Gandra (Paredes)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | postage | |||||
| Concelho : | Paredes | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 12 ′ N , 8 ° 26 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 6974 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 11.76 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 593 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 4585 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | José Joaquim Leitão da Mota | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Gandra Largo 9 de Maio, n.º 17 4585-553 Gandra - Paredes |
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| Website: | jf-gandra.pt | |||||
Gandra is a municipality and town in Paredes county in the Porto district in Portugal . The name is derived from Gandara , which describes an unproductive wasteland in which mostly wild plants grow.
history
On June 20, 1997, the community was elevated to Vila ( small town ) and on August 26, 2003 to Cidade ( town ), although it did not meet all the conditions for this, so an exception was made.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Gandra (Paredes) at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ a b http://codigopostal.ciberforma.pt/cidades/cidade.asp?cid=47
- ↑ http://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=19043
Freguesias in the concelho Paredes