Odiáxere
Sign in to saveOdiáxere () is a town and civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 3,046, up from 2,984 in 2011, in an area of 31.85 km2.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Odiáxere
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- OdiáxereIgreja.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Odiáxere, parish church
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Faro
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Lagos
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 31.85
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 3,046
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Odiáxere () is a town and civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 3,046, up from 2,984 in 2011, in an area of 31.85 km2.
==History== thumb|left|Menir de Odiáxere thumb|left|Main Square Largo da Liberdade Odiáxere, which is famous for its menhir (Menir de Odiáxere) measuring about 7 ft. in height in the garden of Quinta Menir, was the site of a prehistoric settlement going back to the Chalcolithic period. The current version of Odiáxere probably dates back to the Moorish period, on which today's town center was built after the Reconquista. The place name, derived from the Arabic Odi (for river) is a further indication of its Arabic origin.