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Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim is a civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom and Jovim. The population in 2011 was 48,600, in an area of 23.32 km².

Gondomar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõduˈmaɾ] (listen)) 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.

Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova is a civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Fânzeres and São Pedro da Cova. The population in 2011 was 39,586, in an area of 21.96 km².

Estadio de São Miguel is a multi-use stadium in Gondomar, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Gondomar SC. The stadium is able to hold 2,450 people.

Fânzeres is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova. Its population is around 20,000.

The Battle of Ponte Ferreira, fought on 22–23 July 1832, was the first major battle of the Portuguese Civil War between the forces of Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil and Regent for his daughter Maria da Glória, and the army of his brother Dom Miguel, who had usurped the throne of Portugal. Though technically a victory for Pedro's forces, it gave him no lasting advantage because the enemy were not pursued and were able to return in full strength, as a result of which he was besieged in Porto for an entire year.

Valongo (Portuguese pronunciation: [vɐˈlõɡu] (listen)) is a Portuguese municipality located in the District of Porto and 10 km from Porto, in the northern region of Portugal. The municipality area consists of 75.12 km² and 93 858 inhabitants (2011), and is subdivided into four parishes. The municipality is limited to the north by the municipality of Santo Tirso, to the northeast by Paços de Ferreira, to the east by Paredes, to the southwest by Gondomar and to the west by Maia. It consists of the cities of Alfena, Ermesinde, Valongo (city) and the towns of Campo and Sobrado.

Valbom is a city and a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim. It has about 15,000 residents. It was elevated to city status on 9 December 2004. For generations Valbom was a fishing village, due to its location by the river Douro. Today, local crafts dominate the economy. It was here, in the house called "Casa Branca", that the Convention of Gramido was signed on 29 June 1847, ending the civil war of the Septembrists against the Cartists known as the Patuleia.

Avintes is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. The population in 2011 was 11,497, in an area of 8.82 km².

Valongo is a civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Valongo, in continental Portugal. The population in 2021 was 25882, in an area of 20.24 km2.Valongo is most famous for its mountains and its bread.

Rio Tinto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁiu ˈtĩtu]) is a Portuguese city and parish, located in Gondomar Municipality, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 50,713, in an area of 9.38 km². Rio Tinto, which in Portuguese means red river, was elevated to city status in 1995, and the city of Rio Tinto includes two parishes (freguesias): Baguim do Monte and Rio Tinto, with a total of 65,000 inhabitants, being the most populous city in Gondomar municipality, and third largest in the Greater Porto agglomeration. Rio Tinto lies just outside the city of Porto.