Gondomar () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the east of

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Porto Metropolitan Area The Porto Metropolitan Area ( pt, Área Metropolitana do Porto; abbreviated as AMP) is a metropolitan area in northern Portugal centered on the City of Porto, Portugal's second largest city.Fernanda Paula Oliveira (2009), The metropolitan area, ...

and 7 km from central

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

. The population in 2011 was 168,027,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 131.86 km². Gondomar's mayor is

Marco Martins Marco Martins (born 1972) is a Portuguese Film and Theatre director, best known for his 2005 film ''Alice'', which premiered at Cannes and won the Best Picture Award at the Directors' Fortnight. Biography In 1994 Marco Martins graduated from L ...

. Gondomar is well known for its

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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 Gundemar was a Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia (610–612). Reign Gundemar continued a policy of amity with Clotaire II of Neustria and Theodobert II of Austrasia. To this end, he sent grand sums of money to support their ca ...

Demographics

Cities and towns

Cities are: * Gondomar (1991) *

Rio Tinto Rio Tinto, meaning "red river", may refer to: Businesses * Rio Tinto (corporation), an Anglo-Australian multinational mining and resources corporation ** Rio Tinto Alcan, based in Canada ** Rio Tinto Borax in America *** Rio Tinto Borax Mine, a ...

(1995) *

Valbom Valbom is a city and a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim. It has about 15,000 residents. It was elevated to city status on 9 Decembe ...

(2005)

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (''

freguesias ''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 Port ...

''): *

Baguim do Monte Baguim do Monte is a civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. It was formed on July 11, 1985, by disintegration of territories of the parish of Rio Tinto. The population in 2011 was 14,102,Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and count ...

Foz do Sousa e Covelo Foz do Sousa e Covelo is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or t ...

* Lomba *

Melres e Medas Melres e Medas is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar Municipality, Portugal, Gondomar, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Melres and Medas. The population in 2011 was 5,820,

Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts an ...

Sports

The town has one

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team called Gondomar who currently play in the Campeonato de Portugal, the third tier of

Portuguese football Association football ( pt, futebol), the most popular sport in Portugal, has a long and storied history in the country, following its introduction in 1875 in cities such as Funchal, Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra by English merchants and Portuguese ...

Notable people

João de Sahagún João de Sahagún, O.A.D. (1668–1730) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (1709–1730). ''(in Latin)''São Tomé e Príncipe SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S ...

, 1709–1730 *

Isabel Santos Maria Isabel Coelho Santos (born 12 February 1968, in Valbom, Gondomar)

(born 1968 in Valbom) a Portuguese politician and

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

since 2019.

Sport

Pedro Barbosa Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa (born 6 August 1970; ) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Best known for his spell at Sporting, he appeared in 367 matches in the Primeira Liga and scored ...

(born 1970) a Portuguese retired footballer with 422 club caps and 22 for

* Rómulo Filipe Cunha da Silva (born 1976), known as ''Rómulo'', a Portuguese former footballer with 506 club caps *

Daniel Materazzi Daniel Jorge Barbosa Ramos, known as Daniel Materazzi (born 22 March 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a defender for Leça FC. A journeyman who never spent more than two senior years at the same club, he made 149 LigaPro appearanc ...

(born 1985) a footballer with over 320 club caps * Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga (born 1985) known as ''Ricardinho'' a Portuguese futsal player who has played over 300 games and 160 for

André Castro André Castro Pereira (born 2 April 1988), known as Castro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a central midfielder. Formed at Porto, where he was mainly loaned out, he spent most of his career in Turkey, maki ...

(born 1988), known as ''Castro,'' a Portuguese footballer with over 360 club caps

References

External links

* http://www.cm-gondomar.pt/ Cities in Portugal Municipalities of Porto District Populated places in Porto District {{porto-geo-stub