List of French-Portuguese town and municipality partnerships

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This list of town and town twinning between France and Portugal shows the town and town friendships between the countries France and Portugal .

Around 200 French and Portuguese municipalities are friendly or are striving to do so (as of 2013), some are connected to several municipalities at the same time. This high number of parish partnerships are an expression of the centuries-old close Franco-Portuguese relationship . The first Franco-Portuguese town twinning was concluded after the Carnation Revolution of 1974, the French Achères and the Portuguese Amarante entered into the first partnership in 1977.

List of city partnerships and friendships

French place Portuguese place since annotation
Achères Amarante 1977
Aix-en-Provence Coimbra 1982
Alfortville Cantanhede unnamed
Andrézieux-Bouthéon Maia 2002
Arcachon Aveiro 1989
Aubergenville Alcobaçal unnamed
Azay-le-Rideau Nisa 1993
Beauvais Setubal 1982
Berstett Ourondo ( Covilhã County ) 1999
Biarritz Cascais 1988
Biscarrosse Pombal 1984
Blain Alcoutim 2004
Bobigny Setubal 2004 Cooperation agreement
Bourges Aveiro 1989
Bondy Alcácer do Sal 1999
Bouchemaine Lamego unnamed
Bordeaux postage 1978
Brive-la-Gaillarde Guimarães 1993
Brocéliande Bragança 1997
Brunoy Espinho 1994
Cadaujac Sabrosa 1997
Cambo-les-Bains Caldas da Rainha in preparation
Cenon Paredes de Coura 2008
Cerizay Montemor-o-Velho 1988
Chagny-en-Bourgogne Vila Nova de Cerveira 1999
Châlette-sur-Loing Ponte de Lima 1988
Champigny-sur-Marne Alpiarça 2006
Cissé Samuel 1989 as part of the European Charter - Villages of Europe
Clamart Penamacor 2006
Clermont-Ferrand Braga 2000
Clichy-la-Garenne Santo Tirso 1991
Compiègne Guimarães 2007
Contrexéville Mealhada 1988
Contrexéville Seia 1988 1993 expanded
Courcoury Mealhada 1991
Courcoury Pampilhosa da Serra 1997
Créteil Loulé 2016
Dammarie-les-Lys Arcos de Valdevez 1999
Deuil-la-Barre Lourinhã 2009 2016 expanded
Dijon Guimarães 2016 Cooperation agreement already in 2011
Dissay Vila Nova da Barquinha 2000
Douchy-les-Mines Vila Nova de Poiares 1990
Cathedral front Seia 2000
Draveil Esmoriz 1990
Écully Lourinhã 1995
Feyzin Gondomar 1986
Fondettes Constância 1998
Fontenay-sous-Bois Marinha Grande 1984
Frontignan Vizela 2007
Fréhel Mafra 1993
Gien Redondo 2007
Givors Vila Nova de Famalicao 1992
Gond-Pontouvre Boticas 2009
Gradignan Figueira da Foz 1992
Granville Sesimbra 1989 as part of the Douzelage
Grasse Vila Real 1985
Grignols Celorico da Beira 1995
Hem Aljustrel 2000
Hendaye Viana do Castelo 1998
Houilles Celorico de Basto 2006
Isle d'Espagne Vidago in preparation
Jacou Sernancelhe 1998
Joué-lès-Tours Feira ( Santa Maria da Feira district ) 1989
Labouheyre Gouveia 1987
La Chapelle-Heulin Sousel 1999
La Couture Murça 2000 Cooperation agreement
La Garenne-Colombes Valpaços unnamed
Lagny-sur-Marne Mira unnamed
Lagos Lagos 1998 Cooperation agreement
Lamballe Oliveira do Bairro 1998
La Mezière Belmonte 1988
Langon Canelas 1993
Lannemezan Tondela 1995
Le Plessis-Trévise Ourém 1992
La Réole Oliveira do Douro 2000 1992 first agreement
Larçay Santa Marta de Penaguião 2006
La Riche Estarreja 1989
Lavelanet Melgaço 2012
Le Beausset Terras de Bouro unnamed
Le Cannet Vila do Conde 1987
Le Cendre Murça 2012
Léognan Joane 1998
Léon Vagos 2000
Le Raincy Caldas da Rainha in preparation
Lescar Sátão 1988
Les Cerqueux Sao Joao de Lourosa 1998
Les Clayes-sous-Bois Ponte da Barca 2003
Les Mureaux Alcanena 2000
Lesparre-Médoc Olhão 1994
Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Bragança 1996
Les Ulis Sátão 2011
Levet Fornos de Algodres 2000
Longjumeau Condeixa-a-Nova 1993
Lourdes Fátima ( Ourém district ) 1996 as part of the Shrines of Europe
Mâcon Santo Tirso 1992
Magnac-sur-Touvre Paredes de Coura 2008
Mantes-la-Jolie Maia 2000
Marly-le-Roi Viseu 1996
Mende Vila Real 2004
Mérignac Matosinhos 1988
Meulan-en-Yvelines Arraiolos 2013
Millau Mealhada 2010
Montalivet-les-Bains Olhão 1994
Montereau-Fault-Yonne Paredes 2001
Montgeron Póvoa de Varzim 1988
Montluçon Guimarães 2016
Montmagny Sever do Vouga 2006
Morlaàs Manteigas 1989
Dirty Almeida 2011
Neufchâteau Miranda do Corvo 1997
Neuves-Maisons Póvoa de Lanhoso 1987 1993 renewed
Neuville-de-Poitou Soure 1987 1993 renewed
Neuviller-la-Roche Rabaçal (Penela) 2012
Neuville-sur-Saône Cabeceiras de Basto 1997
Nogent-sur-Marne Nazaré 1993
Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville Riachos 1996
Ormesson-sur-Marne Penela 2010
Orsay Vila Nova de Paiva unnamed
Orthez Miranda do Douro 1999
Orthez Mirandela 1993
Ozoir-la-Ferrière Esposende 1997
Petit Quevilly Santa Marinha 1996
Pithiviers Ovary 1993
Plaisir Moita 2001
Ploumagoar Mogadouro 1993
Paris Lisbon 1998 Cooperation agreement
Parthenay Abrantes 1993
Perpignan Tavira 2001
Pessac Viana do Castelo 2010
Petit Couronne Vila Verde 1989
Plaisir Baixa da Banheira 1994
Poitiers Coimbra 1979
Poligny Arouca 1998
Pontault-Combault Caminha 1979
Pont-Sainte-Maxence Felgueiras 1993
Pont-Saint-Esprit Penacova 1999
Pont-Saint-Vincent Avô 1987
Prades Lousã 1991
Puteaux Braga 2001
Puy Notre Dame Loulé 2004
Quincieux Cabeceiras de Basto 2005
Quincy-sous-Sénart Tarouca in preparation
Quint-Fonsegrives Leiria 2013
Rambouillet Torres Novas in preparation since 2010
Rennes Braga 1993
Riom Viana do Castelo 1982
Roubaix Covilhã 2000
Romorantin-Lanthenay Sousel in preparation
Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines Terras de Bouro 2004
Saint-Doulchard Oleiros unnamed
Saint-Avertin Mondim de Basto unnamed
Sainte-Consorce Fornos de Algodres 2013
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Penafiel 1999
Saint-Etienne Oeiras 1996
Saint-Etienne-lès-Remiremont Aves 1986
Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry Vila Nova de Famalicao 1989
Saint-Galmier Ribeira de Pena 1999
Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux Marco de Canaveses 1994
Saint-Mandé Vila Verde in preparation
Saint-Mars-d'Égrenne Aldeia Viçosa 1994
Saint-Maximin Figueiró dos Vinhos 2008
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Leiria 1982
Saint-Paul-lès-Dax Amares 1993
Saint-Péray Santo Tirso 1991
Sarlat-la-Canéda Valpaços in preparation
Sartrouville Paços de Ferreira 1996
Sens Fafe 2012
Sury-le-Comtal Cabeceiras de Basto unnamed
Talence Chaves 2005
Tarascon-sur-Ariège Monção 1992
Tarnos Serpa 1998
Thourotte Alter do Chão unnamed
Tourcoing Guimarães 1997
Tours Braga 1993
Trélazé Valongo 1997
Grommet Lousada 1995
Tullins Leça da Palmeira 1994
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Ponte de Lima 1989
Vert-le-Grand Idanha-a-Nova 1996
Vierzon Barcelos 1998
Vigneux-sur-Seine Monção 2007 Cooperation agreement
Villecresnes Anadia unnamed
Villiers-sur-Marne Entroncamento 1989
Villejuif Vila Franca de Xira 1981
Villemomble Portimão 1988
Villenave-d'Ornon Torres Vedras 1992
Villeneuve d'Olmes Golegã unnamed
Villetaneuse Vila Nova de Foz Côa 1993
Vincennes Tomar 1998
Viroflay Carcavelos unnamed
Wattrelos Guarda 1990
Wissous Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo 1999
Zicavo Ferreira do Alentejo 1998

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of Franco-Portuguese town twinning at the Association of Portuguese Administrative Districts (ANMP), accessed on May 15, 2020