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Santo Tirso (ˈsɐ̃tu ˈtiɾsu) is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto District

Porto District

The District of Porto , sometimes Oporto in English, is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country...

, Portugal

Portugal

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. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry.

The city population is 14000 (last 2001 census), the urban area of the city with 8 parishes has 28407. Total municipality (Concelho) population is 71623 in 24 parishes.

Another important center in the municipality is Vila das Aves

Vila das Aves

Vila das Aves, population 8492 , 6 km², is an industrial town and parish in northern Portugal. It is located in the municipality of Santo Tirso, 6 km to the northeast of the municipality seat, the city of Santo Tirso proper, bordering the parish of Lordelo in the municipality of Guimarães...

Parishes

The 24 parishes of Santo Tirso are:

Agrela
Agrela (Santo Tirso)
Agrela is a Portuguese semi urban parish, located in the municipality of Santo Tirso. It has a population of 1,604 inhabitants and a total area of 7.05 km² and the density was 227.5....
Água Longa
Água Longa
Água Longa is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santo Tirso. It has a population of 2,134 inhabitants and a total area of 14.9 km²....
Areias
Areias (Santo Tirso)
Areias it's an urban parish located 3 km north of the city of Santo Tirso It has a population of 2,599 inhabitants, it has a total area of 2.77 km² and the density was 938.3/km²....
Burgães
Burgães
Burgães is a semi urban freguesia in Portugal located northeast in the city of Santo Tirso. Population 2,244 , its area was 5.06 km².It has several industrial facilities....
Carreira
Carreira (Santo Tirso)
Carreira is a rural parish located 4 km to the south of the city of Santo Tirso in the Leça Valley of Portugal. It has a population of 982 and an area 3.45 km². It is mostly residential, with some inhabitants working in agriculture....
Guimarei
Guimarei
Guimarei is a rural parish in Portugal with a population of 736 , and an area of 6.43km2. It is located 3km south of the center of the city of Santo Tirso in the Leça Valley.It is a residential place with some people working in agriculture....
Lama
Lama (Santo Tirso)
Lama is an urban parish located 2 km north of the city of Santo Tirso, Portugal....
Lamelas
Lamelas
Lamelas is a rural parish located 6 km south of the city of Santo Tirso in the Leça Valley, is an agriculture center....
Monte Córdova
Monte Córdova
Monte Córdova is a civil parish in Portuguese municipality of Santo Tirso, located 4 kilometres east of the municipal seat. In 2001, its population was 3669 inhabitants, in an area of : it is the largest parish by the area in the municipality.-History:...
Palmeira
Palmeira (Santo Tirso)
Palmeira is an urban parish located 2 km north of the city of Santo Tirso its main activities are agriculture and some industry....
Rebordões
Rebordões
Vila de Rebordões is an importante town in the municipality of Santo Tirso located 3 km northeast of the city of Santo Tirso; it is a major industrial center in the municipality.It's also the hometown of the famous portuguese rally driver Armindo Araújo....
Refojos de Riba de Ave
Refojos de Riba de Ave
Refojos de Riba de Ave is a rural parish located 6 southeast of the city of Santo Tirso. It was in the past a municipality....
Reguenga
Reguenga
Reguenga is a rural parish located 6 km south of the city of Santo Tirso....
Roriz
Roriz (Santo Tirso)
Roriz is an urban parish located 10 km northeast of the city of Santo Tirso, its a major industrial center.It's also known by its Singeverga Monastery of the Benedictine order, famous for its Singeverga Liqueur, it also has a nuns convent St Scholastica famous for its butter cookies....
Santa Cristina do Couto
Couto (Santa Cristina)
Couto Santa Cristina is an urban parish located south in the city of Santo Tirso, Portugal. As of the 2001 census, its population was 3,982, making it Santo Tirso's fifth-largest parish in terms of population...
Santo Tirso
Santo Tirso parish
Santo Tirso parish is the biggest center in the municipality and the biggest parish in the city of Santo Tirso. It is an international textile center.-External links:*...
São Mamede de Negrelos
Negrelos (São Mamede)
Negrelos is a semi urban parish in Portugal located 12 km northeast of the city of Santo Tirso near São Martinho do Campo it was in the past a Municipality....
São Martinho do Campo
Campo (São Martinho)
Vila de São Martinho do Campo is an important town in the municipality of Santo Tirso located 10 km northeast of the city of Santo Tirso, it's an important textile industry center....
São Miguel do Couto
Couto (São Miguel)
São Miguel do Couto is an urban parish located southeast in the city of Santo Tirso, Portugal, near the bottom of Monte Cordova Hill.As of the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,292...
São Salvador do Campo
São Salvador do Campo
São Salvador do Campo is an urban parish located 10 km northeast of the city of Santo Tirso near São Martinho do Campo....
São Tomé de Negrelos
Negrelos (São Tomé)
Vila de São Tomé de Negrelos is located 10 km northeast of the city of Santo Tirso near Vila das Aves its an important industrial center it was in the past a Municipality. Located in the north of Portugal, the town has 5000 local inhabitants....
Sequeiró
Sequeiró
Sequeiró is an urban parish located 3 km north of the city of Santo Tirso....
Vila das Aves
Vila das Aves
Vila das Aves, population 8492 , 6 km², is an industrial town and parish in northern Portugal. It is located in the municipality of Santo Tirso, 6 km to the northeast of the municipality seat, the city of Santo Tirso proper, bordering the parish of Lordelo in the municipality of Guimarães...
Vilarinho
Vilarinho (Santo Tirso)
Vilarinho is a parish in Portugal. It is an important industry center in the municipality of Santo Tirso located 15km north east of the city of Santo Tirso near other important textile centers like Vizela and Guimarães....

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