Fafe

Also known as Fafe Municipality

Fafe (), officially the City of Fafe (), is a city and municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately . The city itself had a population of 15,703 in 2011. The present mayor is Antero Barbosa, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is May 16.

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Portuguese subdivision.type: municipality
Portuguese subdivision.name: Fafe
Portuguese subdivision.official_name: City of Fafe
Portuguese subdivision.image_flag: Pt-faf3.png
Portuguese subdivision.image_shield: FAF1.png
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe: yes
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom: 9
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point: none
Portuguese subdivision.region: Norte
Portuguese subdivision.CIM: Ave
Portuguese subdivision.district: Braga
Portuguese subdivision.leader_party: PS
Portuguese subdivision.leader_name: Antero Barbosa
Portuguese subdivision.area_total: 219.08
Portuguese subdivision.population_total: 48,502
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of: 2021
Portuguese subdivision.parishes: 25
Portuguese subdivision.website: http://www.cm-fafe.pt

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Município de Fafe

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Município de Fafe
Population: 15703
Area: 219.08
Official website: www.cm-fafe.pt
Image: Praca25Abril Fafe Portugal 2006.JPG

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Commons category: Fafe
postal code: 4820
P8168: Lodewijk Elzevir
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +351-253-700-400

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History
Geography
Architecture
Civic
Religious
Municipal holiday
Notable people
References
Notes
Sources
External links

==History== In the 10th century King Ordoño III of León donated the Vila de Moraria (Moreira de Rei) and Monte Longo to the monastery of Guimarães, founded by the Countess Mumadona.