Lagoa e Carvoeiro

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Lagoa e Carvoeiro
Parish
Lagoa e Carvoeiro is located in Portugal
Lagoa e Carvoeiro
Lagoa e Carvoeiro
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Country Portugal
Municipality Lagoa
Area
 • Total 39.13 km2 (15.11 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 9,987
 • Density 260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Postal code 8400

Lagoa e Carvoeiro is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Lagoa and Carvoeiro.[1] The population in 2011 was 9,987,[2] in an area of 39.13 km².[3]

The offices of the freguesia are in part of the Convento de São José.

Description

The historical centre of the civil parish consists of rows of white houses, where broad and narrow streets are intermixed, revealing modern buildings and old houses, some dating from before the Earthquake of 1755.

In the same historical center are found old doors and Manueline windows, four-sided roofs and arches spanning narrow lanes, and the vestiges of buildings which have long disappeared.

In Lagoa it is possible to find 18th-century buildings as well as modern ones, historical monuments, and contemporary sculptures which show how the city has evolved into a harmonious weaving of many threads.

Historic sites

References

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  2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  3. Direção-Geral do Território

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