Odemira

Odemira
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alentejo Littoral
District :	Be yes
Concelho :	Odemira
Coordinates :	37 ° 36 ′  N , 8 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 36 ′  N , 8 ° 39 ′  W
Residents:	26,066 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	1 720.6  km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	15 inhabitants per km²
Odemira district
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Residents:	26,066 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	1 720.6  km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	15 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	13
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Odemira Praça da República 7630-139 Odemira
President of the Câmara Municipal:	José Alberto Guerreiro ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-odemira.pt

Odemira is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 26,066 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). Odemira belongs to the Alentejo Littoral and the district of Beja .

geography

Odemira is located about 100 km southwest of the district capital Beja , and is about 10 km east of the Atlantic coast. The region's coastal area is crossed by the Mira River and is part of the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina .

history

Finds and excavations prove a settlement of the place before the arrival of the Romans . The Moors conquered the area from the early 8th century and built fortifications here. In the course of the Reconquista , the Kingdom of Portugal came into being in 1166 . In 1256 Odemira received city rights ( Foral ) for the first time . In 1265 the place received new fortifications, which King D Dinis had expanded in 1319 . In 1510 King Manuel I renewed the town charter . In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the Miguelistenkrieg , the Odemira district was significantly expanded in the middle of the 19th century.

Culture, sights and regular events

The Farol do Cabo Sardão lighthouse

The place is on the edge of the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina , a nature reserve that stretches along the entire southwestern Portuguese coast. Hiking trails are laid out.

The Sudoeste Festival has been held in the municipality of Zambujeira do Mar since 1996, attracting tens of thousands of guests from all over the world. In 2012 from August 1st to 5th, Ben Harper , Eddie Vedder , David Guetta , The Roots , Thievery Corporation , The Vaccines and many more were guests.

The architectural monuments include various community cemeteries, bridges, historical public buildings and private houses, old fountains, the Farol do Cabo Sardão lighthouse , wind and water mills, and a variety of sacred buildings . Some historic town centers are also listed as a whole, such as that of Odemira itself.

The Cineteatro Camacho Costa with its theatrical performances, cinema programs and specialist conferences, the multifaceted municipal library Biblioteca Municipal , and the cultural centers of the municipalities are the main places of cultural life in the district.

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Zambujeira do Mar beach

Odemira is the administrative seat of a district of the same name and part of the Alentejo Litoral ; this is a sub-region in Portugal . In terms of area, it is the largest district in Portugal . It is bordered to the north by the counties of Sines and Santiago do Cacém , to the east by the county of Ourique , to the south by Monchique , Silves and Aljezur , and to the west is the Atlantic Ocean.

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 17 to 14.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Odemira district:

Odemira district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Boavista dos Pinheiros	1,633	37.85	43	021116
Colos	1,061	109.77	10	021118
Longueira / Almograve	1,356	91.69	15th	021117
Luzianes-Gare	429	94.36	5	021115
Relíquias	931	120.08	8th	021102
Sabóia	1,152	155.42	7th	021103
Santa Clara-a-Velha	873	163.67	5	021119
São Luís	1,989	146.65	14th	021106
São Martinho das Amoreiras	1.006	144.17	7th	021107
São Salvador e Santa Maria	3.119	121.00	26th	021120
Sao Teotónio	6,439	347.25	19th	021121
Vale de Santiago	1,047	112.21	9	021122
Vila Nova de Milfontes	5,031	76.48	66	021111
Odemira district	26,066	1,720.60	15th	0211

Population development

Population in the Odemira district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
6390	11,669	20,489	32,541	43,999	29,463	26,418	26,106	26,036

Municipal holiday

• September 8th

traffic

The Linha do Sul railway runs through Odemira County, with several stops. The national roads N123 and N263 cross Odemira and connect the district to IC1 37 km away and the A2 motorway about 60 km away .

Odemira is integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

Sons and daughters

• Damiano de Odemira (probably 1480–1544), chess author
• Augusto da Fonseca Júnior (1895–1972), politician and sports official
• Pedro de Almada Pereira († 1911), landowner and journalist
• José Cheta (* 1945), musician
• Camacho Costa (1946-2003), actor
• Manuel da Silva Graça (* 1959), folk poet and singer
• Nuno Amaro Martins Dâmaso (* 1976), football player

Web links

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

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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.verportugal.net , accessed March 3, 2013
4. ↑ Festival website ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 3, 2013 
5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on March 3, 2013
6. ↑ www.cm-odemira.pt ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 3, 2013 
7. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014