Custóias is a former

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in the municipality of

Matosinhos Matosinhos () is a City#Portugal, city and a Concelho, municipality in the district of Porto District, Porto in Portugal. The municipality covers an area of approximately and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021. It is bordered by the municipalities o ...

in the Greater Porto area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Custóias, Leça do Balio e Guifões Custóias, Leça do Balio e Guifões is a civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos Matosinhos () is a City#Portugal, city and a Concelho, municipality in the district of Porto District, Porto in Portugal. The municipality covers an area ...

. Custóias is a town since 2003. The town is from Matosinhos and from

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Description

The town covers an area is and had 18,650 inhabitants in the 2011 census - 9287 men and 9363 women. The area is mainly residential with 7596 family dwellings. The town center is the town square, called Largo do Souto (Souto Square). Custóias hosts a large fair every Saturday near the police station and cemetery.

Transportation

Custóias is served by A4 and VRI

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and Resende provide the bus network. The

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are Line B and E - Custóias; Line C - Cândido dos Reis and Pias.

Penitentiary

Custóias is home to a state prison that serves the northern region of the country. It received its first prisoners in 1974. The prison accommodation is spread across four pavilions, with individual cells and dormitories. It has a Drug-Free Unit, a security section and a Health Unit, opened in 1997, which provides a range of specialist consultations and hospitalizations. It also has a multi-purpose sports pitch with a synthetic surface that allows inmates to practice a range of sports, particularly athletics and futsal. The establishment also has a large workshop area, with work and teaching rooms. The prison population, with a capacity of 686 inmates, is mainly made up of per-trial detainees from Porto, and also houses convicts from the North of the country who are awaiting transfer to prisons serving their sentences.

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