Parchal

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Parchal is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar e Parchal. The population in 2011 was 4,019, in an area of 3.86 km2. It is situated in the northwest part of the Lagoa Municipality.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

Maria Cavaco Silva

First Lady of Portugal

Maria Keil

Portuguese artist (1914-2012)

I

Ibn Ammar

Moorish writer

Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira

Governor of Macau (1939–2025)

D

Diogo Silves

Portuguese explorer

F

Fernando Cabrita

Portuguese football player/manager (1923-2014)

Abū al-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Qāsī

Al-Andalus writer

Nuno Júdice

Portuguese writer (1949–2024)

Johannes de Deo

13th-century Portuguese priest, judge and scholar of canon law who taught at the University of Bologna

Bernardo Marques

Portuguese artist (1898-1962)

C

Carlos Henriques

footballer

Remexido

Portuguese guerilla leader

J

João Lourenço

Portuguese bicycle racer (1917-1998)

H

Hélder Lourenço

Portuguese footballer

J

José Vitoriano

Portuguese politician (1917-2006)

M

Micael Silva

Portuguese footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Faro

• Lagoa
  3.5 mi away · pop. 6,010
• Pera
  9.8 mi away · pop. 1,379
• Algoz
  12 mi away · pop. 1,987
• Bensafrim
  12.1 mi away · pop. 952
• Espiche
  12.3 mi away · pop. 939
• Barão de São João
  14.3 mi away · pop. 370
• Marmelete
  14.5 mi away · pop. 283
• Barão de São Miguel
  15.4 mi away
• Vale de Boi
  16.6 mi away · pop. 83
• Figueira
  18.5 mi away · pop. 196
• Roja-Pé
  18.6 mi away · pop. 415
• Bordeira
  19.4 mi away · pop. 34

Browse all places in Faro →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-06-11

Cleopatra Butterfly

Gonepteryx cleopatra

Seen 2026-06-11

European Serin

Serinus serinus

Seen 2026-06-11

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-06-10

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

Seen 2026-06-10

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Seen 2026-06-10

Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus

Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus

Seen 2026-06-10

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-06-10

fennel

Foeniculum vulgare

Seen 2026-06-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Parchal, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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