Santa Bárbara de Nexe

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Santa Bárbara de Nexe
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Santa Bárbara de Nexe
Santa Bárbara de Nexe (Portugal)
Santa Bárbara de Nexe
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Faro
Coordinates : 37 ° 6 ′  N , 7 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 6 ′  N , 7 ° 58 ′  W
Residents: 4116 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 38.22 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 108 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 8005-517
politics
Mayor : Sérgio Vicente dos Santos Martins ( CDU )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Santa Bárbara de Nexe
Estrada da Relva, 8
8005-517 Santa Bárbara de Nexe
Website: www.santabarbaradenexe.pt

Santa Bárbara de Nexe is a village and a municipality in the Algarve in southern Portugal .

The parish church from the 14th century

history

The traces of human presence go back to the Paleolithic . In the course of the ages Phoenicians had trading establishments here, later Romans and from the 8th century Arabs settled here.

Today's place was first documented as Neixe in a document from 1291. In the 16th century, Santa Bárbara de Nexe became an independent municipality.

administration

Santa Bárbara de Nexe is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Faro in the district of Faro . 4116 inhabitants live here on an area of ​​38 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

Population development in the municipality of Santa Bárbara de Nexe (1864–2011)

The following places are in the municipality:

  • Agostos
  • Alagoas
  • Aldeia
  • Benatrite
  • Bordeira
  • Canal
  • Charneca
  • Colmeal
  • Falfosa
  • Goldra de Baixo
  • Goldra de Cima
  • Gorjões
  • Ladeira
  • Laranjeira
  • Medronhal
  • Palhagueira
  • Pé do Cerro
  • Poço Mouro
  • Quinta das Raposeiras
  • Santa Bárbara de Nexe
  • Telheiro
  • Valados

Web links

Commons : Santa Bárbara de Nexe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ German-language website of the municipality (under Knowledge / History ), accessed on December 31, 2016