Valadares (Vila Nova de Gaia)

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Grijó

Parish coat of arms

Municipality

Vila Nova de Gaia

Area

4.94 km²

Population
- Total
- Density

9,095 (2001)
1,841/km²

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Valadares is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. It has a population of 9,095 inhabitants and a total area of 4.94 Km².

Today the shoreside vicinity is very popular for its nightlife and the bars along its well-known beach. It is also possible to see some old sanatoriums used mostly in the 1940s and 1950s to treat people suffering from bone fractures and diseases like tuberculosis. The sanatoriums were established here because the region is extremely rich in iodine, valuable for its antiseptic uses in medicine.

Parishes of Vila Nova de Gaia municipality
Arcozelo \| Avintes \| Canelas \| Canidelo \| Crestuma \| Grijó \| Gulpilhares \| Lever \| Madalena \| Mafamude \| Olival \| Oliveira do Douro \| Pedroso \| Perosinho \| Sandim São Félix da Marinha \| São Pedro da Afurada \| Seixezelo \| Sermonde \| Serzedo \| Valadares \| Vila Nova de Gaia \| Vilar de Andorinho \| Vilar do Paraíso

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