Grande Porto Subregion

Grande Porto Subregion
Map showing the location of the Grande Porto subregion

Grande Porto or Greater Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte, in Portugal.

It corresponds to 11 municipalities out of 16, the other 5 in Entre Douro e Vouga Subregion that constitute the larger Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, centered in the city of Porto. With a population of 1,396,419 inhabitants (INE 2011) and an area of 817 km2. Highly industrialized, is, with the neighbouring subregions, the main source of the Portuguese exports and home to one of the busiest Portuguese harbours, located in Leixões. Grande Porto serves as the commercial, educational, political and economical centre of northern Portugal.

It covers an area of 817 km2 for a density of 2056 hab/km2

Municipalities

It is formed by 11 municipalities, on both sides of the Douro River.

  • Espinho
  • Gondomar
  • Maia
  • Matosinhos
  • Porto
  • Póvoa de Varzim
  • Trofa (recently joined Grande Porto)
  • Santo Tirso (recently joined)
  • Valongo
  • Vila do Conde
  • Vila Nova de Gaia (aka Gaia)

All of the above municipalities are cities. Only Espinho and Gaia are located south of Douro River.

Douro River at Grande Porto, Portugal's second most populated subregion

The conurbation, which includes the municipalities of Porto (pop. 240,000), Vila Nova de Gaia (pop. 330,000) and Matosinhos (pop. 175,000), are amongst the biggest urban centres in Portugal, although the subregion is considered a Metropolitan Area with a population of over a million.

Transport

The subregion is served by an international airport: Porto/ Pedras Rubras / Maia (OPO), an harbour(Leixões/ Matosinhos), underground (Subway), intercity trains and a large network of highways and motorways. The industry is located in a crown around the city of Porto.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Grande Porto — or Greater Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte, in Portugal. It corresponds to 9 out of 14 municipalities ( concelhos ) that constitute the larger Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, centered in the city… …   Wikipedia

  • Grande Porto — Lage von Grande Porto Grande Porto (Großraum Porto) ist eine portugiesische Subregion, Teil der Região Norte. Während Espinho zum Distrikt Aveiro gehört, sind die übrigen Kreise dem Distrikt Porto zugeordnet. Die Nachbarregionen sind Cávado im… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Porto (desambiguación) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Porto, en varias lenguas significan puerto , viene a referir las siguientes acepciones: Contenido 1 Geografía 1.1 Benin 1.2 Brasil …   Wikipedia Español

  • Grande Lisboa — Lagekarte für Grande Lisboa Grande Lisboa (Großraum Lissabon) ist eine statistische Subregion Portugals. Sie ist Teil der Região de Lisboa (ehemals Lisboa e Vale do Tejo) und des Distriktes Lissabon. Im Norden grenzt die Subregion West (Portugal) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Porto — Oporto redirects here. For other uses of Porto and Oporto, see Porto (disambiguation). Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°W …   Wikipedia

  • Cávado Subregion — Map showing the location of the Cávado subregion Cávado is a subregion that is integrated in the Portuguese region of Norte. It has 6 municipalities or Concelhos (in Portuguese) and is centered in the city of Braga (pop. 153,000). With an area of …   Wikipedia

  • Tâmega (Subregion) — Lagekarte von Tâmega Tâmega ist eine statistische Subregion Portugals und Teil der Região Norte. Sie wurde nach dem gleichnamigen Fluss benannt. Zum größten Teil besteht sie aus Gebieten des Distriktes Porto und wird durch einzelne Kreise der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ave (Subregion) — Lage von Ave Die Region Ave ist eine statistische portugiesische Subregion und Teil der Região Norte. Während die Mehrzahl der Kreise zum Distrikt Braga gehören, sind Santo Tirso und Trofa dem Distrikt Porto zugeordnet. Im Norden grenzt Ave an… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cova da Beira Subregion — Map showing the location of the Cova da Beira subregion Cova da Beira is a NUTS3 subregion of Portugal integrated in the NUTS2 Centro region. It lies in the fertile valley between the Serra da Estrela and Gardunha mountains. It covers an area of… …   Wikipedia

  • Minho-Lima Subregion — Map showing the location of the Minho Lima subregion Minho Lima is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, belonging to Norte Region, between the Minho River and Lima River in the northern part of Portugal. It corresponds to the historical region of Alto… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”