Alcoutim is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, located in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Alcoutim, Algarve, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alcoutim e Pereiro.

Main sites

Alcoutim Castle The Castle of Alcoutim () is a medieval castle in the freguesia, civil parish of Alcoutim (parish), Alcoutim, in the municipality Alcoutim Municipality, of the same name, in the southeastern Algarve of Portugal. Built in the 13th century, the cas ...

*Roman village of Montinho das Laranjeiras * Alcoutim Old Castle *

Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church ''Nossa'' is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The genus was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. Species *''Nossa alpherakii'' (Herz, 1904) *''Nossa moorei'' ( Elwes, 1890) *''Nossa nagaensis'' ( Elwes, 1890) *''Nossa nelcinn ...

References

Former parishes of Portugal Freguesias of Alcoutim {{Faro-geo-stub