Couto Santa Cristina is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santo Tirso, Couto e Burgães. It is located south in the city of Santo Tirso. At the 2001 census, its population was 3,982. It covers 7.8 km² of area.
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 2011 was 71,530, in an area of 136.60 km².
São Miguel do Couto is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santo Tirso, Couto e Burgães. It is located southeast in the city of Santo Tirso, near the bottom of Monte Cordova Hill.
Carreira is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the south of the city of Santo Tirso in the Leça Valley of Portugal. It has a population of 982 and an area of 3.45 square kilometres (1.33 sq mi). It is mostly residential, with some inhabitants working in agriculture.
Burgães is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santo Tirso, Couto e Burgães. It is located northeast in the city of Santo Tirso. Population 2,244, its area was 5.06 km².
Aves is an industrial town and civil parish (freguesia) in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,458, in an area of 6.16 km². 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. Aves is nowadays, after Santo Tirso itself, the most important town in the municipality of Santo Tirso.
Vila Nova de Famalicão is a Portuguese town with a population of approximately 133,048 inhabitants in an area of 201,59 km2, subdivided into 49 parishes. Inserted in the Braga District, in the North Region of Portugal and in the Sub-Region of Vale do Ave, global positioned at 41⁰24’36” N | 8⁰31’13.53” W. The population of Vila Nova was created in 1205 with the charter given by the King Sancho I. The municipality was created in 1835 as a detachment from Barcelos and was elevated to the category of “Vila” with the charter given by the Queen D. Maria II. In 1985, approved by National Assembly, Vila Nova de Famalicão was elevated to the category of "city". The inhabitants of Famalicão are called Famalicenses.
Clube Desportivo das Aves, commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese football club from Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube Desportivo das Aves, which holds a seating capacity of 8,560.
Aves is the class of birds.
Areias is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira. Located 3 km (1.9 mi) from the urban centre of Santo Tirso, its population numbers approximately 2,599 inhabitants, in an area of 2.77 square kilometres (1.07 sq mi); its density is 938/km2 (2,430/sq mi).
Rebordões is a civil parish in the Santo Tirso Municipality located three kilometres northeast of the municipal seat of Santo Tirso. The population in 2011 was 3,368, in an area of 4.21 km².
Santo Tirso parish is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santo Tirso, Couto e Burgães. It was the most populous parish in the city of Santo Tirso. It is an international textile center.
Tirso is Spanish and Portuguese for Thyrsus, and usually refers to the saint of that name. It can also refer to:
Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave is a civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Carreira and Refojos de Riba de Ave. The population in 2011 was 2,072, in an area of 9.49 km².
Santo Tirso, Couto e Burgães is a civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Santo Tirso, Couto, Couto and Burgães. The population in 2011 was 21,538, in an area of 25.22 km².
Monastery of Santo Tirso is a monastery located in the parish of Santo Tirso, municipality of Santo Tirso, in Portugal, that was of the Benedictine Order.
Clube Desportivo das Aves is a futsal team based in Vila das Aves, Portugal, that played in the Portuguese Futsal First Division. It is a part of the C.D. Aves sports club. In 2017 Desportivo das Aves won the North Zone series of the Portuguese II Divisão Futsal achieving the promotion to the first tier Liga Sport Zone.
Sofia Andrade is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), she became a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic, representing the Porto District, in 2021, following the resignation of one of the incumbents, and was re-elected in the January 2022 election.
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