Foz do Sousa

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Foz do Sousa
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Foz do Sousa (Portugal)
Foz do Sousa
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Porto metropolitan area
District : postage
Concelho : Gondomar
Freguesia : União das Freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo
Coordinates : 41 ° 6 ′  N , 8 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 6 ′  N , 8 ° 30 ′  W

Foz do Sousa is a place and a former municipality ( freguesia ) in northern Portugal .

Confluence of the Douro and the Rio Sousa (painting from 1887)

Foz do Sousa is part of the Gondomar county in the Porto district . The community had an area of ​​19.1 km² and 6057 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

On September 29, 2013, the parishes of Foz do Sousa and Covelo were merged to form the new parish União das Freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo . Foz do Sousa is the seat of this newly formed community.

Individual evidence

  1. www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014

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