Alte

Alte
Alte
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°14′10″N 8°10′34″W / 37.236°N 8.176°W / 37.236; -8.176
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityLoulé
Area
  Total
94.33 km2 (36.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
1,997
  Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Alte is a village and civil parish in the municipality of Loulé, in the Algarve region in the south of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,997, in an area of 94.33 square kilometres (36.42 sq mi).

Situated away from the coast, Alte is known as one of the most typical and unspoilt villages in the region of the Algarve. The village contains Algarve style whitewashed houses, traditional chimneys, and cobbled alleys. The Portuguese poet Cândido Guerreiro was born in Alte, in 1871.