Portimão

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Portimão
coat of arms map
Portimão coat of arms
Portimão (Portugal)
Portimão
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Portimão
Coordinates : 37 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 33 ′  W
Residents: 45,431 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 75.66 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 600 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 8500
politics
Mayor : Ana Maria Santos ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Portimão
Praça da República, n.º 25
8500-540 Portimão
Website: www.jf-portimao.pt
Portimão district
flag map
Portimão flag Position of the Portimão district
Residents: 55,614 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 182.06 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 305 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 3
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Portimão
Edifício Paços do Concelho Praça 1º de Maio
8500-543 Portimão
President of the Câmara Municipal: Manuel António da Luz ( PS )
Website: www.cm-portimao.pt

Portimão [ puɾtiˈmɐ̃u ] is a city ( Cidade ) in the Algarve region , Portugal . It is the seat of the district of the same name. On June 30, 2011, the district had 55,614 inhabitants on an area of ​​182.1 km².

In downtown Portimão

history

The origins of human settlement in the district go back to the Neolithic . A large number of traces have been preserved from the time of the Roman inhabitants, including vessels, coins and remains of buildings. The Arabs left behind botanical and architectural traces in particular , including buildings converted into today's chapels or striking chimneys in the construction of houses.

After the completion of the Reconquista , the place was not significantly repopulated as Vila Nova de Portimão until the 15th century under King Dom Afonso V. In the course of the emerging Portuguese voyages of discovery , the importance of the port increased. After the destruction suffered by the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 , Portimão recovered only slowly. Only in the 19th century, with the development of the food industry (especially canning factories, dried fruits and fishing and processing of catches), the place received a significant development boost. In 1924 Portimão was elevated to a city ( Cidade ) by President Manuel Teixeira Gomes , who himself came from Portimão.

In 1975, the Alvor Convention on the independence of the former Portuguese possession of Angola was concluded in the district of Alvor .

administration

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Portimão is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( Concelho or Município ). The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Monchique , Silves , Lagoa , Lagos and the Atlantic .

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Portimão district:

Portimão district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Alvor 6.154 15.25 403 081101
Mexilhoeira Grande 4.029 91.15 44 081102
Portimão 45,431 75.66 600 081103
Portimão district 55,614 182.06 305 0811

Municipal holiday

  • 11th December

Town twinning

Portimão train station

traffic

The closest airport for smaller planes is the city-operated Aerodromo Municipal de Portimão , which is about seven kilometers away. Air shows like the Portimão Air Festival also take place here.

The place is connected to Lagos , Faro and Vila Real de Santo António by the Linha do Algarve railway line .

There are favorable road connections more close to the coast via the N125 and alternatively a little more inland via the A22 motorway to the north (e.g. Lisbon via the A2 near Paderne ), east (e.g. Faro ) and west, e.g. B. to Lagos or Sagres .

With the Porto de Portimão , the city has a port that includes a cargo port, a marina and a ferry terminal for ferries and cruise ships. Since 2017 there is again a ferry connection to Madeira and the Canary Islands . The operator is the Spanish company Naviera Armas .

tourism

Portimão is a holiday resort and tourist center of the western Algarve. After the dredging of the Rio Arade, the city has continuously expanded its port in recent years. The port now serves as a landing stage for cruise ships that regularly moor in Portimão. It is also the home port of the “Santa Bernarda” caravel, which offers tours along the rocky Algarve. The city has a marina and numerous beaches, of which Praia da Rocha is one of the most famous in the Algarve due to its rock formations.

  • On the beach of Praia da Rocha

  • Praia do Algarve rock formation , Portimão

  • Praia da Rocha rock formation , Portimão

  • Skyline of Portimao, from the port of Ferragudo seen from

  • Coast at Portimão

  • The former fortress Forte Santa Catarina

  • At the building of the historical slave market

  • Coast at Portimão seen from above

  • At the harbor (1994)

Sports

The Estádio Municipal de Portimão football stadium

Motorsport

In Portimão there is a modern race track with the new Autódromo Internacional do Algarve . Superbike World Championship and A1 Grand Prix races have been held there since 2009 . Formula 1 tests also took place on the course . In addition, a Formula 1 race will take place there for the first time in 2020 . This happens because some races had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Sometimes other racetracks jump in that were not originally on the calendar.

The city was the destination of the first stage of the 2006 Dakar Rally .

Soccer

The place is home to the football club Portimonense Sporting Clube , which currently plays in the top Portuguese league, the Primeira Liga . He plays his home games in the Estádio Municipal de Portimão .

The Praia da Rocha beach in Portimão is the annual venue for the Mundialito de Futebol de Praia international beach football tournament .

sailing

With the Portimão Global Ocean Race , an internationally recognized sailing regatta around the world is regularly organized here.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Portimão  - 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. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed September 12, 2013
  5. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on September 12, 2013
  6. ↑ Website of the Port of Portimão (Portuguese, Spanish and English), accessed on December 31, 2016
  7. ↑ www.algarve-entdecker.com ( Memento of the original from May 4, 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 May 3, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / algarve-entdecker.com
  8. ↑ Global Ocean Race website , accessed September 12, 2013