Matosinhos

Matosinhos is a Portuguese city concerning at the zone of the port, the north of area and the subregião of the large port, with 35.703 inhabitants (2001) distributed by two customers in the two edges of the estuary of the Leça river. The kilometer is head offices of a small town with the ² 62.30 of the sector and 167.026 inhabitants (2001), subdivided in 10 customers. The city is limited north for the city of the village of the Cop, the North-East for the Maya, the south for the port and the west at the coast in the Atlantic Ocean. The history during all its history, Matosinhos was lit with the monastery of Bouças, which will be sufficiently old, being its preceding construction the 944. Per year of 900 already a small population with the name of Matesinus existed that in 1258 if Matusiny would call, a place of the customers of Sandim. D. Handbook I granted to him the charter in 30 of September of 1514 and started to belong to the concelho of Bouças in 1833, having like head offices the village of Bouças, to 1836 affected Madam of the hour. Until the constituía of liberalism of O the judging function of Bouças. In 1853 the village of Matosinhos, including/understanding the customers of the same name and the customers of Leça of the palm was created, which passed the head offices of the concelho in the substitution of Bouças. In 1867 finally concelho of Matosinhos is created, but that which it finishes to disappear twenty days returning later to have head offices in Bouças. The data that Matosinhos was already magined because a more important place in 6 of May of 1909 are concelho created of Matosinhos which exists in our days. The city the 28 of June of 1984 was increased. Matosinhos is a city and municipality of the Portugal located in the District of Oporto. The city shelters also large a port.

Sport

( football club )

Personalities

the Architecte Álvaro Siza Vieira was born there.
the poetess Florbela Espanca gave itself death in 1930 there.

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