Barão de São Miguel is a village and civil parish (freguesia) located in Portugal’s western Algarve. Administratively, it is part of the municipality (município) of Vila do Bispo.
Geography The village is located in the Vale de Barão on the road between Budens and Barão de São João. It lies north of the fishing village of Burgau and from Vila do Bispo, its administrative centre. Barão de São Miguel is just outside of the boundary of the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park.
Vital statistics The area of the civil parish of Barão de São Miguel is . In 2011 it had 451 inhabitants (231 males and 220 females).Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População) - https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes
Population of Barão de São Miguel Civil Parish 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2011 556 626 634 597 502 368 436 440 451
Buildings Barão de São Miguel resembles many rural villages in the Algarve. Its housing stock mainly consists of small white houses with traditional chimneys, a domestic architectural style influenced by the Moorish occupation of the area up to the thirteenth century.
The village church was constructed in the sixteenth century and features a tower and just a single nave. Its baroque high altar is dedicated to the Archangel Michael.
Near to the N125 to the south of the village, lime kilns are to be found. These were originally constructed to supply the nearby city of Lagos.Barao de Sao Miguel cm-viladobispo.pt
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