Valadares

Valadares is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Gulpilhares e Valadares.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sanatório Marítimo do Norte and Theatre Eduardo Brazão.

Sanatório Marítimo do Norte

Hospital

Photo: FF Mira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sanatório Marítimo do Norte is an old sanatorium placed in Praia de Valadares, a place in the parish of Valadares, in the Vila Nova de Gaia municipality in Northern Portugal.

Theatre Eduardo Brazão

Theater building

The Theatre Eduardo Brazão is a theatre in the civil parish of Gulpilhares e Valadares, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, in the Portuguese district of Porto.

Capela de São Martinho

Church

Photo: Ricardo Saraiva de Almeida, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Capela de São Martinho is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porto and Mafamude.

Porto is Portugal's second largest city and the capital of the Northern region, and a busy industrial and commercial centre. The city isn't very populous, but the Porto metropolitan area has some 1.8 million inhabitants in a 50-km radius, with cities like Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim and Espinho.

Mafamude

Suburb

Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Mafamude is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Mafamude e Vilar do Paraíso. Mafamude is situated 3½ km northeast of Valadares.

Canidelo

Suburb

Canidelo is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. The population in 2011 was 27,769, in an area of 8.93 km2. It is located along the mouth of Douro river and the Atlantic Ocean, across from Foz do Douro, Porto. Canidelo is situated 3½ km north of Valadares.

Valadares

Type: Locality with 10,700 residents
Location: Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.0937° or 41° 5′ 37″ north

Longitude

-8.6392° or 8° 38′ 21″ west

Population

10,700

Elevation

40 metres (131 feet)

Open location code

8CHH39V6+F8

GeoNames ID

8012947

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