Trofa () is a municipality in the north of the

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, ...

in Portugal, 18 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 38,999,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 72.02 km².Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
/ref> Trofa has a strong industrial park, with various types of industry including

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and

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industries. The city centre is formed by the parish

Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago) Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago) is a civil parish in the municipality of Trofa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São Martinho and Santiago. The population in 2011 was 21,585,Coronado Coronado may refer to: People * Coronado (surname) * Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred to simply as "Coronado" * Coronado Chávez (1807–1881), President of Honduras from 1845 to 1847 Places United ...

Parishes

Although in the beginning of the municipality, it had 8 parishes, with the administrative changes in 2013, is divided into 5 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Alvarelhos e Guidões *

Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago) Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago) is a civil parish in the municipality of Trofa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São Martinho and Santiago. The population in 2011 was 21,585,Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede) Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede) is a civil parish in the municipality of Trofa Trofa () is a municipality in the north of the Porto metropolitan area in Portugal, 18 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 38,999, in an area of ...

* Covelas * Muro

History

Trofa has had an important role due to its geographic location between

and

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

, being located in the border of

Douro The Douro (, , ; es, Duero ; la, Durius) is the highest-flow river of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province, central Spain, meanders south briefly then flows generally west through the north-west part o ...

and Minho, but still inside of the district of Porto, which led to Trofa being mentioned in the time of the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...

("trofa" means frontier in Arab). An important factor of its growth was the construction of

railways Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

in the beginning of the 20th century, which led to rapid growth.

Notable people

Tiago Pereira Tiago César Moreira Pereira (born 4 July 1975), known simply as Tiago (), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 282 matches and six goals over 12 seasons, mainly ...

(born 1975), known as ''Tiago'', a former footballer with 631 club caps

References

External links

Forum TrofaMunicipio da Trofa / City Site
Municipalities of Porto District {{porto-geo-stub