 12 ′ N , 8 ° 52 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 432 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 79.87 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 5.4 inhabitants per km² | |||||
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| Mayor : | João Paulo da Encarnação dos Santos (non-party, PS list) |
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| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Bordeira Largo do Comércio, 6 8670-220 Bordeirea |
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| Website: | www.jf-bordeira.pt | |||||
Bordeira is a village and a municipality in the south of Portugal , in the western Algarve . It is part of the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina .
history
Finds prove a settlement back to the Paleolithic . The independent parish of Bordeira was founded in 1464 by the bishop of Silves and incorporated into the district of Vila do Bispo . In 1861 she came to Aljezur County, only to become Lagos County when it was dissolved in 1895 . Since 1908 Bordeira is again a municipality of Aljezurs.
administration
Bordeira is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Aljezur in the Faro district . It has an area of 79.9 km² and 432 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the municipality of Bordeira:
- Alfambras
- Bordeira
- Cabeços de Bordeira
- Carrapateira
- Monte Novo
- Tramelo
- Vilarinha
Beaches and sights
Bordeira has two beaches:
- Praia da Bordeira
- Praia do Amado, this is very popular with surfers and bodyboarders
The parish church of Bordeira was built in 1746 and survived the earthquake of 1755 . The church building, simple from the outside, surprises with its baroque interior. The high and side altars are decorated with wood carvings. There is a Manueline stone portal next to the church .
In the village of Carrapateira there is a fortress from 1673, which served to defend the coast against the Moorish pirates from what is now Morocco .
The Maritime and Local History Museum Museu do Mar e da Terra on Rua do Pescador in Carrapateira opened in 2008.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Bordeira at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Bordeira Municipal Council website (Portuguese)
- Page on the municipality of Bordeira at the Aljezur district administration (Portuguese)
- Profile Bordeiras at the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Page on the history of Bordeira ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Bordeira Municipal Council website (Portuguese), accessed December 9, 2016
- ^ Entry of the parish church of Bordeira in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on December 9, 2016
- ^ Entry of the Museu do Mar e da Terra in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on December 9, 2016
