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Santo Tirso

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{{For|the civil parish|Santo Tirso (parish)}}

{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision

| type = municipality

| image_flag = Pt-sts3.png

| flag_border = no

| image_shield = STS1.png

| image_skyline = Basílica_de_Nossa_Senhora_da_Assunção_(Santo_Tirso).jpg

| image_caption = Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Assunção

|coordinates = {{coord|41|20|N|8|28|W|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}

| image_map = Localsantotirso.png

|region = Norte

|metro = Porto

|district = Porto

| leader_party = PS

| leader_name = Alberto Costa (Since 2021)

| area_total_km2 = 136.60

| population_total = 67,709

| population_as_of = 2021

| parishes = 14

| website = http://www.cm-stirso.pt

}}

Santo Tirso ({{IPA|pt|ˈsɐ̃tu ˈtiɾsu|-|Pt-pt Santo Tirso FF.ogg}}) is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, 25 km from central Porto, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry. The population in 2021 was 67,709,{{Cite web |last=INE |date=2021 |title=Censos |url=https://tabulador.ine.pt/indicador/?id=0011609 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística}} in an area of {{Convert|136.60|km2|mi2}}.[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat]

Another important center in the municipality is Aves.

The Santo Tirso Monastery built in 978 is a point of interest.

History

The History of Santo Tirso is tied to its benedictine monastery. The town grew around it and, from 978 until 1834, it was a "couto" – a neutral area that belonged to the clergy.{{cite web |url=https://www.infopedia.pt/$santo-tirso |title = Santo Tirso - Infopédia}} Known initially as Santo Tirso de Riba de Ave, this city has been the capital of a municipality at least since 1833.{{cite web |url=https://www.cm-stirso.pt/viver/municipio/caraterizacao/historia |title = História {{!}} C.M. Santo Tirso}} Its composition changed throughout the years, especially in 1998, when the nearby city of Trofa created its own municipality, taking some of Santo Tirso's towns with it.[http://www.mun-trofa.pt/index.php?cMILID=SUS532C049E92297&cMILL=2&mIID=SUS5328427A47A12&mIN=Hist%F3ria&mILA=&cMILID1=SUS532C00F1F05F3&mIID1=SUS532842FF55D9B&mIN1=O+Concelho&cMILID2=SUS532C049E92297&mIID2=SUS5328427A47A12&mIN2=Hist%F3ria&cMILID3=&mIID3=&mIN3=&cMILID4=&mIID4=&mIN4=&cMILID5=&mIID5=&mIN5=&cMILID6=&mIID6=&mIN6= Município da Trofa – História]

Towards the middle of the 19th century, Santo Tirso spearheaded the industrialization of the Ave Valley. One of the first textile factories in the region, the Fábrica de Fiação e Tecidos do Rio Vizela, opened in Vila das Aves, part of its municipality, in 1845. This factory would become the largest of its kind in Portugal, with an area of about nine square kilometres and employing, at one point, over 3.000 people.{{cite web |url=https://pontosdevista.pt/tag/fabrica-de-fiacao-e-tecidos-do-rio-vizela/ |title = Fábrica de Fiação e Tecidos do Rio Vizela Arquivos - Revista Pontos de Vista}}

Geography

The highest point in the municipality is in the Alto de S. Jorge, in the parish of Refojos, with 527 meters of altitude. The municipality's current perimeter is {{convert|69|km|0|abbr=off}}.

=Climate=

Santo Tirso has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot summers and mild, very wet winters.

{{Weather box

|location = Santo Tirso, 1951–1980, altitude: {{convert|28|m|abbr=on}}

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|width = auto

|Jan record high C = 23.0

|Feb record high C = 28.3

|Mar record high C = 28.0

|Apr record high C = 31.6

|May record high C = 35.8

|Jun record high C = 37.7

|Jul record high C = 40.5

|Aug record high C = 40.3

|Sep record high C = 38.7

|Oct record high C = 33.5

|Nov record high C = 29.4

|Dec record high C = 23.8

|year record high C =

|Jan high C = 13.9

|Feb high C = 14.6

|Mar high C = 16.6

|Apr high C = 18.8

|May high C = 21.5

|Jun high C = 24.7

|Jul high C = 27.5

|Aug high C = 27.4

|Sep high C = 25.5

|Oct high C = 21.9

|Nov high C = 16.9

|Dec high C = 14.2

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = 9.0

|Feb mean C = 9.6

|Mar mean C = 11.4

|Apr mean C = 13.1

|May mean C = 15.8

|Jun mean C = 18.7

|Jul mean C = 20.8

|Aug mean C = 20.4

|Sep mean C = 19.0

|Oct mean C = 15.9

|Nov mean C = 11.4

|Dec mean C = 9.2

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = 4.1

|Feb low C = 4.6

|Mar low C = 6.2

|Apr low C = 7.4

|May low C = 10.1

|Jun low C = 12.7

|Jul low C = 14.1

|Aug low C = 13.4

|Sep low C = 12.5

|Oct low C = 9.9

|Nov low C = 5.9

|Dec low C = 4.2

|year low C =

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 193.4

|Feb rain mm = 187.6

|Mar rain mm = 169.0

|Apr rain mm = 96.3

|May rain mm = 95.6

|Jun rain mm = 56.2

|Jul rain mm = 22.7

|Aug rain mm = 25.0

|Sep rain mm = 64.1

|Oct rain mm = 128.1

|Nov rain mm = 154.8

|Dec rain mm = 181.4

|year rain mm =

|Jan humidity = 86

|Feb humidity = 82

|Mar humidity = 77

|Apr humidity = 71

|May humidity = 71

|Jun humidity = 71

|Jul humidity = 68

|Aug humidity = 71

|Sep humidity = 76

|Oct humidity = 82

|Nov humidity = 86

|Dec humidity = 87

|source 1 = Instituto de Meteorologia{{cite web |title=Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios |url=https://fogos.icnf.pt/pmdfci/13_Porto/1318/3G/Caderno_I/PMDFCI_1318_TROFA_CADERNO%20I.pdf |publisher=Trofa Municipality |access-date=9 July 2021}}

}}

Parishes

File:Santo Tirso freguesias 2013.svg

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (freguesias):{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 109|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=30 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese}}

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Demographics

{{Historical populations|1864|22526|1878|23347|1890|25610|1900|28371|1911|33288|1920|35234|1930|41078|1940|51755|1950|63389|1960|77130|1970|79855|1981|93482|1991|102593|2001|72396|2011|71530|2021|67709|align=none|cols=2|source=INEInstituto Nacional de Estatística. [https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes (Recenseamentos Gerais da População)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408005823/https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes |date=8 April 2008 }}}}

Sports

Santo Tirso is home of the historic{{explain|date=July 2017}} football club Futebol Clube Tirsense and C.D. Aves.

Notable people

= Sport =

File:20090817 rui silva.jpg

References

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External links

{{Commons category}}

{{Portal|Portugal}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20091009131344/http://santotirsosemvida.com/ Santo Tirso City Fporum]
  • [http://www.fctirsense.com F.C. Tirsense]
  • [http://www.santotirso.eu/ On-line Journal Santo Tirso.eu]
  • [http://www.santotirsoonline.com/ Online Santo Tirso Portal]

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