Sines

Sines is a municipality in the district of Setúbal (sub-region: Alentejo Litoral), covering 203 km² in 2 parishes. 57 % of it is forest land (woodland, scrub or natural pasture, according to the COS 2025 land-cover map): there, the strip around each house is 50 m wide.

The map finds 72 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Sines, Porto Covo and Sonega. 13 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them, among them Bairro Novo da Provença, Ribeira de Moinhos and Bragada.