Gondomar is a municipality located in the east of Portugal‘s Porto Metropolitan Area and 7 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 168,027, in an area of 131.86 km². Gondomar’s mayor is Marco Martins.
Gondomar is well known for its jewelry industry, and its name can be traced, like many other toponyms of Northern Portugal, to a prominent Visigothic figure of his day, the King Gundemar.
Cities and towns
Cities are:
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):
- Baguim do Monte
- Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova
- Foz do Sousa e Covelo
- Lomba
- Melres e Medas
- Rio Tinto
- Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim
Sports
The town has one association football team called Gondomar who currently play in the Campeonato de Portugal, the third tier of Portuguese football.
