Castro Marim

For the civil parish, see Castro Marim (parish).

Castro Marim
Municipality
Town of Castro Marim
View of Castro Marim
Flag Coat of arms
Interactive map of Castro Marim
Castro Marim Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°13′N 7°27′W / 37.217°N 7.450°W / 37.217; -7.450
Country	Portugal
Region	Algarve
Intermunic. comm.	Algarve
District	Faro
Parishes	4
Government
• President	Francisco Amaral (PSD)
Area
• Total	300.84 km^2 (116.15 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,747
• Density	22.43/km^2 (58.09/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	June 24
Website	http://www.cm-castromarim.pt

Castro Marim (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʃtɾu mɐˈɾĩ] ^ⓘ), officially the Town of Castro Marim (Portuguese: Vila de Castro Marim), is a town and a municipality in the southern region of Algarve, in Portugal.^[1] The population in 2011 was 6,747,^[2] in an area of 300.84 km².^[3]

The current mayor is Francisco Amaral, elected by the Social Democratic Party.

The municipal holiday is June 24.

In the Roman era, Castro Marim was known as Aesuris.

Every year at the end of August there is a Medieval Fair/Festival that reunites many people from across the world to perform, like medieval musicians, archers, swordsmen, dancers, troupes, et cetera. There are sellers too: blacksmiths, textile crafters (weaving), herbs sellers, and so on.

In honour of his Portuguese mother, Lucia Gomes, from Castro Marim, the Spanish composer and guitarist Paco de Lucía named his thirteenth studio album Castro Marín.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):^[4]

• Altura
• Azinhal
• Castro Marim
• Odeleite

Notable people

• Domingos Correia Arouca (1790–1861) a general, administrator and colonial governor of Cape Verde, 1835-1837

See also

• Fort São Sebastião (Castro Marim)

References

1. Detail Regional Map, Algarve- Southern Portugal, ISBN 3-8297-6235-6
2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
3. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
4. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 36" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.

External links

• official Castro Marim Municipality website