Espinho, Portugal
Template:Infobox Portuguese subdivision Espinho (Template:IPA), officially the City of Espinho (Template:Langx), is a city and a municipality located in the Aveiro District, Portugal. It is located in both the Greater Porto and the Metropolitan Area of Porto, 16 km from its city centre. It is one of the smallest municipalities in Portugal and was, until 1899, part of the Santa Maria da Feira Municipality.
In 2021, Espinho had a population of 31,027, a slight decrease from the previous census in 2011, when 31,786 were registered,<ref name=ine>Instituto Nacional de Estatística</ref> in an area of 21.06 km2.<ref name=dgt>Template:Cite web</ref>
The current mayor is Maria Manuel Cruz, elected by the PS.
It is a beach resort and a zone of legal gambling with a casino - Casino Solverde. Its fair - Feira de Espinho, having been first organised in 1894, is well known in Portugal. The city is home to CINANIMA - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação, an international animation festival, and FEST - New Directors New Films Festival, an international film festival. The municipal holiday is June 16.
Sports
Volleyball
The city, known as the volleyball capital in Portugal, is the home of nine Portuguese sports clubs: Novasemente/Cavalinho, Sporting Clube de Silvalde, Associação Desportiva de Anta, Clube de Voleibol de Espinho, Sporting Clube de Espinho, Associação Académica de Espinho, Academia de Ténis de Espinho, Clube de Ténis de Espinho and Associação Desportiva Rio Largo.
Sporting Clube de Espinho and Associação Académica de Espinho are regular presences in the Portuguese Volleyball First Division. The first one is the Portuguese team with more titles (including a CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Top Teams Cup) and the second one was once national champion.
Football
Sporting Clube de Espinho (Os Tigres da Costa Verde) plays in Campeonato Nacional de Seniores, the third football championship in Portugal.
Former Portugal national football team player Fernando Couto, coach Vítor Pereira, the Olympic medalist António Leitão and volleyball players, such as Miguel Maia and João Brenha, were born in Espinho.
Beach Volleyball
The city hosted the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, between the 28th and 30 July. Espinho also hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2019, between the 16th and 21 July.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Beach Soccer
The city hosted the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, between the 9th and 19 July.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Surf
Surf event Espinho Surf Destination is an annual event held in Espinho, organized by the World Surf League.
Golf
The oldest golf club in Portugal and Spain, Oporto Golf Club, is also located in Espinho.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Gallery
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Main Church in Espinho
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Train station
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Espinho's seafront
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Major pavilion in Espinho
Demographics
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Espinho is also home to a significant Madeiran immigrant community.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Anta e Guetim
- Espinho
- Paramos
- Silvalde
Cities and towns
- Espinho (city)
- Silvalde (town)
- Anta (town)
- Paramos (town)
- Guetim (town)
- Esmojães (town)
Notable people
Politics
- Luís Montenegro (born in Porto, 1973, but raised in and a known citizen of Espinho), Prime Minister of Portugal (since April 2024).Template:Update after
- Carlos Guimarães Pinto (born in Espinho, 1983), economist, leader of the Liberal Initiative party (2018–2019).
Sport
- António Jesus (1955–2010), known as Jesus, was a football goalkeeper with 383 club caps and 7 for Portugal
- António Leitão (1960–2012) a long-distance athlete; bronze medallist in the men's 5000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Jaime Alves (1965–2020), known as Alves, was a footballer with 271 club caps and 3 for Portugal
- Vítor Pereira (born 1968) a football player and later manager who managed teams like Porto, Olympiacos and Fenerbahçe
- Fernando Couto (born 1969) a footballer with 438 club caps and 110 for Portugal
- Filipe Gonçalves (born 1984) a footballer with over 420 club caps
- João Carlos Dias Correia (born 1985) known as Carlitos, a footballer with almost 400 club caps
- Fábio Espinho (born 1985) known as Espinho, is a footballer with over 400 club caps
References
External links
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- Photos from Espinho
- Espinho City Official Website
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