Paredes, Portugal Explained
Type: | municipality |
Official Name: | Paredes |
Coordinates: | 41.2064°N -8.3333°W |
Region: | Norte |
Metro: | Porto |
District: | Porto |
Leader Party: | PS |
Leader Name: | Alexandre Almeida |
Area Total Km2: | 156.76 |
Population Total: | 86,854 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Parishes: | 18 |
Paredes (pronounced as /pt-PT/) 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]
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
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
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 18 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
Notable people
Sport
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- 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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Statistics Portugal - Web Portal. www.ine.pt.
- Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país. 5 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230329/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/. 29 July 2018. dead.
- Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 88-89. 29 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. pt.