Paredes, Portugal
Appearance
Paredes | |
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Coordinates:41°12′23″N8°20′00″W/ 41.20639°N 8.33333°W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Norte |
Metropolitan area | Porto |
District | Porto |
Parishes | 18 |
Government | |
•President | Alexandre Almeida(PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 156.76 km2(60.53 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 86,854 |
• Density | 550/km2(1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00(WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00(WEST) |
Website | http:// cm-paredes.pt |
Paredes(Portuguese pronunciation:[pɐˈɾeðɨʃ] ) is a city and a municipality inPorto District,in northernPortugal.The population in 2011 was 86,854,[1]in an area of 156.76 km².[2]
Currently, Paredes Municipality contains four cities: Paredes,Rebordosa,São Salvador de LordeloandGandra,being thePortuguesemunicipality with the most cities.
Paredes has a total of 18 parishes. The municipality is bordered on the north by themunicipalityofPaços de Ferreira,to the east byLousadaandPenafiel,to the southwest byGondomarand to the west byValongo.The municipality was created in 1836.
Demographics[edit]
Population of Paredes Municipality (1849–2008) | |||||||
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1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
17 286 | 20 911 | 26 304 | 43 388 | 67 693 | 72 999 | 83 376 | 86 854 |
Parishes[edit]
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 18 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
Notable people[edit]
Sport[edit]
- António Araújo(1923–2001) a former footballer with 151 club caps and 9 forPortugal
- Maria Helena Cunha(born 1943) a Portuguese gymnast, competed in 5 events at the1960 Summer Olympics
- Jaime Pacheco(born 1958) a former footballer with 305 club caps and 25 forPortugal
- Rui Barros(born 1965) a Portuguese former footballer with 409 club caps and 36 forPortugal
- Adalberto Ribeiro(born 1969), known asAdalberto,a retired footballer with 380 club caps
- Ângelo Varela(born 1980) a Portuguese former footballer with over 480 club caps
- Mário Sérgio(born 1981) a Portuguese former footballer with over 450 club caps
- Pedro Ribeiro(born 1983) a Portuguese former footballer with 387 club caps
- Hélder Barbosa(born 1987) a Portuguese footballer with over 330 club caps and 1 forPortugal
- Fábio Pacheco(born 1988) a Portuguese footballer with over 300 club caps.
- Vasco Rocha(born 1989) a Portuguese footballer with over 350 club caps.
References[edit]
- ^"Statistics Portugal - Web Portal".ine.pt.
- ^"Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país".Archived fromthe originalon 29 July 2018.Retrieved5 November2018.
- ^Diário da República."Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 88-89"(PDF)(in Portuguese).Retrieved29 July2014.
External links[edit]
Media related toParedesat Wikimedia Commons