Porches (Lagoa)

Porches
Coat of arms of Porches
Porches is located in Portugal
Porches
Porches
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°07′34″N 8°23′53″W / 37.126°N 8.398°W / 37.126; -8.398
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityLagoa
Area
 • Total15.64 km2 (6.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,011
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
8400

Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011,[1] in an area of 15.64 km2.[2] It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001.

  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.