Vila Nova de Milfontes

Vila Nova de Milfontes
Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alentejo Littoral
District :	Be yes
Concelho :	Odemira
Coordinates :	37 ° 43 ′ N , 8 ° 47 ′ W Coordinates: 37 ° 43 ′ N , 8 ° 47 ′ W
Residents:	5031 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	76.48 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7645
politics
Mayor :	Anabela da Silva Roberto Sobral Guerreiro Gamito ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Vila Nova de Milfontes ; Largo do Rossio ; 7645-310 Vila Nova de Milfontes
Website:	www.milfontes.net

Vila Nova de Milfontes [ vilɐ novɐ də mil'fõtɨʃ ] ( port. For "new village of a thousand sources" ) is a town and municipality in Portugal .

The place is in the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina , a nature reserve that stretches along the entire southwestern Portuguese coast. It is located on the right bank of the river directly at the mouth of the Rio Mira in the Atlantic.

View of Vila Nova de Milfontes

history

Partial view of the fortress

The place was founded in 1486 by King Dom Joao II . Vila Nova de Milfontes remained the seat of its own district until it was dissolved in 1836 and became a municipality of the Cercal do Alentejo district . This in turn was dissolved itself in 1855, since then Vila Nova de Milfontes has belonged to the Odemira district.

The São Clemente fortress, built from 1599 in a dominant position at the mouth of the Rio Mira, served to defend the port and protect it from pirate attacks from North Africa and from Odemira further upstream . Today the old town center is important for tourism.

administration

Vila Nova de Milfontes is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Odemira , Beja district . The community has 5031 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) on an area of 76.5 km².

The following localities are in the municipality:

Brunheiras
Foros do Galeado
Foros da Pereira
Malhadinhas
Pousadas
Ribeira da Azenha

There are a total of 64 settlements, farms and named places in the municipality of Vila Nova de Milfontes:

Águas Ferrenhas, Alagoachos, Aldeamento Moinho da Asneira, Ameiralinho, Bogaga, Brejo da Zimbreira, Brejo do Armando, Brejo dos Pinheiros, Brejos da Comenda, Brejos das Figueiras, Brejos do Bom Comer, Brunheiras, Bufardas, Cerca do Canal da Casa., , Cerca do Moinho de Vento, Chaviscas, Farol, Fonte da Burra, Foros da Alpendurada, Foros da Caiada, Foros da Pereira, Foros da Pereirinha, Foros de Galeado, Foros do Freixial, Furnas, Lagoa das Gansas, Lagoa dos Gansos, Malhadinhas , Monte da Boa Vistinha, Monte da Gama, Monte da Vigia, Monte das Canas, Monte das Casas Novas, Monte das Dobadoras, Monte das Pereiras, Monte de Adail, Monte do Amaral, Monte do Barranco, Monte do Delevado, Monte do Freixial , Monte do Malhão, Monte dos Parvos, Monte Fiuza, Monte Moinho Novo, Pousadas Novas, Pousadas Velhas, Quinta da Assumada, Quinta da Boa Vista, Quinta da Viola, Quinta de São Valentim, Quinta do Areeiro, Quinta Lopes Almeida, Ribeira da Azenha, Samoqueira, Sela de Baixo, Sela de Cima, Sela d o Meio, Vela de Estai, Venda Fria, Vila de Campos, Vila Formosa, Vila Nova de Milfontes, Viveiros da Vila Nova.