Ferreiras
Sign in to saveFerreiras 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.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Ferreiras
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- File:Railway roundabout Ferreiras 2 June 2015.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Largo das Ferreiras in the centre of the village of Ferreiras
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- ABF-ferreiras.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Faro
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Albufeira
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 77
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 20.13
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 6406
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 239
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 8200
- Portuguese subdivision.website
- http://www.ferreiras.freguesia.pt/
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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.
==History== From the discovery of various archeological vestiges within the territory, including the Cerros Altos region, there is a consensus that human settlement in the area occurred in the 2nd century A.D. (including the remains of forge/foundry and inscription).