Ermesinde

Ermesinde is a civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Valongo, in continental Portugal, northeast of Porto. The population in 2011 was 38940, in an area of 7.65 km2. It is the smallest by area, and the densest by population (approximately 5000 inhabitants per kilometer square).

== History == thumb|225px|left|The Ermesinde train station, before the renovation in the 21st century thumb|225px|left|The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Ermesinde)|Church-Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ermesinde. thumb|225px|left|The modern railyard and station of Ermesinde Initially a riverside community, named São Lourenço de Asmes, it developed as the result of the settlement of railworkers, involved in the construction of the railway. The junction of the two principal rail-lines in northern Portugal, a line coming from Porto and another from the northern districts, occurred in Ermezinde. The station that was constructed in this parish eventually developed and surpassed in the transit of the older São Lourenço de Asmes. Ermesinde became a formal junction of the Portuguese railway network, becoming the start link along the Douro railway line to Pocinho