Odeceixe

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Odeceixe
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Odeceixe
Odeceixe (Portugal)
Odeceixe
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Aljezur
Coordinates : 37 ° 26 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 26 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  W
Residents: 961 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 41.91 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 23 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 8670
politics
Mayor : Carlos Manuel Rosa Vieira
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Odeceixe
Largo do Povo
8670-320 Odeceixe
Website: www.freguesiadeodeceixe.pt

Odeceixe ( pronunciation : [ ɞdɘsɘiʃɘ ]) is a small town and municipality on the west coast of the Algarve in southern Portugal .

The city is located on the Ribeira de Seixe River , the border with Odemira County and the Alentejo . It is also located in the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina , a nature reserve that covers the lower section of the south-west Portuguese coast.

View of the center of Odeceixes, above the old windmill

history

The origins of the village seem to be in the Moorish era. Originally the place was called Ceixe (from the Arabic sayh , about river or river course), after the name of the river Ribeira de Seixe that passed here at the time .

During the Christian Reconquista , Odeceixe came to the Kingdom of Portugal around 1242 .

King D. Sebastião stayed here for three days in 1578. Shortly afterwards he died in the battle of Alcácer-Quibir , with traumatic consequences for Portugal.

Odeceixe suffered severe damage during the earthquake of 1755 .

The place was raised to a small town ( Vila ) on July 12, 2001 .

administration

Population development in the municipality of Odeceixe (1864–2011)

Odeceixe is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Aljezur in the Faro district . It has an area of ​​41.9 km² and 961 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

  • Escampadinho
  • João Roupeiro
  • Malhadais
  • Odeceixe
  • Praia de Odeceixe

Sights and beaches

Praia de Odeceixe (in April 2009)

The parish church of Odeceixe , consecrated in 1880, looks inconspicuous from the outside. Inside you will find a Manueline triumphal arch and a neoclassical choir .

In the upper part of the village there is a fully functional windmill , now a museum. There are more windmills in the municipality.

Odeceixe has two beaches:

  • Praia de Odeceixe
  • Praia das Adegas

Odeceixe is part of the Vicentine Coast Natural Park .

Web links

Commons : Odeceixe  - 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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, page 181 ( ISBN 978-972-46-1730-5 )
  4. ↑ a b c History of Odeceixes on www.portalodeceixe.com, accessed on December 10, 2016
  5. ↑ a b Entry of the historic center of Odeceixes in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 10, 2016