Paredes (Portuguese pronunciation:[pɐˈɾeðɨʃ]ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in Porto District, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 86,854,[1] in an area of 156.76 km².[2]
Paredes has a total of 18 parishes. The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipality of Paços de Ferreira, to the east by Lousada and Penafiel, to the southwest by Gondomar and to the west by Valongo. The municipality was created in 1836.
Demographics
Population of Paredes Municipality (1849–2008)
1849
1900
1930
1960
1981
1991
2001
2011
17 286
20 911
26 304
43 388
67 693
72 999
83 376
86 854
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 18 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]