Paredes () is a city and a municipality in

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, B ...

, in northern

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...

. The population in 2011 was 86,854, in an area of 156.76 km². Currently, Paredes Municipality contains four cities: Paredes, Rebordosa,

São Salvador de Lordelo Lordelo, often known as São Salvador de Lordelo, is a city located in Paredes Municipality, Porto District, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is l ...

and Gandra, being the

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municipality with the most cities. Paredes has a total of 18 parishes. The municipality is bordered on the north by the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

, to the east by Lousada and Penafiel, to the southwest by Gondomar and to the west by

Valongo Valongo () is a Portuguese municipality located in the District of Porto and 10 km from Porto, in the northern region of Portugal. The municipality area consists of 75.12 km² and 93 858 inhabitants (2011), and is subdivided into four ...

. The municipality was created in 1836.

Demographics

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 18 civil parishes (''

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''): *

Aguiar de Sousa Aguiar de Sousa is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Paredes. The population in 2011 was 1,631,Astromil Astromil is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Paredes. The population in 2011 was 1,086,

* Baltar * Beire * Cete *

Cristelo Cristelo may refer to: ;Places in Portugal * Cristelo (Barcelos), a parish in the municipality of Barcelos * Cristelo (Caminha), a parish in the municipality of Caminha * Cristelo (Paredes) Cristelo is a parish of the municipality A municipal ...

* Duas Igrejas * Gandra * Lordelo * Louredo * Parada de Todeia * Paredes * Rebordosa * Recarei * Sobreira * Sobrosa * Vandoma * Vilela

Notable people

Sport

* António Araújo (1923–2001) a former footballer with 151 club caps and 9 for

* Maria Helena Cunha (born 1943) a Portuguese gymnast, competed in 5 events at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

Jaime Pacheco Jaime Moreira Pacheco (born 22 July 1958) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central midfielder, and is a current manager. During his career he played, among others, for Porto and Sporting, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 296 m ...

(born 1958) a former footballer with 305 club caps and 25 for

Rui Barros Rui Gil Soares de Barros (born 24 November 1965) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently a manager. He played with success in Portugal (at Porto), Italy – at Juventus – and France (two ...

(born 1965) a Portuguese former footballer with 409 club caps and 36 for

* Adalberto Ribeiro (born 1969), known as ''Adalberto'', a retired footballer with 380 club caps *

Ângelo Varela Ângelo Manuel Ferreira Varela (born 25 March 1980 in Paredes) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sobrado as a defensive midfielder. References 1980 births Living people Footballers from Paredes, Portugal Portuguese men's footbal ...

(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

Fábio Pacheco Fábio José Ferreira Pacheco (born 26 May 1988) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He made 182 Primeira Liga appearances for Paços de Ferreira, Vitória de Setúbal, Marítimo and Moreirense, and also surpassed a ...

(born 1988) a Portuguese footballer with over 300 club caps. * Vasco Rocha (born 1989) a Portuguese footballer with over 350 club caps.

References

External links

* Municipalities of Porto District {{porto-geo-stub