Mexilhoeira Grande

Mexilhoeira Grande
Parish

Coat of arms
Mexilhoeira Grande
Coordinates: 37°09′29″N 8°36′50″W / 37.158°N 8.614°W / 37.158; -8.614Coordinates: 37°09′29″N 8°36′50″W / 37.158°N 8.614°W / 37.158; -8.614
Country Portugal
Region Algarve
Subregion Algarve
Intermunic. comm. Algarve
District Faro
Municipality Portimão
Area
  Total 91.15 km2 (35.19 sq mi)
Population (2011)
  Total 4,029
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Website www.freguesiamexigrande.pt

Mexilhoeira Grande (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɨʃiˌʎwɐi̯ɾɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃dɨ]) is a civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Portimão in the southern Portuguese region of the Algarve. The population in 2011 was 4,029,[1] in an area of 91.15 km².[2]

Geography

Mexilhoeira Grande is situated in the north of the municipality of Portimão, primarily encompassing rural lands comprising white-painted homes, traditionally agricultural in character.

It is bordered in the north by Monchique, by Portimão in the east, Alvor to the south, and by the parishes of Odiáxere, Bensafrim and Marmelete, in the north and northwest, respectively.

Economy

The region's economy is primarily agricultural-based, although tourism has an important influence on local revenues. The International Aerodrome of the Algarve, is the natural gateway to the region; situated in an area of plains, approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north of the parish, it is interconnected by variants of the Estrada Nacional EN125.

Architecture

The Roman era ruins of Quinta da Abicade 2
The railway station of Mexilhoeira Grande, used as part of the Algarve Line, until it was converted

Prehistoric

Archaeological

Civic

Religious

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. Direção-Geral do Território
  3. Martins, A. (2011). IGESPAR, ed. "Archaeological Circuits in Alentejo and Algarve" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: IGESPAR-Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  4. Neto, João; Gordalina, Rosário (1998). SIPA, ed. "Monumentos de Alcalar/Conjunto Pré-histórico de Alcalar/Povoado Calcolítico de Alcalar/Necrópole Megalítica de Alcalar (PT050811020001)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon,Portugal: SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  5. Neto, João (1991), SIPA, ed., Estação Romana da Quinta da Abicada (PT050811020002) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 29 January 2013
  6. Gordalina, Rosário (2011), SIPA, ed., Estação Ferroviária da Mexilhoeira Grande (PT050811020053) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 28 January 2013
  7. Fernandes, Paulo (2001), SIPA, ed., Capela da Senhora dos Passos/Capela de Nosso Senhor dos Passos (PT050811020016) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 28 January 2013
  8. Gordalina, Rosário (2012), SIPA, ed., Igreja da Figueira (PT050811020059) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 28 January 2013
  9. 1 2 Viegas, Patrícia (2000), SIPA, ed., Igreja de Misericórdia (PT050811020022) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 28 January 2013
  10. Oliveira, Lina (2006), SIPA, ed., Igreja Paroquial de Mexilhoeira Grande/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (PT050811020020) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 28 January 2013 |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
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