Querença
Querença is a former civil parish in the municipality of Loulé, eastern Algarve, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Querença, Tôr e Benafim.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 35 residents
- Description: civil parish in Portugal
- Also known as: “Freguesia de Querença”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cruzeiro de Querença.
Cruzeiro de Querença
Wayside cross
Photo: CTHOE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cruzeiro de Querença is a wayside cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barranco do Velho and Salir.
Barranco do Velho
Hamlet
Photo: Wilrooij, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barranco do Velho is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northeast of Querença.
Salir
Town
Photo: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salir is a village and civil parish located in the municipality of Loulé, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,775, in an area of 187.75 km². Situated away from the coast, Salir is known by its castle. Salir is situated 7 km northwest of Querença.
Querença
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal, freguesia of Portugal, and locality
- Location: Querença, Tôr e Benafim, Loulé, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.19878° or 37° 11′ 56″ northLongitude
-7.98719° or 7° 59′ 14″ westPopulation
35Elevation
231 metres (758 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT QUROpen location code
8C9J52X7+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1756120069OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Querença” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Querença”
- Cebuano: “Querença”
- Chechen: “Керенса”
- Dutch: “Querenca”
- Dutch: “Querença”
- French: “Freguesia de Querença”
- German: “Freguesia de Querença”
- German: “Querenca”
- German: “Querença”
- Japanese: “ケレンサ”
- Kazakh: “Керенса”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Querença”
- Portuguese: “Querença (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Querença”
- Russian: “Керенса”
- Spanish: “Freguesia de Querença”
- Spanish: “Querenca”
- Spanish: “Querença”
- Tatar: “Керенса”
- Turkish: “Querença”
- “Freguesia de Querença”
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Highlights include Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Assunção and Junta de Freguesia de Querença.
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