Gondomar, Portugal

Gondomar
Municipality
Igreja de Fanzeres
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°9′N 8°32′W / 41.150°N 8.533°WCoordinates: 41°9′N 8°32′W / 41.150°N 8.533°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Grande Porto
Metropolitan area	Porto
District	Porto
Parishes	7
Government
• President	Marco Martins (PS)
Area
• Total	131.86 km^2 (50.91 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	168,027
• Density	1,300/km^2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website	http://www.cm-gondomar.pt

Gondomar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõduˈmaɾ]) is a municipality located in the east of Portugal's Porto Metropolitan Area. The population in 2011 was 168,027,^[1] in an area of 131.86 km².^[2] Gondomar's mayor is Marco Martins.

Gondomar is well known for its jewelry industry, and its name can be traced, like many other toponyms of Northern Portugal, to a prominent Gothic figure of his day, in this case a certain King Gundemar or Gundemarus

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:

• Gondomar (1991)
• Rio Tinto (1995)
• Valbom (2005)

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Baguim do Monte
• Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova
• Foz do Sousa e Covelo
• Lomba
• Melres e Medas
• Rio Tinto
• Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Direção-Geral do Território
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 53" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2014.

External links

• http://www.cm-gondomar.pt/