Bensafrim
Bensafrim is located in Portugal
Bensafrim
Bensafrim
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°09′N 8°44′W / 37.150°N 8.733°W / 37.150; -8.733
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityLagos
Disbanded2013
Area
  Total78.46 km2 (30.29 sq mi)
Population
  Total2,004
  Density26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
8600
Websitehttp://bensafrim.net/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Bensafrim is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Bensafrim e Barão de São João.[1] It has about 2,004 inhabitants (2001).

The name comes from the Arabic word Benassaharim. It used to be an agrarian community. Until the 1950s the most important means of transportation were the ox and the donkey. Now it is a dormitory suburb of Lagos.

The most important event of the year is the annual fair on the 25th and 26th of August. The fair first took place in 1880.

In the last years, there has been much building activity. A new square, sports fields, a medical post, water supplies and also the roads were improved. From Bensafrim there is a connection to the A22 now.

Bensafrim Mother church

References

  1. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 59" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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