Lagoa (Algarve)
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Algarve | |||||
Sub-region : | Algarve | |||||
District : | Faro | |||||
Concelho : | Lagoa | |||||
Coordinates : | 37 ° 8 ′ N , 8 ° 27 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 7248 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 27.47 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 264 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 8400 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Francisco Martins | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Lagoa Rua Eugénio Júdice, 13 8400-325 Lagoa |
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Website: | www.jflagoa-algarve.co.pt | |||||
Lagoa district | ||||||
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Residents: | 22,975 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 88.25 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 260 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 4th | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Lagoa Largo do Município 8401-851 Lagoa |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Francisco José Malveiro Martins ( PS ) | |||||
Website: | www.cm-lagoa.pt |
Lagoa is a city ( Cidade ) and a district ( concelho ) with 7248 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) in the Algarve region in southern Portugal .
history
According to historical sources, the first settlements of Lagoa were built on the edge of a small lake or pond ( Port .: Lagoa), which was later drained to gain arable and building land.
The Algarve region was conquered by the Moors when they conquered the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century and ousted the Visigoths. When the area was recaptured from the north by the Christians ( Reconquista ) in the 13th century , it was integrated into the Portuguese Union of States. Lagoa was part of the area ruled from Silves . On 16 January 1773 boundaries of the new county (concelho) Lagoa by decree of King were Joseph I. set. Lagoa was elevated to a city ( Cidade ) in 2001 .
beaches
Lagoa lies on the steep coast of the Algarve; between the rocks are individual bays with sandy beaches, including Praia do Barranquinho, Praia de Albandeira and Praia da Estaquinha.
Sports
The football club GD Lagoa is based in Lagoa.
administration
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Lagoa is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Silves and Portimão .
With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from six to four.
The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Lagoa district:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Estômbar e Parchal | 9.004 | 28.07 | 321 | 080607 |
Ferragudo | 1,973 | 5.41 | 365 | 080602 |
Lagoa e Carvoeiro | 9,987 | 39.13 | 255 | 080608 |
Porches | 2.011 | 15.64 | 129 | 080604 |
District of Lagoa (Algarve) | 22,975 | 88.25 | 260 | 0806 |
Population development
Population of the Lagoa County (1801-2004) | ||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 |
4913 | 8232 | 12,135 | 13,088 | 13,846 | 15,635 | 16,780 | 20,651 | 22,658 |
Town twinning
- Cape Verde : São Domingos (on the island of Santiago )
- East Timor : Lospalos (in the municipality of Lautém , since 2013)
- Portugal : Lagoa (in the Azores Islands )
- Spain : Lepe (in the province of Huelva )
sons and daughters of the town
- Remexido (José Joaquim de Sousa Reis, 1796–1838), resistance fighter in the Miguelistenkrieg
- João Bentes Castel-Branco (1850–1940), author and physician
- Manuel João Paulo Rocha (1856–1918), historian
- Teófilo da Trindade (1856–1936), military, politician and colonial administrator
- João António Mascarenhas Júdice (1898–1957), historian
- Hermínio da Palma Inácio (1922–2009), resistance fighter, carried out the first ever airplane hijacking in 1961 with the Operação Vagô
- Fernando Cabrita (1923-2014), football player and coach
- Ernesto Melo Antunes (1933–1999), MFA officer in the Carnation Revolution
- Vasco Rocha Vieira (* 1939), military, last Portuguese governor of Macau
- Pedro Martins (* 1990), badminton player
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Lagoa (Algarve) at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ Municípios Portugueses: Geminações de Cidades e Vilas , accessed on January 7, 2018.
- ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 3, 2013.