Almancil

Almancil
Coat of arms of Almancil
Almancil is located in Portugal
Almancil
Almancil
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°05′10″N 8°01′55″W / 37.086°N 8.032°W / 37.086; -8.032
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityLoulé
Area
 • Total62.30 km2 (24.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total10,677
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Almancil (Portuguese pronunciation: [almɐ̃ˈsil]) is a town and freguesia in the Loulé Municipality, in the affluent Golden Triangle region of the Algarve of southern Portugal. Almancil is known for its three Michelin star restaurants, the most of any town in the Algarve.

The town had a population of 10,677 inhabitants in 2011,[1] in an area of 62.30 square kilometres (24.05 sq mi).[2]

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.