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Marina de Lagos, Portugal. Lagos' economy, like many coastal towns in Portugal, has always been closely linked to the sea, and fishing has been an important activity since very ancient times. Since 1960, the city has embraced tourism, which has become its most important economic activity. It has beautiful beaches, good climate, the sea, a ...
Bensafrim e Barão de São João is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Bensafrim and Barão de São João. [ 1 ] The population in 2011 was 2,425, [ 2 ] in an area of 130.20 km 2 .
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Odiáxere was connected to the Portuguese railway network via a halting place of Linha do Algarve railway line, which was located outside the core of the town and closed down in 2003. Odiáxere is a street settlement directly on the narrow town through-road of EN125, via which the town is connected to junction 2 (Odiáxere) of the A22 motorway ...
The Algarve is located in the southernmost area of continental Portugal and the southwesternmost area of the Iberian Peninsula and mainland Europe, covering an area of 4,997 km 2 (1,929 sq mi). [10] It borders to the north with the Alentejo region ( Alentejo Litoral and Baixo Alentejo ), to the south and west with the Atlantic Ocean , and to ...
Praia da Luz (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾajɐ ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially Luz, is a civil parish of the municipality of Lagos, in Algarve region, Portugal. [1] The population of the civil parish in 2011 was 3,545, [2] in an area of 21.78 km 2. [3]
Bensafrim (European Portuguese pronunciation: [bẽsɐˈfɾĩ]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Bensafrim e Barão de São João. [1] It has about 2,004 inhabitants (2001). The name comes from the Arabic word Benassaharim. It used to be an agrarian community.
São Gonçalo de Lagos. São Gonçalo de Lagos is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São Sebastião and Santa Maria. The population in 2021 was 23,671, [1] up from 22,095 in 2011, [2] in an area of 29.15 km 2. [3]