Paredes, Portugal

Municipality in Norte, Portugal

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Coordinates: 41°12′23″N 8°20′00″W / 41.20639°N 8.33333°W / 41.20639; -8.33333Country

PortugalRegionNorteMetropolitan area PortoDistrictPortoParishes18Government

• PresidentAlexandre Almeida (PS)Area

• Total156.76 km² (60.53 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total86,854 • Density550/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Websitehttp://www.cm-paredes.pt

Paredes (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐˈɾeðɨʃ] ^ⓘ) 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)
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]

Aguiar de Sousa
Astromil
Baltar
Beire
Cete
Cristelo
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 Portugal
Maria Helena Cunha (born 1943) a Portuguese gymnast, competed in 5 events at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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.

References

^ "Statistics Portugal - Web Portal". www.ine.pt.
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 88-89" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.