Esposende
Esposende | |||
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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 |
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Region | Norte | ||
Subregion | Cávado | ||
Intermunic. comm. | Cávado | ||
District | Braga | ||
Parishes | 9 | ||
Government | |||
• President | Benjamim Pereira (PSD) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 95.41 km2 (36.84 sq mi) | ||
Population (2011) | |||
• Total | 34,254 | ||
• Density | 360/km2 (930/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. It is located on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago.
Demographics
Population of Esposende Municipality (1801–2008) | ||||||||
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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
- Cávado River in Esposende
- Esposende Museum
- Matriz Church
- Fão Bridge
References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Direção-Geral do Território
- ↑ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
- ↑ 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
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