Carvoeiro
Carvoeiro is a village in Algarve. Carvoeiro, or more commonly known as Praia de Carvoeiro, is a Portuguese civil parish/freguesia in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa, about 5 km south of the city.Photo: Dr.G.Schmitz, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 1,080 residents
- Description: former civil parish in Lagoa, Portugal
- Also known as: “Praia de Carvoeiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alfanzina Lighthouse and Praia do Carvalho.
Praia do Carvalho
Beach
Photo: Reino Baptista, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Praia do Carvalho is a beach, which is situated 3½ km east of Carvoeiro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lagoa and Estômbar.
Lagoa
Photo: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lagoa is a municipality in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. Lagoa is one of the most important tourist areas of the Algarve. There are various factors which have contributed to its popularity, namely the variety of offerings to visitors, and the friendliness of its citizens.
Estômbar
Town
Estômbar is a town in the civil parish of Estômbar e Parchal, in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,985, in an area of 24.21 km2. Estômbar is situated 6 km north of Carvoeiro.
Ferragudo
Town
Photo: Xuaxo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ferragudo is a Portuguese civil parish at the western border of the municipality of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 1,973, in an area of 5.41 km2. Ferragudo serves mainly as a bedroom community for its much larger neighbour, the city of Portimão; its residents routinely travel across the Arade River to work in the neighboring municipality. Ferragudo is situated 5 km northwest of Carvoeiro.
Carvoeiro
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Algarve, Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.0971° or 37° 5′ 49″ northLongitude
-8.4711° or 8° 28′ 16″ westPopulation
1,080Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
8C9H3GWH+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1121314090OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2269946Wikidata ID
Q1046217
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Carvoeiro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارفويرو (لاجوا)”
- Arabic: “كارفويرو”
- Asturian: “Carvoeiro”
- Catalan: “Carvoeiro”
- Cebuano: “Carvoeiro”
- Chechen: “Прая-ду-Карвоэйру”
- Czech: “Carvoeiro”
- Dutch: “Praia do Carvoeiro”
- French: “Carvoeiro”
- German: “Carvoeiro”
- German: “Praia do Carvoeiro”
- Irish: “Carvoeiro”
- Italian: “Carvoeiro”
- Kazakh: “Прайа-ду-Карвоейру”
- Malay: “Carvoeiro”
- Persian: “کارووئیرو”
- Portuguese: “Carvoeiro (Lagoa)”
- Portuguese: “Carvoeiro”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Praia do Carvoeiro”
- Portuguese: “Praia do carvoeiro”
- Portuguese: “Praia do Carvoeiro”
- Romanian: “Carvoeiro”
- Russian: “Карвоейро”
- Russian: “Прая-ду-Карвоэйру”
- Spanish: “Carvoeiro (Lagoa)”
- Spanish: “Carvoeiro”
- Swedish: “Carvoeiro”
- Tatar: “Прая-ду-Карвоэйру”
- Turkish: “Carvoeiro”
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