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.

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.

Geography It covers 16.00 km².

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

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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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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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  

🇵🇹 Lisbon -9.133,38.717 d: 20.9  

🇵🇹 Almada -9.15,38.667 d: 22.8  

🇵🇹 Seixal -9.1,38.65 d: 27.4  

🇵🇹 Setúbal -8.893,38.524 d: 50.2  

🇵🇹 Caldas da Rainha -9.135,39.407 d: 70  

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  

🇳🇿 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  

🇳🇿 Hamilton 175.28,-37.788 d: 19595.7  

🇳🇿 Whangārei 174.326,-35.725 d: 19543.2  

🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19573.9  

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