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Gondomar, Portugal

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Country
  
Subregion
  
Grande Porto

District
  
Population
  
168,027 (2011)

Region
  
Norte

Metropolitan area
  
Porto

Parishes
  
7

Local time
  
Thursday 5:12 PM

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Weather
  
21°C, Wind N at 23 km/h, 40% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Viveiros Villar d'Allen, Douro, Estación de Rio Tinto, Lugar do Desenho, Casa da Malta ‑ Museu Mi

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

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Map of Gondomar, Portugal

Gondomar is well known for its jewelry 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.

Cities and towns

Cities are:

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

    Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):

  • 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

    Gondomar, Portugal Wikipedia