Ferreiras

Ferreiras
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Algarve
Sub-region :	Algarve
District :	Faro
Concelho :	Albufeira
Coordinates :	37 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 15 ′  W
Residents:	6406 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	20.13 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	318 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	8200-559
politics
Mayor :	Fernando Gregório
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Ferreiras Av. 12 de Julho, Edifício Central, Letra J 8200-559 Ferreiras
Website:	www.ferreiras.freguesia.pt

Ferreiras is a village and a municipality in the south of Portugal . Ferreiras is about 7 kilometers north of the Algarve coast and about 40 kilometers northwest of Faro .

The clock tower of the parish church in Ferreiras

history

The oldest traces of settlement in the municipality date from the 2nd century BC. At the archaeological excavation site Cerros Altos. Roman coins and roof tiles were found in Ataboeira . This was followed by the conquest by the Arabs from 711, who left traces in particular in the architectural style.

Ferreiras remained a small, agricultural place in the municipality of Albufeira. It was only with the onset of mass tourism in the Algarve from the 1960s, which brought a building boom and new road connections, that a phase of growth also began in Ferreiras. Manufacturing industries and hotels settled here.

On July 12, 1997 Ferreiras became an independent municipality.

administration

Population structure of the municipality of Ferreiras by age

Ferreiras is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Albufeira in the Faro district . It has 6406 inhabitants on an area of ​​20.1 km², which corresponds to a density of 318 inhabitants per km² (as of June 30, 2011)

The following localities are in the municipality:

Alfarrobeiras Alpouvar Assumadas Ataboeira camping Canais Cortesões Cotovio Ferreiras

Fontainhas Malhada Velha Mosqueira Pinhal Poço das Canas Texugueiras Tomilhal Vale Paraíso

traffic

Albufeira train station, located in the municipality of Ferreiras

Albufeira train station is located in the municipality of Ferreiras, which is connected to the Linha do Algarve railway line.

Exit 9 of the A22 motorway , also known as Auto-Estrada Via do Infante de Sagres , is also called Albufeira, but is actually close to Ferreira.

The public transport is assured in the municipality Ferreiras by bus lines. Ferreiras is served every 30 minutes by the yellow line of the urban bus network of Albufeira (GIRO-Transportes Urbanos).

Web links

Commons : Ferreiras (Albufeira)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ferreiras Municipal Council website
• Page on the municipality of Ferreiras at the Albufeira district administration
• Profile Ferreiras at the Mapas de Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ History of the municipality of Ferreiras on the website of the municipal administration (under A Freguesia / Apresentação , paragraph Resumo Histórico ), accessed on December 10, 2016
4. ↑ Information flyer on urban bus transport in Albufeira ( Memento of the original from February 10, 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. (Portuguese and English), accessed December 10, 2016