Alcoutim is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

, located in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Alcoutim, Algarve, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Alcoutim e Pereiro Alcoutim e Pereiro is a civil parish in the municipality of Alcoutim, Algarve, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Alcoutim Alcoutim () is a town and a municipality in southeastern Portugal near the Portugal–Sp ...

Main sites

Alcoutim Castle The Castle of Alcoutim ( pt, Castelo de Alcoutim) is a medieval castle in the freguesia, civil parish of Alcoutim (parish), Alcoutim, in the municipality Alcoutim Municipality, of the same name, in the southeastern Algarve of Portugal. Built in the ...

*Roman village of Montinho das Laranjeiras * Alcoutim Old Castle * Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church

References

Former parishes of Portugal Freguesias of Alcoutim {{Faro-geo-stub