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Also known as Esposende Municipality

Esposende () is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254, in an area of 95.41 km2. The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001. 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.

Key facts

Portuguese subdivision.type
municipality
Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
Pt-eps3.png
Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
EPS1.png
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
yes
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
10
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
none
Portuguese subdivision.region
Norte
Portuguese subdivision.CIM
Cávado
Portuguese subdivision.district
Braga
Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
PSD
Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
Guilherme Emílio
Portuguese subdivision.area_total
95.41
Portuguese subdivision.population_total
34,254
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
2011
Portuguese subdivision.parishes
9
Portuguese subdivision.website
http://www.cm-esposende.pt/

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Município de Estarreja
Population
35552
Area
95.41
Official website
www.cm-esposende.pt
Image
Museu de Esposende.JPG
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Commons category
Esposende
postal code
4740
inception
1572-00-00
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Esposende () is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254, in an area of 95.41 km2. The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001. 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.

==Demographics== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="9" | Population of Esposende Municipality (1801–2008) |- bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | align="center" | 1801 | align="center" | 1849 | align="center" | 1900 | align="center" | 1930 | align="center" | 1960 | align="center" | 1981 | align="center" | 1991 | align="center" | 2001 | align="center" | 2011 |- | align="center" | 4 157 | align="center" | 12 545 | align="center" | 15 161 | align="center" | 19 452 | align="center" | 23 966 | align="center" | 28 652 | align="center" | 30 101 | align="center" | 33 325 | align="center" | 34 254 |}

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