Paredes (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐˈɾeðɨʃ] ) is a city and a municipality in Porto District, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 86,854,[1] in an area of 156.76 km².[2]
Paredes | |
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Coordinates: 41°12′23″N 8°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://www.cm-paredes.pt |
Currently, Paredes Municipality contains four cities: Paredes, Rebordosa, São Salvador de Lordelo and Gandra, being the Portuguese municipality with the most cities.
Paredes has a total of 18 parishes. The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipality of Paços de Ferreira, to the east by Lousada and Penafiel, to the southwest by Gondomar and to the west by Valongo. 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 for Portugal
- Maria Helena Cunha (born 1943) a Portuguese gymnast, competed in 5 events at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Jaime Pacheco (born 1958) a former footballer with 305 club caps and 25 for Portugal
- Rui Barros (born 1965) a Portuguese former footballer with 409 club caps and 36 for Portugal
- Adalberto Ribeiro (born 1969), known as Adalberto, 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 for Portugal
- 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". www.ine.pt.
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 88-89" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
External links edit
Media related to Paredes at Wikimedia Commons
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