Tunes (Silves)

Tunes
Vista of Tunes from the south
Tunes
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°9′59″N 8°15′37″W / 37.16639°N 8.26028°W / 37.16639; -8.26028
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalitySilves
Disbanded2013
Area
  Total
12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 (2001)
  Total
2,002
  Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
8365-235
Area code282
Websitehttp://www.jf-tunes.com

Tunes is a village in the civil parish of Algoz e Tunes, in the municipality of Silves, in Algarve region, Portugal. It was the seat of its own civil parish until 2013 when the parish of Tunes merged into the new parish of Algoz e Tunes. In 2001 there were 2002 inhabitants, in an area of approximately 12.13 square kilometres (4.68 sq mi): there were 167 residents per kilometre square. Tunes is an important railway hub in southern Portugal.