Paços de Ferreira

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Paços de Ferreira
Coat of Arms	Map

City
Region:	Minho
Subregion:	Tâmega
District:	Porto district
Population:	8,500 (as of 2001)
Municipality
Area:	72.9/km²
Population:	52,916 (as of 2001)
Number of parishes:	16

Paços de Ferreira (pron. IPA ['pasuʃ dɨ fɨ'ʁɐiɾɐ]) is a city in Portugal. It is sometimes also called Capital do Móvel (capital of furniture), since the city is home to numerous furniture manufacturing plants.

History

Paços de Ferreira was incorporated in 1993.

Sports associations

FC Paços de Ferreira (Soccer)

Parishes

Paços de Ferreira is the site of a municipality of the same name.

The following parishes lie within the municipality of Paços de Ferreira:

Arreigada
Carvalhosa
Codessos
Eiriz
Ferreira
Figueiró
Frazão
Freamunde
Lamoso
Meixomil
Modelos
Paços de Ferreira
Penamaior
Raimonda
Sanfins de Ferreira
Seroa

Municipalities of the District of Porto
Amarante \| Baião \| Felgueiras \| Gondomar \| Lousada \| Maia \| Marco de Canaveses \| Matosinhos \| Paços de Ferreira Paredes \| Penafiel \| Porto \| Póvoa de Varzim \| Santo Tirso \| Trofa \| Valongo \| Vila do Conde \| Vila Nova de Gaia

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