Paredes
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| Location | ||||||
| - Country |  Portugal |
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| - Region | Norte | |||||
| - Subregion | Tâmega | |||||
| - District or A.R. | Porto | |||||
| Mayor | Celso Ferreira | |||||
| - Party | PSD | |||||
| Area | 156.8 km² | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| - Total | 85,428 | |||||
| - Density | 545/km² | |||||
| No. of parishes | 24 | |||||
| Coordinates | 41º12'N 8º20'W | |||||
| Municipal holiday | Monday after the third Sunday of July |
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| Website: http://www.cm-paredes.pt | ||||||
Paredes (pron. IPA: [pɐ'ɾedɨʃ]) is a city and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The city of Paredes has about 12,654 inhabitants. It is incorporated in the civil parish of Castelões de Cepeda.
Currently, the municipality of Paredes has 4 cities: Paredes, Rebordosa, São Salvador de Lordelo and Gandra, being the Portuguese municipality with the most cities.
Paredes has a total of 24 parishes and 85,428 inhabitants. The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipality of Paços de Ferreira, to the east by Lousada and Penafiel, to the southwest by Gondomar and to the west by Valongo. The municipality was created in 1836.
[edit] Parishes
- Aguiar de Sousa
- Astromil
- Baltar
- Beire
- Besteiros
- Bitarães
- Castelões de Cepeda
- Cete
- Cristelo
- Duas Igrejas
- Gandra
- Gondalães
- Lordelo
- Louredo
- Madalena
- Mouriz
- Parada de Todeia
- Rebordosa
- Recarei
- Sobreira
- Sobrosa
- Vandoma
- Vila Cova de Carros
- Vilela
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