Gondomar

Gondomar
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Porto metropolitan area
District :	postage
Concelho :	Gondomar
Coordinates :	41 ° 9 ′ N , 8 ° 32 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 9 ′ N , 8 ° 32 ′ W
Residents:	168,027 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	131.87 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	1274 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4420
Gondomar district
Residents:	168,027 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	131.87 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	1274 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	7th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Gondomar - Geral ; Praça Manuel Guedes ; 4420-193 Gondomar
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Dr. Marco André dos Santos Martins Lopes ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-gondomar.pt

Gondomar [ ɡõduˈmaɾ ] is a city ( Cidade ) in Portugal with about 26,000 inhabitants.

The main church Igreja de São Cosme

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. The Romans mined gold in the area and took advantage of the strategic location. The name comes from its time as a place of the Visigothic Empire and is derived from the Visigothic king Gundemar , who set up an administrative district here in 610 AD. However, the Visigoths left no traces in Gondomar.

The City Hall ( Câmara Municipal ) of Gondomar, 1910

The current place was probably created during the resettlement during the Christian Reconquista . King D. Sancho I granted Gondomar the first city rights in 1193, which were renewed by King D. Manuel I in 1515 as part of his administrative reforms.

In 1868 the district of Gondomar was expanded to include a number of parishes, including the newly formed municipality of São Cosme as the district's headquarters. Gondomar was elevated to a small town ( Vila ) in 1927 and a city ( Cidade ) in 1991 . In 1995 Rio Tinto and in 2005 Valbom were elevated to the status of a city.

Sports

The football club Gondomar SC plays its home games of the Série C of the third division ( Campeonato Nacional de Seniores ) in the Estádio de São Miguel stadium in Gondomar, which holds 2,450 spectators . (Status: 2013/14 season)

administration

Gondomar district

Gondomar is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Porto district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 168,027 inhabitants on an area of 131.9 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Valongo , Paredes , Penafiel , Castelo de Paiva , Arouca , Santa Maria da Feira , Vila Nova de Gaia , Porto and Maia .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged to form new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from twelve to eight.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Gondomar district:

Gondomar district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Baguim do Monte	14,102	5.46	2,584	130412
Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova	39,586	21.96	1,802	130413
Foz do Sousa e Covelo	7,701	30.24	255	130414
Gondomar, Valbom e Jovim	48,600	23.32	2,084	130415
Lomba	1,505	13.70	110	130405
Melres e Medas	5,820	27.81	209	130416
Rio Tinto	50,713	9.38	5,404	130408
Gondomar district	168.027	131.87	1,274	1304

Population development

Population in the Gondomar district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
7220	19,103	32,428	49,758	84,599	130,751	143.178	164.096	168.205

Municipal holiday

Monday after the first Sunday in October

Town twinning

Spain Gondomar , Galicia , Spain (since 1981)
France Feyzin , France (since 1986)
United Kingdom Barton-upon-Humber , United Kingdom (since 1993)
Cape Verde Praia , Cape Verde (since 2001)

The Fânzeres tram stop

economy

Even if the surrounding mines have been closed for 200 years, the goldsmithing and jewelery trade is traditionally important in the district until today. These include the building materials industry, the construction industry, metal processing, textile industry and trade. Agriculture has also remained a factor in the local economy.

traffic

Gondomar is connected to the Portuguese trunk road network via the A43 motorway.

Local public transport is ensured by a number of STCP bus routes . In addition, line F of the Porto light rail has its starting point in the municipality of Fânzeres . In the planned further expansion stages, Line I will reach the center of Gondomar.

sons and daughters of the town

Clemente Vieira (1629–1692), Bishop of Angra in the Azores
Manuel de Santa Inês (1762–1840), Bishop of Porto
João de França Castro e Moura (1804–1868), Bishop of Beijing and Porto
Rosa Damasceno (1845–1904), actress
José Alves de Moura (* 1940), was known in Brazil as Beijoqueiro , who repeatedly succeeds in kissing celebrities in public
Zulmiro de Carvalho (* 1940), sculptor and university professor
Manuel Serafim Monteiro Pereira (1943–1994), national soccer player
Marta Moreira (* 1966), Olympic track and field athlete
Pedro Barbosa (* 1970), football player
Henrique Hilário (* 1975), football player
Andre Cardoso (* 1984), racing cyclist
André Castro (* 1988), football player
Filipa Azevedo (* 1991), singer
Cláudia Pascoal (* 1994), singer, represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
André Silva (* 1995), football player
Fábio Silva (* 2002), football player