Odeceixe
Sign in to saveOdeceixe () is a village and civil parish in the northern part of the municipality of Aljezur, in the Portuguese Algarve, lying within the Nature Park of the Southwest Alentejo and Vincentine Coast. The village lies on the south bank of the Ribeira de Seixe, which here forms the border between the Algarve and Alentejo. The population of the parish in 2011 was 961, in an area of 41.91 km2.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Odeceixe
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Odeceixe553.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- A general view of Odeceixe
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- AJZ-odeceixe1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Faro
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Aljezur
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 41.91
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 961
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Nossa Senhora da Piedade
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 8670
- Portuguese subdivision.website
- http://www.jf-odeceixe.pt
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Odeceixe () is a village and civil parish in the northern part of the municipality of Aljezur, in the Portuguese Algarve, lying within the Nature Park of the Southwest Alentejo and Vincentine Coast. The village lies on the south bank of the Ribeira de Seixe, which here forms the border between the Algarve and Alentejo. The population of the parish in 2011 was 961, in an area of 41.91 km2.
==Geography== thumb|245px|left|Odeceixe's countryside The parish of Odeceixe is situated on the steeply inclined topography that divides the Algarve and Alentejo regions; the south bank of the Ribeira de Seixe which runs through this parish is the dividing line for this frontier.