Gondomar, Portugal

Gondomar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõduˈmaɾ] (listen)) 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.

Gondomar
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°9′N 8°32′W
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Metropolitan areaPorto
DistrictPorto
Parishes7
Government
 • PresidentMarco Martins (PS)
Area
 • Total131.86 km2 (50.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total168,027
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitehttp://www.cm-gondomar.pt

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.

Demographics
Population of Gondomar Municipality (1801 – 2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
7 220 19 103 32 428 49 758 84 599 130 751 143 178 164 096 168 027

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 third tier of Portuguese football.

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


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