Mem Moniz

Mem Moniz is a hamlet in Paderne, Albufeira, Faro District and has about 237 residents. Mem Moniz is situated nearby to the neighborhood Purgatório, as well as near the hamlet Centieira.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Paderne and Tunes railway station.

Castle of Paderne

Photo: Beechgrove, Public domain.

The Castle of Paderne is an ancient fortification located in the civil parish of Paderne, municipality of Albufeira, in the Portuguese Algarve. It was constructed in the later 12th century by Berbers, in an area around 7.5 kilometres inland.

Tunes railway station

Railway stop

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Tunes is a railway station on the Algarve Line, which serves Tunes, in the Silves municipality, Portugal. It opened on 1 July 1889, and is the junction of the Algarve and Southern lines. Tunes railway station is situated 3½ km west of Mem Moniz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paderne and Tunes.

Paderne

Village

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Paderne is a village and civil parish in the municipality of Albufeira, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. The population in 2011 was 3,304, in an area of 52.56 km2.

Tunes

Village

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Tunes is a village in the civil parish of Algoz e Tunes, in the municipality of Silves, in Algarve region, Portugal. It was the seat of its own civil parish until 2013 when the parish of Tunes merged into the new parish of Algoz e Tunes. Tunes is situated 3½ km west of Mem Moniz.

Ferreiras

Village

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Ferreiras is a civil parish in the southern Portuguese municipality of Albufeira. The population in 2011 was 6,406 in an area of 20.13 km². Ferreiras is situated 5 km southwest of Mem Moniz.

Mem Moniz

Type: Hamlet with 237 residents
Category: locality
Location: Paderne, Albufeira, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.16833° or 37° 10′ 6″ north

Longitude

-8.21763° or 8° 13′ 4″ west

Population

237

Elevation

107 metres (351 feet)

Open location code

8C9H5Q9J+8W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9846826040

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2266463

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