Gondomar_Municipality,_Portugal

Gondomar, Portugal

Gondomar, Portugal

Municipality in Norte, Portugal

Gondomar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõduˈmaɾ] ⓘ) is a municipality located in the east of Portugal's Porto Metropolitan Area and 7 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 168,027,[1] in an area of 131.86 km2.[2] Gondomar's mayor is Marco Martins.

Quick Facts Country, Region ...

Gondomar is well known for its jewelry industry, and its name can be traced, like many other toponyms of Northern Portugal, to a prominent Visigothic figure of his day, the King Gundemar.

The Douro influences the municipality's gastronomy, where shad and lamprey are its most typical products.

Demographics

More information Population of Gondomar Municipality (1801 – 2011) ...

Cities and towns

Cities are:

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

Sports

The town has one association football team called Gondomar who currently play in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football.

Notable people

Sport

References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. [2]
    "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. [3]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 53" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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