Algueirão-Mem_Martins, Lisbon District, Lisboa Region, Portugal

History | Geography | Demographics | Notable structures

🇵🇹 Algueirão – Mem Martins is a Portuguese civil parish, in the municipality (concelho) of Sintra.

It was elevated from the status of village to town on 1 February 1988.

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History The toponym 'Algueirão' dates back to the Muslim presence in the region between the 8th and 12th centuries. It evolved from the Arab term al-gueirān, meaning the caves.

'Mem Martins' is a proper name of uncertain origin, consisting of the medieval given name Mem and the patronymic Martins, likely after one of the first property owners in the region following the Portuguese conquest of Lisbon and Sintra.

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Geography It covers 16.00 km².

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Demographics The population density is about 4000 inhabitants per square kilometer.

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Notable structures • Fountain of Sacotes (Fontanário de Sacotes) • Church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês (Capela e Recinto da Feira das Mercês/Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês), a 17th-century church and churchyard; • Hermitage of São Romão (Ermida de São Romão), a Manueline-era rural hermitage, comprising one nave with a vaulted ceiling.

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Europe/Lisbon/Lisbon_District 

Algueirão-Mem_Martins has a population of over 66,250 people. Algueirão-Mem_Martins also forms one of the centres of the wider Sintra Municipality which has a population of over 385,654 people.

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North of: 38.8

🇺🇸 Alexandria 38.805

🇪🇸 Ontinyent 38.817

🇺🇸 Fairfax County 38.83

🇪🇸 Dénia 38.833

🇵🇹 Loures 38.833

🇺🇸 Centreville 38.833

🇺🇸 Colorado Springs 38.833

🇺🇸 Salina 38.849

🇺🇸 Fairfax 38.85

🇺🇸 Arlington 38.861

South of: 38.8

🇺🇸 Upper Marlboro 38.8

🇺🇸 Rocklin 38.8

🇹🇷 Aliağa 38.8

🇺🇸 Edwardsville 38.8

🇺🇸 O'Fallon 38.783

🇺🇸 Florissant 38.783

🇵🇹 Odivelas 38.783

🇵🇹 Sintra 38.783

🇺🇸 Burke 38.782

🇺🇸 City of Saint Peters 38.779

East of: -9.35

🇵🇹 Oeiras -9.317

🇵🇹 Mafra -9.317

🇮🇪 Castlebar -9.302

🇵🇹 Queluz e Belas -9.255

🇲🇦 Safi -9.233

🇵🇹 Amadora -9.233

🇲🇦 Oulad Teima -9.217

🇵🇹 Odivelas -9.167

🇵🇹 Loures -9.167

🇵🇹 Lissabon -9.15

West of: -9.35

🇲🇦 Biougra -9.371

🇵🇹 Sintra -9.383

🇵🇹 Cascais -9.417

🇱🇷 Gbarnga -9.473

🇲🇱 Kita -9.483

🇲🇦 Aït Melloul -9.483

🇲🇦 Inezgane -9.538

🇲🇱 Nioro du Sahel -9.55

🇪🇭 Bir Lehlou -9.567

🇲🇦 Dakhla -9.567

Antipodal to Algueirão-Mem_Martins is: 170.65,-38.8

Locations Near: Algueirão-Mem_Martins -9.35,38.8

🇵🇹 Sintra -9.383,38.783 d: 3.4  

🇵🇹 Queluz e Belas -9.255,38.755 d: 9.6  

🇵🇹 Cascais -9.417,38.7 d: 12.5  

🇵🇹 Oeiras -9.317,38.683 d: 13.3  

🇵🇹 Amadora -9.233,38.733 d: 12.5  

🇵🇹 Mafra -9.317,38.933 d: 15.1  

🇵🇹 Odivelas -9.167,38.783 d: 16  

🇵🇹 Loures -9.167,38.833 d: 16.3  

🇵🇹 Lissabon -9.15,38.725 d: 19.2  

🇵🇹 Lisbon -9.15,38.717 d: 19.7  

Antipodal to: Algueirão-Mem_Martins 170.65,-38.8

🇳🇿 Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 19660.4  

🇳🇿 Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 19660.6  

🇳🇿 Stratford 174.283,-39.333 d: 19695.9  

🇳🇿 Greymouth 171.214,-42.448 d: 19606.6  

🇳🇿 Whanganui 175.05,-39.932 d: 19616.5  

🇳🇿 Auckland 174.763,-36.853 d: 19594  

🇳🇿 North Shore City 174.75,-36.8 d: 19591.8  

🇳🇿 Hibiscus Coast 174.698,-36.606 d: 19583.5  

🇳🇿 Manukau City 174.883,-36.983 d: 19592.3  

🇳🇿 Hamilton 175.28,-37.788 d: 19595.7  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 38.8 -9.35

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