Matosinhos

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Matosinhos
coat of arms map
Matosinhos coat of arms
Matosinhos (Portugal)
Matosinhos
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Porto metropolitan area
District : postage
Concelho : Matosinhos
Coordinates : 41 ° 11 ′  N , 8 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 11 ′  N , 8 ° 42 ′  W
Residents: 30,682 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 4.83 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 6352 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4450
politics
Mayor : António Manuel Gomes Santos Parada
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Matosinhos
Rua de Augusto Gomes, 313 4450-053
Matosinhos
Website: jf-matosinhos.pt
Matosinhos district
flag map
Flag of Matosinhos Position of Matosinhos Circle
Residents: 175,478 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 62.43 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 2811 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 4th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos
Av. D. Afonso Henriques 4454-510
Matosinhos
President of the Câmara Municipal: Luísa Salgueiro ( PS )
Website: www.cm-matosinhos.pt







Matosinhos is a city ( Cidade ) in the Portuguese region of Norte . It is located about ten kilometers northwest of Porto on the Atlantic. Matosinhos is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) with 175,478 inhabitants on an area of ​​62.4 km² (as of June 30, 2011)

Matosinhos has been a well-known place of pilgrimage since the 16th century , with the church do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos , which is also architecturally and artistically significant ; Senhor de Matosinhos is venerated here . Today the place is a port and industrial city of the metropolitan area of Porto , and is also known in connection with sports or its beaches. Historic mansions can also be found here, such as the Quinta do Chantre in the municipality of Leça do Balio .

history

The pilgrimage church do Bom Jesus of Matosinhos

Finds prove the presence of humans since the Paleolithic , a prehistoric settlement has been documented at least since the Neolithic . A Bronze Age settlement of the Castro culture was captured and inhabited by the Romans . A Roman road from Cale (today Vila Nova de Gaia or Porto ) to Bracara Oppidum Augusta (today Braga ) ran here.

Alley in the historic center of Matosinhos

The Mosteiro de Bouças monastery was built here in the late early Middle Ages . Today's place was first mentioned in 900 as Matesinus . In 1258 it was listed as Matusiny in the royal registers, as a place in the district of Sandim . King D. Manuel I granted Matosinhos its first town charter in 1514 .

The Igreja Matriz do Bom Jesus was built from 1559 to 1579 by the important architect João de Ruão , and Matosinhos subsequently developed into an important place of pilgrimage and pilgrimage; The church received its present form in the 18th century by Nicolau Nasoni .

1853 Matosinhos became the Vila applicable (town) last circle Bouças, and in 1867 it became the seat of a separate circuit ( Concelho ). The circle only existed for a very short time and was not definitively established until 1909 . Before that, Matosinhos had seen some development, especially with the construction of the port of Leixões and the increasing settlement of industrial companies. In 1984 Matosinhos was elevated to a city ( Cidade ).

administration

circle

Matosinhos is the seat of a circle of the same name ( concelho ). The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Vila do Conde , Maia and Porto .

With the regional reform on September 29, 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from ten to four.

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

Matosinhos district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Custóias, Leça do Balio e Guifões 45,716 18.84 2,427 130811
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira 49,486 12.16 4,071 130812
Perafita, Lavra e Santa Cruz do Bispo 29,407 22.65 1,298 130813
São Mamede de Infesta e Senhora da Hora 50,869 8.78 5,794 130814
Matosinhos district 175.478 62.43 2,811 1308

The seaport of Leixões is also part of the Matosinhos district .

Population development

Population in Matosinhos County (1801 - 2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
7287 12,429 25,071 50,962 91.017 136,498 151,682 167.026 175.478

Municipal holiday

  • Whit Tuesday

Town twinning

A cooperation agreement has been in place with Luanda ( Angola ) since 1994 . AngolaAngola 

The IKEA house in Matosinhos

economy

The port of Leixões is an essential economic factor, both for fishing and for trade and industry. In addition, numerous industrial companies are located here, including the petrochemical industry (in particular the Refinaria da Petrogal refinery of Galp Energia ), and the food industry, such as the Super Bock Group or canning factories for fish processing . With the recently somewhat declining importance of industry, the service sector has become more important. A large number of company administrations have settled here, including the headquarters of Optimus Telecomunicações . In addition, large shopping centers were built here, including an IKEA store . The Exponor trade fair , at which an industrial exhibition took place for the first time in 1857, is considered the largest trade fair site in the country.

Stop Matosinhos Sul of Metro do Porto

traffic

With Line A of the Metro do Porto , Matosinhos has a direct, modern public transport connection with Porto, the second largest city in Portugal. A contactless ticket system called Andante is used there. The travel time Matosinhos - Porto is around half an hour. The tracks that can still be found in the road surface near the beach come from the now abandoned historic tram lines (Carro Eléctrico) of the STCP .

The Autoestrada A28 runs through Matosinhos and runs north from Porto to the Spanish border. This is also where the A4 Autoestrada begins , which leads east to Bragança .

Sports

The Estádio do Mar stadium

Within the city there is the Estádio do Mar stadium , which is mainly used for soccer matches of the well-known suburb of Leixões Sport Club . In addition to its men's, women's and youth football departments, the club, founded in 1907, also has sections for billiards , boxing , karate , swimming and volleyball .

The football club Leça FC , founded in 1912 , from the municipality of Leça da Palmeira , has played in the first division more often in its history . After some relegations, he was eliminated in 2009 from the lowest national competition, the Campeonato Nacional de Seniroes (3rd division). The club plays its home games at Estádio do Leça FC . In addition to the soccer section, there is also a billiards department.

Among the other numerous clubs in the district is the football club Padroense FC , founded in 1922 , from the Padrão da Légua part of the municipality of Senhora da Hora . He played in the IIª Divisão (third division) until 2012/2013 . After the introduction of the newly organized third division, the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores , the club plays in the highest division of the district association.

In 2007 Matosinhos hosted the European Indoor Football Championship, futsal .

The three- cushion World Cup took place several times in the city , for the first time in 2008 as the second tournament of the year, then in 2009/3 , the 2010/3 , and 2011/2 .

tourism

Matosinhos is also known for its beaches and some architectural monuments, including the Igreja do Bom Jesus church . In addition, the innovative coastal swimming pool Piscinas de Marés , built in 1966 by the architect Siza Vieira , achieved national fame.

sons and daughters of the town

Manuel da Silva Passos
Catarina Pereira (2008)
Florbela Espanca

The writer Florbela Espanca lived in Matosinhos for a time, where she shot herself in 1930 at the age of 36. The Mozambican sculptor, painter and poet Malangatana Ngwenya (1936–2011), the Portuguese painter and writer Álvaro Lapa (1939–2006), and the multiple minister António de Sousa Franco (1942–2004) also died in Matosinhos.

The well-known R&B / soul group Expensive Soul comes from the municipality of Leça da Palmeira .

Web links

Commons : Matosinhos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ jf-matosinhos.pt ( Memento from June 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  5. ↑ Local history on the district's website, accessed on September 15, 2013
  6. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed September 15, 2013
  7. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  8. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed September 15, 2013