Santo Tirso ( port. Santo Tirso [ 'sɐ̃tu' tiɾsu ]) is a city in Portugal , the center of the municipality of the same name in the Porto district. It is part of a large metropolitan area of Greater Porto . According to the old administrative division, it was part of the province of Douro-Litoral . Included in the economic and statistical subregion Ave , which is part of the Northern region . The population is 14 thousand inhabitants (city), 72.4 thousand inhabitants (municipality) in 2001 . It covers an area of 135.31 km².
| Municipality | |||||
| Santo Tirsu | |||||
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| port. Santo tirso | |||||
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| A country |  Portugal | ||||
| Historical area | Douro Litoral | ||||
| County | Porto | ||||
| Area | Santo Tirsu | ||||
| Internal division | 24 areas | ||||
| The mayor | Castro Fernandes | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Based | 1834 | ||||
| Square | 135.31 km² | ||||
| Timezone | UTC0 , summer UTC + 1 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 72 396 people ( 2001 ) | ||||
| Density | 535 people / km² | ||||
| Agglomeration | Big Porto | ||||
| Katoykonim | Tirsense | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| Postcode | 4780 | ||||
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The patron saint of the city is Maria Magdalena ( port. Maria Madalena ). City festival - July 11th .
Location
The city is located 24 km northeast of adm. Porto city center district.
The municipality borders:
- in the north - municipalities of Vila Nova de Famalican , Guimaraes
- in the northeast - Vizela municipality
- in the east - the municipality of Lauzada
- in the southeast - the municipality of Pasus de Ferreira
- in the south - the municipality of Valongu
- in the southwest - the municipality of Maya
- in the west - Trof municipality
History
The city was founded in 1834 .
Population
| Municipality population by years | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 | 2006 |
| 2055 | 12,779 | 28,371 | 41,078 | 77 130 | 93,482 | 102 593 | 72 396 | 71 623 | 70 915 |
Composition of the municipality
The municipality includes the following areas:
- Agrela
- Areyash
- Burgins
- Carreira
- Guimare
- Llama
- Lamella
- Monte Cordoba
- Palmeira
- Rebordoins
- Refogos de Ribe de Ave
- Regenga
- Roarish
- Santa Cristina do Cote
- Santo Tirsu
- Sekeiro
- San Mamede de Negrellos
- Sant martinho do campo
- São miguel do cotu
- San Salvador do Campo
- Sao Tome de Negrellos
- Vila dash Aves
- Vilarinho
- Agua Long
Twin Cities
- Saint-Pere ( France , since 1991)
See also
- Porto (Borough)
- Porto County Municipalities
- Porto County Districts