Boliqueime

Boliqueime () is a Portuguese village and freguesia ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Loulé, in the region of Algarve. The population in 2011 was 4,973, in an area of 46.21 km². The urbanized core of the village is about 50 m to 95 m above sea level. Located in central Algarve, 27 km from Faro International Airport it is a well preserved small village less than 20 minutes away from both the inland city of Loulé, the seat of the municipality, and the coastal settlements of Vilamoura, a famed resort with marina, and Albufeira, a city by the sea with some of the

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Portuguese subdivision.type: parish
Portuguese subdivision.official_name: Boliqueime
Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline: 2016 October 30, Windmill near Boliqueime (2).JPG
Portuguese subdivision.image_caption: Restored windmill located on Travessa do Moinho
Portuguese subdivision.image_shield: LLE-boliqueime.png
Portuguese subdivision.region: Algarve
Portuguese subdivision.CIM: Algarve
Portuguese subdivision.district: Faro
Portuguese subdivision.municipality: Loulé
Portuguese subdivision.area_total: 46.21
Portuguese subdivision.population_total: 4973
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of: 2011

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==Notable people== Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of Portugal from 2006 to 2016 and Prime Minister of Portugal from 1985 to 1995, was born in this village in 1939. Lídia Jorge, novelist and author as well as a member of Portugal's Council of State. Clive Dunn, ''Dad's Army'' actor, best known for his role as Lance Corporal Jack Jones, spent his last 3 decades here.

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