Luz de Tavira

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Luz de Tavira
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Luz de Tavira
Luz de Tavira (Portugal)
Luz de Tavira
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Tavira
Freguesia : União das Freguesias de Luz de Tavira e Santo Estêvão
Coordinates : 37 ° 5 ′  N , 7 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 5 ′  N , 7 ° 43 ′  W
Postal code : 8800

Luz de Tavira is a place and a former municipality ( Freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Tavira . The community had 29,142 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

With the municipality reform on September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Luz de Tavira and Santo Estêvão were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Luz de Tavira e Santo Estêvão . Luz de Tavira is the seat of this newly formed municipality.

From the pontoon bridge at Luz de Tavira, 3¼ km from the train station, the 1 km long Comboio da Praia do Barril leads to Praia do Barril .

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. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014