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Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom E Jovim
Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim is a civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom Valbom is a city and a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim. It has about 15,000 residents. It was elevated to city status on 9 Decembe ... and Jovim. The population in 2011 was 48,600,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 23.32 km2. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norte Region, Portugal
The North Region ( pt, Região do Norte ) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon Region, Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is one of five Regions of Portugal, regions of Mainland Portugal (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS II subdivisions). Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and neighboring cities, such as Braga, Guimarães and Póvoa de Varzim. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North (CCDR-N) is the agency that coordinates environmental policies, land-use planning, cities and the overall development of this region, supporting local governments and ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Area Of Porto
The Porto Metropolitan Area ( pt, Área Metropolitana do Porto; abbreviated as AMP) is a metropolitan area in northern Portugal centered on the City of Porto, Portugal's second largest city.Fernanda Paula Oliveira (2009), The metropolitan area, covering 17 municipalities, is the second largest urban area in the country and one of the largest in the European Union, with a population in 2011 of 2,421,038 in an area of 2,040.31 km². The Porto Metropolitan Area is a major economic engine in Portugal, with a very high HDI (Human Development Index) and a GDP above the European average. Porto has been Portugal's largest manufacturing region since the Industrial Revolution and is home to many of the country's largest corporations. History The original ''Metropolitan Area of Porto'' was constituted by nine municipalities: Porto (the capital), Espinho, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila Nova de Gaia, Valongo, and Vila do Conde. The process of enlargement: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto District
The District of Porto ( pt, Distrito do Porto ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Braga district to the north and Vila Real district to the east. Its area is and its population is 1,817,172. In 2017, the main legal foreign populations were from Brazil (9,442), China (2,475), Ukraine (2,160), Italy (1,273), Spain (1,189), Angola (1,118), and Cape Verde (1,040). These numbers exclude those who obtained Portuguese citizenship, which is regular among recent Portuguese Brazilians or Portuguese-Africans. – SEF Municipalities The district comprises 18 municipalities: *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gondomar, Portugal
Gondomar () 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, in an area of 131.86 km². Gondomar's mayor is Marco Martins. 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 Cities and towns Cities are: * Gondomar (1991) * Rio Tinto (1995) * Valbom (2005) Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freguesia (Portugal)
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The '' parroquia'' in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a ''freguesia''. A ''freguesia'' is a subdivision of a '' município'' (municipality). Most often, a parish takes the name of its seat, which is usually the most important (or the single) human agglomeration within its area, which can be a neighbourhood or city district, a group of hamlets, a village, a town or an entire city. In cases where the seat is itself divided into more than one parish, each one takes the name of a landmark within its area or of the patron saint from the usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gondomar Municipality, Portugal
Gondomar () 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, in an area of 131.86 km². Gondomar's mayor is Marco Martins. 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 Cities and towns Cities are: * Gondomar (1991) * Rio Tinto (1995) * Valbom (2005) Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * 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 Catholi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valbom
Valbom is a city and a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim. It has about 15,000 residents. It was elevated to city status on 9 December 2004. For generations Valbom was a fishing village, due to its location by the river Douro. Today, local crafts dominate the economy. It was here, in the house called "Casa Branca", that the Convention of Gramido was signed on 29 June 1847, ending the civil war of the Septembrists against the Cartists known as the Patuleia The Patuleia, Guerra da Patuleia, or Little Civil War was a civil war in Portugal, so called to distinguish it from the 'great' civil war between Dom Pedro and Dom Miguel that ended in 1834. The Patuleia occurred after the Revolution of Maria .... References Former parishes of Gondomar, Portugal Cities in Portugal {{porto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diário Da República
The ''Diário da República'' (DR) is the official gazette of Portugal. Between 1869 and 1976, it was called the ''Diário do Governo''. It is published by the National Printing House and comprises two series. Laws, decree-laws, decisions by the Constitutional Court and other relevant texts are published in the I Series. Regulations, public contracts, etc. are published in the II Series. As in many countries, legislative texts are only binding after publication (article 119 of the Portuguese Constitution). Since July 1, 2006, the gazette is published in electronic form, with only a handful of authenticated printed copies (for deposit in the National Archive, the Presidency, the Assembleia da República, the high courts, etc.). There were other changes, such as the end of the III Series. It is possible to buy the printed version of the I Series. ''Diário da República Electrónico'' is the public service of universal and free access. It requires a PDF viewer. Users can se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
