Esposende

Esposende
Flag of Esposende
Coat of arms of Esposende
Coordinates: 41°32′N 8°47′W / 41.533°N 8.783°W / 41.533; -8.783
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Cávado
DistrictBraga
Parishes9
Government
 • PresidentBenjamim Pereira (PSD)
Area
 • Total95.41 km2 (36.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total34,254
 • Density360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitehttp://www.cm-esposende.pt/

Esposende (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɨʃpɔˈzẽdɨ] ) is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254,[1] in an area of 95.41 km2.[2] The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001.[3] 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.

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)

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