Aldeia de Paio Pires
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Aldeia de Paio Pires is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 village located in the municipality of Seixal, Portugal. It had a 2001 population of 10,937 inhabitants and a total area of 12.14 km², with a density of 900.9/km².

The origin of the name comes from a great medieval conqueror, Paio Peres Correia
Paio Peres Correia
D. Paio Peres Correia, a notable medieval Christian conqueror, who was born c. 1205, in Monte de Fralães, in the district of Barcelos in Portugal....

, who has a statue and a homage in the centre of the parish.

A part of Fernão Ferro
Fernão Ferro
Fernão Ferro is a Portuguese parish, located in the city of Seixal. It had a 2001 population of 10,752 inhabitants and a total area of 25.26 km², its density was 425.7/km²....

 separated to create its own parish on June 11, 1993.

Sites of interest

  • Moinho do Zemoto or Moinho do Zeimoto
  • Moinho da Quinta da Palmeira
  • Quinta do Pinhalzinho (Lagar de Azeite do Pinhalzinho)

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