Monte Gordo

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Monte Gordo
coat of arms map
Monte Gordo Coat of Arms Location map for Monte Gordo
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Vila Real de Santo Antonio
Coordinates : 37 ° 11 ′  N , 7 ° 27 ′  W 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
Website: www.jfmontegordo.pt

Monte Gordo is a parish in the Vila Real de Santo António district of the Faro district in Portugal .

The pedestrian zone of Monte Gordo

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

  1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

Web links

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