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Also known as Esposende Municipality

Esposende () is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254, in an area of 95.41 km2. The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001. It gained city status on 2 July 1993. The present Mayor is Fernando Couto Cepa, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is August 19. It is located on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago.

Key facts

Portuguese subdivision.type
municipality
Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
Pt-eps3.png
Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
EPS1.png
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
yes
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
10
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
none
Portuguese subdivision.region
Norte
Portuguese subdivision.CIM
Cávado
Portuguese subdivision.district
Braga
Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
PSD
Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
Guilherme Emílio
Portuguese subdivision.area_total
95.41
Portuguese subdivision.population_total
34,254
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
2011
Portuguese subdivision.parishes
9
Portuguese subdivision.website
http://www.cm-esposende.pt/

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Município de Estarreja
Country
Portugal
Located in
Minho
Contains
Forjães
Population
35552
Area
95.41
Body of water
Cávado River
Shares border with
Viana do Castelo
Official website
www.cm-esposende.pt
Image
Museu de Esposende.JPG
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Commons category
Esposende
category for people born here
Q26246863
category of associated people
Category:People from Esposende
topic's main category
Category:Esposende
postal code
4740
public holiday
patronal festival
inception
1572-00-00
twinned administrative body
Ozoir-la-Ferrière
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Economy
  • Parishes
  • Photos
  • Notable people
  • References
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Esposende () is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254, in an area of 95.41 km2. The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001. It gained city status on 2 July 1993. The present Mayor is Fernando Couto Cepa, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is August 19. It is located on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago.

==Demographics== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="9" | Population of Esposende Municipality (1801–2008) |- bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | align="center" | 1801 | align="center" | 1849 | align="center" | 1900 | align="center" | 1930 | align="center" | 1960 | align="center" | 1981 | align="center" | 1991 | align="center" | 2001 | align="center" | 2011 |- | align="center" | 4 157 | align="center" | 12 545 | align="center" | 15 161 | align="center" | 19 452 | align="center" | 23 966 | align="center" | 28 652 | align="center" | 30 101 | align="center" | 33 325 | align="center" | 34 254 |}

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Esposende” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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