Esposende

Esposende
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°32′N 8°47′W / 41.533°N 8.783°WCoordinates: 41°32′N 8°47′W / 41.533°N 8.783°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Cávado
Intermunic. comm.	Cávado
District	Braga
Parishes	9
Government
• President	Fernando Cepa (PSD)
Area
• Total	95.41 km^2 (36.84 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	56.186
• Density	0.59/km^2 (1.5/sq mi)
Time zone	WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website	http://www.cm-esposende.pt/

Esposende (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ʃpɔˈzẽd(ɨ)]) is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254,^[1] in an area of 95.41 km².^[2] The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001.^[3] It gained city status on 2 July 1993. The present Mayor is Fernando Couto Cepa, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is August 19.

Demographics

Population of Esposende Municipality (1801–2008)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
4 157	12 545	15 161	19 452	23 966	28 652	30 101	33 325	34 254

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into nine civil parishes (freguesias):^[4]

• Antas
• Apúlia e Fão
• Belinho e Mar
• Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra
• Fonte Boa e Rio Tinto
• Forjães
• Gemeses
• Palmeira de Faro e Curvos
• Vila Chã

Photos

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  Cávado River in Esposende

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  Esposende Museum

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  Matriz Church

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  Fão Bridge

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Direção-Geral do Território
3. UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
4. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 45" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2014.

External links

• Media related to Esposende at Wikimedia Commons
• Photos from Esposende