Seixal is a civil parish in the municipality of Porto Moniz

Porto Moniz

Porto Moniz is a municipality in the northwest corner of the island of Madeira. It is located west of Santana and Machico, and northwest of Funchal, linked to Santana and Funchal by a main roadway from Calheta.-History:...

 in the 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...

 archipelago of Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

. In 2001, the population was 716 and the area was 36.37 km² (its density was 19.69 inhabitants per km²).

History

Much like its continental twin, Seixal's name origin came from the abundance of pebbles on the beach.

It was only after the Second World War that a roadway reached the community.

Geography

It is located on the eastern frontier of Porto Moniz on the border with the municipality of São Vicente. The largest parish in Porto Moniz by area, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean into the interior of Paul de Serra.

Seixal has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church and a square .

Economy

The primary economic activities in the parish are agriculture (including vineyards and orchards), commerce, hotel services, civil construction and turism.