Odiáxere
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| Region : | Algarve | |||||
| Sub-region : | Algarve | |||||
| District : | Faro | |||||
| Concelho : | Lagos | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 9 ′ N , 8 ° 40 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 2984 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 31.85 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 94 inhabitants per km² | |||||
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| Mayor : | Carlos Manuel Pereira Fonseca ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Odiáxere Largo da Liberdade 8600-250 Odiáxere |
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| Website: | www.jf-odiaxere.pt | |||||
Odiáxere is a small town and municipality in the Algarve in southern Portugal .
history
Finds prove a prehistoric settlement back to the Copper Age . Today's place probably dates from the Moorish period, on which the present town center was built after the Christian Reconquista . The place name derived from the Arabic Odi (for river) is another indication of its Arabic origin.
In the 16th century Odiáxere became an independent municipality. On July 1, 2003 Odiáxere was elevated to a small town ( Vila ).
administration
Odiáxere is the seat of the municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district of Lagos in the Faro district . 2984 inhabitants live here on an area of 31.9 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following municipalities border on Odiáxere: Mexilhoeira Grande in the northeast, Alvor in the east, São Sebastião (Lagos) in the west and Bensafrim in the northwest.
The following places and districts belong to the municipality:
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Culture, leisure and sights
- Forte da Meia Praia or Forte de São Roque de Lagos , local fortifications
- The Manueline - Baroque parish church Igreja Matriz de Odiáxere or Igreja Paroquial de Odiáxere , also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição after its patron saint , was built in the 16th century and is now a listed building.
- Ría de Alvor , a Natura 2000 reserve
- Odeáxere dam : the power plant below the dam is connected to the reservoir via a pressurized water pipe . Agriculture between Lagos and Portimão also draws water from this reservoir. Water sports and swimming are not allowed.
- The golf resort Palmares Golf Club is located between the town center and Meia Praia beach and has extensive, well-tended grounds.
- The Feira Agrícola de Odiáxere takes place every month , with agricultural products from the region
- The 19th century windmill was also initially used for defense
traffic
Odiáxere is connected to the Portuguese railway network via the Linha do Algarve stop, which is far outside the settlement core.
As a street settlement, the place is located directly on the narrow passage of the national road N125, via which the place is connected to junction 2 ( Odiáxere ) of the A22 motorway.
Local public transport is operated by the local bus company ONDA of the city of Lagos. With lines 3 ( Rosa ) and 8 ( Lilas ), two local bus routes go to the municipality of Odiáxere.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Odiáxere at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Website of the Odiáxere municipal administration
- Page on the municipality of Odiáxere at the Lagos district administration
- Profile Odiáxeres in the Mapas de Portugal
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
- ^ Description of the municipality on the Odiáxere municipal administration website, accessed on December 31, 2016
- ↑ Description of the municipality of Odiáxere on the website of the Lagos district administration, accessed on December 31, 2016
- ↑ a b Entry of the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on December 31, 2016
- ↑ Information about bus routes in the Lagos district at www.algarvebus.info, accessed on December 31, 2016
