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Santo Tirso

Field	Value
type	municipality
image_flag	Pt-sts3.png
flag_border	no
image_shield	STS1.png
image_skyline	Basílica_de_Nossa_Senhora_da_Assunção_(Santo_Tirso).jpg
image_caption	Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
coordinates
image_map
map_caption	Interactive map of Santo Tirso
region	Norte
metro	Porto
district	Porto
leader_party	PS
leader_name	Alberto Costa (Since 2021)
area_total_km2	136.60
population_total	67,709
population_as_of	2021
parishes	14
website	http://www.cm-stirso.pt

Santo Tirso () is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, 25 km from central Porto, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry. The population in 2021 was 67,709, in an area of 136.60 km2.

Another important center in the municipality is Aves.

The Santo Tirso Monastery built in 978 is a point of interest.

History

The History of Santo Tirso is tied to its benedictine monastery. The town grew around it and, from 978 until 1834, it was a "couto" – a neutral area that belonged to the clergy. Known initially as Santo Tirso de Riba de Ave, this city has been the capital of a municipality at least since 1833. Its composition changed throughout the years, especially in 1998, when the nearby city of Trofa created its own municipality, taking some of Santo Tirso's towns with it.

Towards the middle of the 19th century, Santo Tirso spearheaded the industrialization of the Ave Valley. One of the first textile factories in the region, the Fábrica de Fiação e Tecidos do Rio Vizela, opened in Vila das Aves, part of its municipality, in 1845. This factory would become the largest of its kind in Portugal, with an area of about nine square kilometres and employing, at one point, over 3.000 people.

Geography

The highest point in the municipality is in the Alto de S. Jorge, in the parish of Refojos, with 527 meters of altitude. The municipality's current perimeter is 69 km.

Climate

Santo Tirso has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot summers and mild, very wet winters.

Parishes

Freguesias do concelho de Santo Tirso

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (freguesias):

Agrela
Água Longa
Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira
Aves
Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave
Lamelas e Guimarei
Monte Córdova
Rebordões
Reguenga
Roriz
Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães
São Tomé de Negrelos
Vila Nova do Campo
Vilarinho

Demographics

Sports

Santo Tirso is home of the historic football club Futebol Clube Tirsense and C.D. Aves.

Notable people

Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva (1923–2013) a Prelate of the Catholic Church & bishop of the Diocese of Lichinga
Sofia Andrade (born 1988) a Portuguese politician

Sport

Rodrigo Almeida (born 2004) a Mozambican racing driver
Manuel António (born 1946) a former footballer who played as a striker
Gaspar Azevedo (born 1975) known as Gaspar, a retired footballer with 429 club caps
Ricardo Carvalho (born 1996) a footballer who plays as a defender
Chiquinho (born 1995) a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder
Alberto Festa (born 1939) a retired footballer with 143 club caps and 19 for Portugal
Filipe Ferreira (born 1996) a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper
Grosso (born 1986) a former footballer who played as a midfielder
Eusébio Guimarães (born 1966) a former footballer
Quim Machado (born 1966) a former footballer with 320 club caps a current manager
Sara Moreira (born 1985) a cross country, road, middle & long distance track runner
Pedro Moutinho (born 1979) a retired footballer with 343 club caps
Orlando Neto (born 1979), known as Orlando, a former footballer with 386 club caps
Joaquim Neves (born 1970), a former footballer who played as a defender
José Pacheco (born 1942) a former cyclist, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Pedro Queirós (born 1984) a footballer who plays as a right back.
Ricardo Rocha (born 1978) a retired footballer with 362 club caps and 6 for Portugal
João Silva (born 1990) is a footballer who plays as a striker
Rui Pedro Silva (born 1981) a track and field, long distance and cross country athlete, competed at the 2008 & 2012 Summer Olympics
Sérgio Sousa (born 1986), a former cyclist
Bruno Tiago (born 1981), a former footballer who played as a midfielder
Romeu Torres (born 1986) a footballer who plays as a forward
José Vilaça (born 1985) a footballer who plays as a centre back
Vitinha (born 2000) a footballer who plays as a midfielder

References

INE. (2021). "Censos".
[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat]
"Santo Tirso - Infopédia".
"História {{!".
[http://www.mun-trofa.pt/index.php?cMILID=SUS532C049E92297&cMILL=2&mIID=SUS5328427A47A12&mIN=Hist%F3ria&mILA=&cMILID1=SUS532C00F1F05F3&mIID1=SUS532842FF55D9B&mIN1=O+Concelho&cMILID2=SUS532C049E92297&mIID2=SUS5328427A47A12&mIN2=Hist%F3ria&cMILID3=&mIID3=&mIN3=&cMILID4=&mIID4=&mIN4=&cMILID5=&mIID5=&mIN5=&cMILID6=&mIID6=&mIN6= Município da Trofa – História]
"Fábrica de Fiação e Tecidos do Rio Vizela Arquivos - Revista Pontos de Vista".
"Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios". Trofa Municipality.
Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 109".
Diário da República. "Law nr. 86/2015, page 5671".
link. (8 April 2008)

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