world.wikisort.org - PortugalGondomar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõduˈmaɾ] (
listen)) is a municipality located in the east of Portugal's Porto Metropolitan Area and 7 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 168,027,[1] in an area of 131.86 km².[2] Gondomar's mayor is Marco Martins.
Municipality in Norte, Portugal
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Coordinates: 41°9′N 8°32′W |
Country | Portugal |
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Region | Norte |
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Metropolitan area | Porto |
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District | Porto |
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Parishes | 7 |
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• President | Marco Martins (PS) |
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• Total | 131.86 km2 (50.91 sq mi) |
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• Total | 168,027 |
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• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
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• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
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Website | http://www.cm-gondomar.pt |
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Gondomar is well known for its jewelry industry, and its name can be traced, like many other toponyms of Northern Portugal, to a prominent Visigothic figure of his day, the King Gundemar.
Demographics
Population of Gondomar Municipality (1801 – 2011) |
1801 |
1849 |
1900 |
1930 |
1960 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
2011 |
7 220 |
19 103 |
32 428 |
49 758 |
84 599 |
130 751 |
143 178 |
164 096 |
168 027 |
Cities and towns
Cities are:
- Gondomar (1991)
- Rio Tinto (1995)
- Valbom (2005)
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
- Baguim do Monte
- Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova
- Foz do Sousa e Covelo
- Lomba
- Melres e Medas
- Rio Tinto
- Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim
Sports
The town has one association football team called Gondomar who currently play in the Campeonato de Portugal, the third tier of Portuguese football.
Notable people
- João de Sahagún (1668–1730) a Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe, 1709–1730
- Isabel Santos (born 1968 in Valbom) a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Sport
- Pedro Barbosa (born 1970) a Portuguese retired footballer with 422 club caps and 22 for Portugal
- Rómulo Filipe Cunha da Silva (born 1976), known as Rómulo, a Portuguese former footballer with 506 club caps
- Daniel Materazzi (born 1985) a footballer with over 320 club caps
- Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga (born 1985) known as Ricardinho a Portuguese futsal player who has played over 300 games and 160 for Portugal
- André Castro (born 1988), known as Castro, a Portuguese footballer with over 360 club caps
References
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Municipalities of Porto District |
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- Amarante
- Baião
- Felgueiras
- Gondomar
- Lousada
- Maia
- Marco de Canaveses
- Matosinhos
- Paços de Ferreira
- Paredes
- Penafiel
- Porto
- Póvoa de Varzim
- Santo Tirso
- Trofa
- Valongo
- Vila do Conde
- Vila Nova de Gaia
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На других языках
- [en] Gondomar, Portugal
[es] Gondomar (Portugal)
Gondomar es una ciudad portuguesa perteneciente al distrito de Oporto, Región estadística del Norte (NUTS II) y comunidad intermunicipal de Gran Área Metropolitana de Oporto (NUTS III), con cerca de 25 700 habitantes.
[ru] Гондомар (Португалия)
Гондомар (порт. Gondomar; [gõdu'maɾ]) — город в Португалии, центр одноимённого муниципалитета в составе округа Порту. Находится в составе крупной городской агломерации Большой Порту. По старому административному делению входил в провинцию Дору-Литорал. Входит в экономико-статистический субрегион Большой Порту, который входит в Северный регион. Численность населения — 25,7 тыс. жителей (город), 171 881 жителей (муниципалитет) на 2006 год. Занимает площадь 133,26 км².
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