Vila Nova de Cacela

Vila Nova de Cacela
Vila Nova de Cacela
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°10′26″N 7°32′02″W / 37.174°N 7.534°W / 37.174; -7.534
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityVila Real de Santo António
Area
 • Total
46.03 km2 (17.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
3,903
 • Density84.79/km2 (219.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Vila Nova de Cacela, or simply Cacela, is a town and Civil parish in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, the southeasternmost of the Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,903,[1] in an area of 46.03 km².[2] Cacela is an exclave of the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, one of only three in Portugal to have exclaves.

A lagoon and popular beaches exist by the coast of this civil parish. It is also the site of the eighteenth-century Fortaleza de Cacela.

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.