Paços de Ferreira
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Paços de Ferreira (Portuguese pronunciation:
Sometimes referred to as the Capital do Móvel (capital of furniture), owing to the predominance of this industry within its territory, the municipality has around 5000 companies producing furniture and has the biggest exhibition and selling area (estimated in 2.5 million square meters) of furniture in Europe. It is also the location of IKEA's industrial operations within Portugal.
Its football team,
History
The territory of the current municipality was occupied by humans since prehistory. In the parish of Sanfins de Ferreira, there is an important hillfort, the Citânia de Sanfins, that was one of the main settlements of the Celtic tribes who lived in northwest Iberian Peninsula (Gallaeci). In medieval times, this planaltic area had few population. The only centers of power were the monastery of Ferreira and the noble families concentrated in the parish of Frazão.
After the
Since then, the territory registered a remarkable development, and the population more than sextupled in 150 years.
In the beginnings of the 20th century, a local elementary school teacher, Albino de Matos, invented new tools and furniture which began to be used in schools all around the country, marking the beginning of the furniture industry in Paços de Ferreira. In the second half of the century, with the economic growth of the country, the carpenters of Paços de Ferreira started to make and sell furniture for houses, which allowed the industry to expand, becoming the most important activity of the population.
In 1993 the Portuguese parliament gave the title of city to Paços de Ferreira.[citation needed]
Geography
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (
- Carvalhosa
- Eiriz
- Ferreira
- Figueiró
- Frazão Arreigada
- Freamunde [city]
- Meixomil
- Paços de Ferreira [city]
- Penamaior
- Raimonda
- Sanfins Lamoso Codessos
- Seroa
Climate
Paços de Ferreira has a
| Climate data for Paços de Ferreira, 1955-1980, altitude: 320 m (1,050 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
39.1 (102.4) |
38.3 (100.9) |
37.7 (99.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
18.6 (65.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.6 (40.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
5.3 (41.5) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 252.7 (9.95) |
235.2 (9.26) |
209.8 (8.26) |
122.3 (4.81) |
120.8 (4.76) |
68.6 (2.70) |
29.2 (1.15) |
28.4 (1.12) |
81.7 (3.22) |
149.5 (5.89) |
183.5 (7.22) |
227.5 (8.96) |
1,709.2 (67.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.8 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 15.5 | 134.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
88 | 82.5 | 79 | 73.5 | 70.5 | 68.5 | 68 | 68 | 74.5 | 81 | 85.5 | 87.5 | 77.2 |
| Source: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera[4] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Population of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira (1864–2011) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1864 | 1878 | 1890 | 1900 | 1911 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 9 627 | 10 226 | 11 361 | 11 900 | 13 924 | 13 864 | 15 686 | 18 697 | 21 999 | 27 537 | 33 655 | 40 687 | 44 190 | 52 985 | 56 340 |
Sport
Notable people
- Sílvia Cardoso (1882–1950) a beatified Portuguese Roman Catholic apostolate for the poor in Brazil, she also funded a boarding school for girls and supported a hospital
Sport
- Carlos Pinto (born 1973) a Portuguese former footballer with 378 club caps
- Pedro Correia (born 1974), known as Pedro, a former football goalkeeper with 276 club caps
- Joaquim Agostinho da Silva Ribeiro (born 1975), known as Agostinho, a retired footballer with 379 club caps
- Carlos Carneiro (born 1975) a Portuguese former footballer with 367 club caps
- Marisa Barros (born 1980), a Portuguese marathon runner, competed at the 2008 & 2012 Summer Olympics
- Ricardo Manuel Ferreira Sousa (born 1981), known as Cadú, a footballer with over 480 club caps
- André Leão (born 1985) a Portuguese professional footballer with over 360 club caps
- Luís Pedro (born 1989), a Portuguese footballer with over 350 club caps
Gallery
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The Citânia de Sanfins hillfort -
The monastery of Ferreira -
FC Paços de Ferreira playing a UEFA Europa League match
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References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 87" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- IPMA. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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