Lagoa (Algarve)

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Lagoa
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Lagoa Coat of Arms
Lagoa (Portugal)
Lagoa
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Lagoa
Coordinates : 37 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 27 ′  W 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
Website: www.jflagoa-algarve.co.pt
Lagoa district
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Flag of Lagoa Position of the district of Lagoa
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
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 .

Carvoeiro Beach in Lagoa County

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:

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Lagoa district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
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)
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

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Lagoa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  5. ↑ Municípios Portugueses: Geminações de Cidades e Vilas , accessed on January 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 3, 2013.