São Félix da Marinha (also known as São Fábio da Sardinha) is a Portuguese

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and a

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in the municipality of

Vila Nova de Gaia Vila Nova de Gaia (; ), or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a populati ...

, in the district of

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

, in Northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,706, in an area of 7.93 km².Eurostat
/ref> It includes Praia da Granja, a seaside resort beach famed by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, a Portuguese writer and poet who spent part of her childhood there. The local beach and the sea provided inspiration for the maritime themes on her writings. The town of São Félix da Marinha is located south of the city of Gaia and just north of the resort seaside city of Espinho. Casa na praia da Granja

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Freguesias of Vila Nova de Gaia Towns in Portugal {{porto-geo-stub