Luz | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Luz Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 37°05′12″N 08°43′52″W / 37.08667°N 8.73111°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| Intermunic. comm. | Algarve |
| District | Faro |
| Municipality | Lagos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.78 km2 (8.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,545 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postal code | 8600 |
| Area code | 282 |
| Patron | Nossa Senhora da Luz |
| Website | http://www.freguesia-luz.pt/portal/v1.0/ |
Praia da Luz (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾajɐ ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially Luz, is a civil parish of the municipality of Lagos, in Algarve region, Portugal.[1] The population of the civil parish in 2011 was 3,545,[2] in an area of 21.78 km2.[3] Also known as Santorini de Portugal, Luz de Lagos or Vila da Luz (a contraction of its former official name, Vila da Nossa Senhora da Luz), "Praia da Luz" (which means Beach of the Light) is used to refer to both the urbanized village and the beach.[4] The parish had its origins in a small fishing village (the industry is now only found in isolated enclaves to the west), but was transformed by several holiday-villa complexes into a tourist area.[4]
- ^ Algarve-Southern Portugal, 28 March 2003, ISBN 3-8297-6235-6
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estatística". Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ a b Junta Freguesia (ed.), História da Terra (in Portuguese), Luz (Algarve), Portugal: Junta Freguesia de Luz, archived from the original on 2019-08-28, retrieved 2012-10-11