Paredes, Portugal

Paredes
Municipality
Igreja Sobrosa
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°12′N 8°20′W / 41.200°N 8.333°WCoordinates: 41°12′N 8°20′W / 41.200°N 8.333°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Tâmega
Metropolitan area	Porto
District	Porto
Parishes	18
Government
• President	Celso Ferreira (PSD)
Area
• Total	156.76 km^2 (60.53 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	86,854
• Density	550/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website	http://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

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Direção-Geral do Território
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 88-89" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.

External links

• Municipality official website