Boliqueime is a
Portuguese
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village and ''
freguesia
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...
'' ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of
Loulé
Loulé () is a city and municipality in the region of Algarve, district of Faro, Portugal. In 2011, the population of the entire municipality was 70,622 inhabitants, in an area of approximately . The municipality has two principal cities: Loulé ...
, in the region of
Algarve
The Algarve (, , ; from ) is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities ( ''concelhos'' or ''municípios'' in Portuguese).
The region has it ...
. The population in 2011 was 4,973,
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/ref> in an area of 46.21 km².
/ref> Located in central Algarve, 27 km from Faro International Airport
Faro Airport ( pt, Aeroporto de Faro, ), officially Gago Coutinho Airport (''Aeroporto Gago Coutinho''), is located westAI of Faro in Portugal. The airport opened in July 1965 being the main gateway to the year-round resort region of the Al ...
it is a well preserved small village less than 20 minutes away from both the inland city of Loulé, the seat of the municipality, and the coastal settlements of Vilamoura
Vilamoura is a coastal resort in the Loulé municipality in Algarve, Portugal. It is one of the three corners of Algarve's Golden Triangle. Vilamoura comprises one of the largest single tourist complexes in Europe and with about 2,000 hectares ...
, a famed resort with marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...
, and Albufeira
Albufeira () is a city and seat of its own municipality in the district of Faro, in the southernmost Portuguese region of Algarve. The municipality population in 2021 was 44,158, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 28,645 in 2021 ...
, a city by the sea with some of the most popular beaches in the region.
Notable people
*Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GCC, GColL, GColIH (; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist who served as the 19th president of Portugal, in office from 9 March 2006 to 9 March 2016. He had been previously prime minister of Portugal fro ...
, President of Portugal from 2006 to 2016 and Prime Minister of Portugal from 1985 to 1995, was born in this village in 1939.
*Lídia Jorge
Lídia Jorge (born 18 June 1946) is a prominent Portuguese novelist and author whose work is representative of a recent style of Portuguese writing, the so-called "Post Revolution Generation".
Life
Lídia Jorge was born in the village of Boliq ...
, novelist and author as well as a member of Portugal's Council of State.
Gallery
2018-01-26 West elevation, Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião de Boliqueime, Boliqueime (2).JPG, Matrix Church of São Sebastião de Boliqueime
2018-01-28 Yellow building, Rua Doutor João Batista Ramos Faísca, Boliqueime (2).JPG
2018-01-26 Rua Dr João Batista Ramos Faísca, Boliqueime (1).JPG, Dr João Batista Ramos Faísca street looking south
2018-01-26 Rua da Misericórdia, Boliqueime.JPG, Misericórdia street
2018-01-26 looking north along Rua Dr João Batista Ramos Faísca, Boliqueime.JPG, Dr João Batista Ramos Faísca street looking north
References
Freguesias of Loulé
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