Paços de Ferreira
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| Paços de Ferreira | |
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| City | |
| Region: | Douro Litoral |
| Subregion: | Vale do Sousa |
| District: | Porto district |
| Population: | 8,500 (as of 2001[update]) |
| Municipality | |
| Area: | 72.9/km² |
| Population: | 52,916 (as of 2001[update]) |
| Number of parishes: | 16 |
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Paços de Ferreira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasuʒ ðɨ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ]) is a city in Portugal. It is sometimes also called Capital do Móvel (capital of furniture), since the city is home to numerous furniture manufacturing plants. Besides older Portuguese furniture companies, Portugal's major industrial operations of IKEA are also located there. It is a very industrial area, producing, for example, the famous LZR Racer suit of Speedo.
[edit] History
Paços de Ferreira was incorporated in 1993.
[edit] Sports associations
[edit] Parishes
Paços de Ferreira is the seat of a municipality of the same name.
The following parishes lie within the municipality of Paços de Ferreira:
- Arreigada
- Carvalhosa
- Codessos
- Eiriz
- Ferreira
- Figueiró
- Frazão
- Freamunde [city]
- Lamoso
- Meixomil
- Modelos
- Paços de Ferreira [city]
- Penamaior
- Raimonda
- Sanfins de Ferreira
- Seroa
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