Santa Maria Da Feira Municipality
Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 215.88 km². History Santa Maria is located in area that allowed it to be a crossroads of various peoples. Ancient Roman roadways connected Porto, Viseu, Lisbon and Braga and intersected the region, and was used until the 19th century. ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Norte Region, Portugal
The North Region ( pt, Região do Norte ) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon Region, Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is one of five Regions of Portugal, regions of Mainland Portugal (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS II subdivisions). Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and neighboring cities, such as Braga, Guimarães and Póvoa de Varzim. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North (CCDR-N) is the agency that coordinates environmental policies, land-use planning, cities and the overall development of this region, supporting local governments and ass ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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São Paio De Oleiros
São Paio de Oleiros () is a Portuguese parish, located in the town of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 4,069, in an area of 3.91 km2. The only hospital of the town of Santa Maria da Feira was once located in São Paio de Oleiros, after the opening of a bigger hospital in municipality, Feira, in the late 1990s, the hospital of São Paio de Oleiros was closed. São Paio de Oleiros is known for its cork industries. Culture *São Paio de Oleiros public library. *Grupo Musical de São Paio de Oleiros *"Associação Musical Oleirense" (AMO). Sport The three main sport institutions are: *Centro Desportivo e Cultural (badminton and handball) *Escola de Ciclismo Fernando Carvalho (cycling) *Grupo Desportivo São Paio de Oleiros (football and athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athlet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fornos (Santa Maria Da Feira)
Fornos is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,Eurostat References Freguesias of Santa Maria da Feira {{Aveiro-geo-stub ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Escapães
Escapães is a Portugal, Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira Municipality, Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 3,309, in an area of 4.30 km2. References Freguesias of Santa Maria da Feira {{Aveiro-geo-stub ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Canedo, Vale E Vila Maior
Canedo, Vale e Vila Maior is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,Canedo, Vale and Vila Maior. The population in 2011 was 9,455, [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Caldas De São Jorge E Pigeiros
Caldas de São Jorge e Pigeiros is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Caldas de São Jorge and Pigeiros Pigeiros is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Caldas de São Jorge e Pigeiros Caldas de São Jorge e Pigeiros is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa .... The population in 2011 was 3,897,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 10.64 km2. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arrifana (Santa Maria Da Feira)
Arrifana () is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 6,551, in an area of 5.29 km2. Its local inhabitants are known as ''Arrifanense''. Sporting clubs *Clube Desportivo Arrifanense
Clube Desportivo Arrifanense is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club from Arrifana (Santa Maria da Feira), Arrifana, Santa Maria da Feira Municipality, Santa Maria da Feira. Founded in 1931, the club currently plays at the E ...
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Argoncilhe
Argoncilhe () is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality (''concelho'') of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 8,420, in an area of 8.21 km2. It is located near the city of Porto. History The origins of Argoncilhe date back to the pre-Roman period, owing to the toponymy and archaeological findings, particularly in area of Aldriz (location of a Castro and several Romanesque ''villas''). The origin of the community's name is uncertain: two versions with distinct etymologies exist. According to the first, Argoncilhe arises from ''areucillus'', a diminutive of "areub" (''arch''), that evolved to ''arcucillus'' and ''arcucillis'' in Latin, and ultimately ''Argoncilhe'' (''small arch''). The second interpretation, points to the name of Argoncilhe developing from ''Dragoncellus'', evolving into ''Dragunceli'' (1086), ''Draguncelli'' (1091), ''Dragoncelli'' (1100 and 1102), ''Dragonzell'' (1114), ''Ecllesian Sancti Martini of Argoncilhi'' (1320), ''St. Martin of Dr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Freguesia (Portugal)
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The ''parroquia'' in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a ''freguesia''. A ''freguesia'' is a subdivision of a ''município'' (municipality). Most often, a parish takes the name of its seat, which is usually the most important (or the single) human agglomeration within its area, which can be a neighbourhood or city district, a group of hamlets, a village, a town or an entire city. In cases where the seat is itself divided into more than one parish, each one takes the name of a landmark within its area or of the patron saint from the usually cot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Greater Metropolitan Area Of Porto
The Porto Metropolitan Area ( pt, Área Metropolitana do Porto; abbreviated as AMP) is a Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area in northern Portugal centered on the Porto, City of Porto, Portugal's second largest city.Fernanda Paula Oliveira (2009), The metropolitan area, covering 17 municipalities of Portugal, municipalities, is the second largest urban area in the country and List of urban areas in the European Union, one of the largest in the European Union, with a population in 2011 of 2,421,038 in an area of 2,040.31 km². The Porto Metropolitan Area is a major economic engine in Portugal, with a List of Portuguese regions by Human Development Index, very high HDI (Human Development Index) and a GDP above the European average. Porto has been Portugal's largest manufacturing region since the Industrial Revolution and is home to many of the country's largest corporations. History The original ''Metropolitan Area of Porto'' was constituted by nine municipalities ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Entre Douro E Vouga
Entre Douro e Vouga () was a former NUTS3 Portuguese subregion. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision. Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 It is now part of - NUTS3, integrated in the NUTS2 [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Município
' (, ) and ' () are country subdivisions in Italy and several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations, respectively. They are often translated as "municipality". In the English language, a municipality often is defined as relating to a single city or town; however, in Spanish, the term "municipio" may not mean a single city or town, but rather a jurisdiction housing several towns and cities, like a township, county, borough or civil parish. The Italian term "municipalità" refers either to a single city or a group of cities and towns in a township, but Portuguese usage of the term is almost entirely restricted to a cluster of cities or towns like in a county, township and so forth. However, in Brazil, a Municipio is an independent city & a public corporporation with status of Federated Entity. Overview See also * Municipalidad * Commune (country subdivision) A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |