Penafiel (parish)

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Penafiel
Civil parish
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Penafiel
Coordinates: 41°12′22″N8°17′02″W / 41.206°N 8.284°W / 41.206; -8.284 Coordinates: 41°12′22″N8°17′02″W / 41.206°N 8.284°W / 41.206; -8.284
Country Portugal
Region Norte
Intermunic. comm. Tâmega e Sousa
District Porto
Municipality Penafiel
Area
 • Total 22.52 km2 (8.70 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 15,552
 • Density 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)

Penafiel is a town and a parish in Penafiel Municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,552, [1] in an area of 22.52 km². [2] Penafiel has its own station on the Douro railway line.

Industry

AJP Motos, a motorcycle manufacturing company founded in 1987 by António Pinto and Jorge Pinto, is based in Penafiel. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. ↑ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
  3. ↑ AJP i
  4. ↑ AJP ii Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine .


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