Giões
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Algarve | |||||
| Sub-region : | Algarve | |||||
| District : | Faro | |||||
| Concelho : | Alcoutim | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 28 ′ N , 7 ° 42 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 256 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 71.8 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 3.6 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 8970-104 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Avelino Cardeira ( PSD ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Giões Rua do Viçoso, 1 8970-104 Giões |
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Giões is a town and municipality in the Algarve in southern Portugal .
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history
The excavations of a fortified settlement from the 8th century date from the Arab period. The settlement emerged in connection with the local copper mine, which was operated by the Moors from the 8th to at least the 11th century . Smaller mines were operated in the municipality until the 19th century.
Giões has been an independent municipality since the 16th century.
administration
Giões is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Alcoutim in the Faro district . 256 inhabitants live here on an area of 72 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities and places are in the municipality of Giões:
- Alcaria Alta
- Clarines
- Farelos
- Giões
- Marim
- Velhas
Web links
Commons : Giões - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website to Giões at the district administration Alcoutim
- Entry on Giões 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
- ↑ Entry of the Povoado do Castelo das Relíquias in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on December 30, 2016
- ↑ entry of the Congregational Church of Giões in the Portuguese monument list SIPA, accessed on 30 December 2016
