Monte Gordo
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Basic data | |||||
Region : | Algarve | ||||
Sub-region : | Algarve | ||||
District : | Faro | ||||
Concelho : | Vila Real de Santo Antonio | ||||
Coordinates : | 37 ° 11 ′ N , 7 ° 27 ′ W | ||||
Residents: | 3308 (as of June 30, 2011) | ||||
Surface: | 4.22 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | ||||
Population density : | 784 inhabitants per km² | ||||
politics | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Monte Gordo Estrada Municipal 8900-402 Monte Gordo |
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Website: | www.jfmontegordo.pt |
Monte Gordo is a parish in the Vila Real de Santo António district of the Faro district in Portugal .
The place has an area of 4.2 km² and 3308 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) and was elevated to Vila on June 12, 2001 .
traffic
The place is connected via the Estrada Nacional N125 to the Autoestrada A22 , which runs through the Algarve in an east-west direction . Nearby is the Praia Verda small airport for sport and private planes.
beaches
- The beach Praia de Adão e Eva borders on the Praia de Monte Gordo in the west and Praia do Cabeço - Retur in the east. It is surrounded by a forest of pine and maritime pines, one of the few chameleon species in Portugal.
Sports
The GD Beira Mar was a sports club in Monte Gordo. It was founded on August 2, 1950 and stopped playing in 2011 with the withdrawal from the III Divisão.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
Web links
Commons : Monte Gordo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Map of the Freguesia Monte Gordo at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Description of Monte Gordo on algarve-reisen.com, accessed on June 19, 2010