VILA NOVA DE MILFONTES
37° 43' 40" N; 8° 47' 07" W
It has an area of 75.88 km² and 5031 inhabitants (2011). Its population density is 65.9 inhabitants / km².
Because it is located on the coast, this region was often plagued by pirates, who plundered and assaulted the population and boats. In the 16th to 18th centuries, pirates from North Africa, especially those from Algiers, afflicted the Portuguese coast dramatically. To face this climate of fear and instability, at the end of the 16th century, the fort of São Clemente (Milfontes castle) was built.
This locality is linked to the great feat of Portuguese aviation, which was the first crossing between Portugal and Macau, carried out by Brito Paes and Sarmento Beires. It was on April 7, 1924, that the pilots left Campo dos Coitos, near Milfontes, towards the East. In honor of the aviators and their historic achievement, a monument that recalls the heroic journey was erected in Praça da Barbacã, next to the fort.
The main economic activities of the parish are tourism, commerce and services, agriculture, livestock, fishing (the portinho do Canal is the largest fishing port in the municipality), civil construction, and even forestry production.
Vila Nova de Milfontes is made up of 64 villages:
Águas Ferrenhas, Alagoachos, Aldeamento Moinho da Asneira, Ameiralinho, Bogaga, Brejo da Zimbreira, Brejo do Armando, Brejo dos Pinheiros, Brejos da Comenda, Brejos das Figueiras, Brejos do Bom Comer, Brunheiras, Bufardas, Cerca da Casa, Cerca do Canal, Cerca do Moinho de Vento, Chaviscas, Farol, Fonte da Burra, Foros da Alpendurada, Foros da Caiada, Foros da Pereira, Foros da Pereirinha, Foros de Galeado, Foros do Freixial, Furnas, Lagoa das Gansas, Lagoa dos Gansos, Malhadinhas, Monte da Boa Vistinha, Monte da Gama, Monte da Vigia, Monte das Canas, Monte das Casas Novas, Monte das Dobadoras, Monte das Pereiras, Monte de Adail, Monte do Amaral, Monte do Barranco, Monte do Delevado, Monte do Freixial, Monte do Malhão, Monte dos Parvos, Monte Fiuza, Monte Moinho Novo, Pousadas Novas, Pousadas Velhas, Quinta da Assumada, Quinta da Boa Vista, Quinta da Viola, Quinta de São Valentim, Quinta do Areeiro, Quinta Lopes Almeida, Ribeira da Azenha, Samoqueira, Sela de Baixo, Sela de Cima, Sela do Meio, Vela de Estai, Venda Fria, Vila de Campos, Vila Formosa, Vila Nova de Milfontes, Viveiros da Vila Nova.
