Faro District
Portimão Municipality
Mexilhoeira Grande

Mexilhoeira Grande

Mexilhoeira Grande is a civil parish in the municipality of Portimão in the southern Portuguese region of the . The population in 2011 was 4,029, in an area of 91.15 km².
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  • Type: Town with 1,290 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Portimão, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Mexilhoeira”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mexilhoeira Grande railway station and Roman ruins of Quinta da Abicada.

Railway stop
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Mexilhoeira Grande is a railway station on the Algarve line, which serves Mexilhoeira Grande, in the municipality, . It opened on 30 July 1922.

Nature reserve
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Abicada is the name of Roman ruins in Mexilhoeira Grande, to the north of the civil parish of , municipality of , in region, Portugal.

Aerodrome
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is a small airport in Montes de Alvor, near the city of in , . The airport has one single short asphalt runway in the 11/29 direction and is mainly used by general aviation, with parachuting being common from the airfield. is situated 3 km southeast of Mexilhoeira Grande.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alvor and Odiáxere.

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is a town and freguesia in , in the southern region of . It is a holiday base for visiting the Ria de Nature Reserve, and has a nice beach.

Town
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is a town and civil parish in the municipality of , Portugal. The population in 2021 was 3,046, up from 2,984 in 2011, in an area of 31.85 km2. is situated 4 km west of Mexilhoeira Grande.

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is the second biggest city in the , , and famous for its fresh fish restaurants, grilled sardines being the most famous dish. It's very close to one of the most well known beaches in the Algarve, Praia da Rocha, and there are numerous others nearby.

Mexilhoeira Grande

Latitude
37.15919° or 37° 9′ 33″ north
Longitude
-8.61374° or 8° 36′ 50″ west
Population
1,290
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8C9H595P+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3270006875
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2266425
Wiki­data ID
Q1019708
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Mexilhoeira Grande” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Catalan: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Cebuano: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Chechen: “Мешильоэйра-Гранди”
  • Chinese: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Dutch: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • French: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • German: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Irish: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Italian: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Kazakh: “Meşïlʹoyeýra-Grande”
  • Kazakh: “Мешильоейра-Гранде”
  • Kazakh: “مەشىيلويەيرا-گراندە”
  • Malay: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Mexilhoeira Grande (freguesia)”
  • Portuguese: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Russian: “Мешильоейра-Гранде”
  • Russian: “Мешильоэйра-Гранди”
  • Spanish: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • Tatar: “Мешильоэйра-Гранди”
  • Turkish: “Mexilhoeira Grande”
  • “Mexilhoeira Grande”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mexilhoeira Grande”. Photo: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0.