Santo Tirso Municipality

Santo Tirso
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 41°20′N 8°28′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Ave
District/A.R.	Porto
Government
• Mayor	Castro Fernandes (PS)
Area
• Total	136.5 km2 (52.7 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	71,623
• Density	524/km2 (1,360/sq mi)
Parishes (no.)	24
Municipal holiday	Saint Benedict 11 July
Website	http://www.cm-stirso.pt

Santo Tirso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tu ˈtiɾsu]) is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto District, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry.

The city population is 14000 (last 2001 census), the urban area of the city with 8 parishes has 28407. Total municipality (Concelho) population is 71623 in 24 parishes.

Another important center in the municipality is Vila das Aves.

Parishes

The 24 parishes of Santo Tirso are:

• Agrela
• Água Longa
• Areias
• Burgães
• Carreira
• Guimarei
• Lama
• Lamelas
• Monte Córdova
• Palmeira
• Rebordões
• Refojos de Riba de Ave
• Reguenga
• Roriz
• Santa Cristina do Couto
• Santo Tirso
• São Mamede de Negrelos
• São Martinho do Campo
• São Miguel do Couto
• São Salvador do Campo
• São Tomé de Negrelos
• Sequeiró
• Vila das Aves
• Vilarinho

Sports

Santo Tirso is home of the historic football club Futebol Clube Tirsense.

External links

• Santo Tirso City Fporum
• F.C. Tirsense
• Photos from Santo Tirso
• Rali Rota dos Vinhos Verdes
• Clube Automóvel de Santo Tirso
• Associação Humanitária B.V.Tirsenses(Amarelos)
• Associação Comercial e Industrial
• Associação Santo Tirso de Futsal
• Ginásio Clube Santo Tirso
• Rádio Voz de Santo Tirso
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia Santo Tirso
• On-line Journal Santo Tirso.eu