Quelfes
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| Region : | Algarve | |||||
| Sub-region : | Algarve | |||||
| District : | Faro | |||||
| Concelho : | Olhão | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 4 ′ N , 7 ° 49 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 17,246 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 28.2 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 612 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 8700-206 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Miguel Januário Covas Dimas ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Quelfes Largo 25 de Abril, Sítio da Igreja 8700-206 Quelfes |
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| Website: | www.jf-quelfes.pt | |||||
Quelfes is a village and a municipality in the Algarve in southern Portugal .
The Ilha da Armona , which lies in front of the neighboring district town of Olhão , belongs to the municipality of Quelfes. This means that part of the municipality of Quelfes lies in the Ria Formosa Nature Park .
history
The Romans already maintained estates here, especially the archaeological excavation site at the Villa Quinta de Marim . A Roman bridge also bears witness to the time. In the following epochs, the area remained characterized by agriculture and scattered estates and settlements, from which villages developed only slowly.
The oldest building in today's Quelfes is the parish church, which has existed since at least 1518.
The tidal mill ( Moinho de Maré ) of Quelfes
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Quelfes became an independent municipality in 1614. Among the localities of the municipality, only the southern port town of Olhão was characterized by stronger growth. In 1695 it became a separate municipality through outsourcing.
In the earthquake of 1755 the parish church of Quelfes suffered severe damage and was then rebuilt.
The place and the region suffered further destruction in the course of the first Napoleonic invasions . In 1808 a battle took place at the Roman bridge in Quelfes, in which the French troops were defeated.
In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1820 , Olhão became a separate district and the municipality of Quelfes was dissolved in 1838. However, this dissolution was never actually implemented, and so the restoration of the Quelfes parish in 1933 only became a legal formality.
The steady growth of the neighboring municipality of Olhão to the south also recently affected Quelfes, and new residential areas and a shopping center, Ria Shopping , were built in the direction of Olhão .
administration
Quelfes is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Olhão in the Faro district . It has 17,246 inhabitants on an area of 28 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the municipality of Quelfes:
- Alecrineira
- Ana Velha
- Boavista
- Brancanes
- Igreja
- Ilha da Armona
- Montemor
- Olhão
- Peares
- Poço Longo
- Quelfes
Web links
- Website of the Quelfes Municipal Council
- Profile Quelfes near the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ^ Entry of the Quelfes parish church in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 10, 2016
- ^ History of the Quelfes parish on the parish website , accessed December 10, 2016
