Porto metropolitan area

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The Porto Metropolitan Area (Template:Langx; abbreviated as AMP) is a metropolitan area in northern Portugal centered on the City of Porto, Portugal's second largest city.<ref name=oliveira>Fernanda Paula Oliveira (2009), Template:PDFWayback</ref> The metropolitan area, covering 17 municipalities, is the second largest urban area in the country and one of the largest in the European Union, with a population in 2024 of 1,818,217<ref name="CENSOS"/> in an area of 2,040.31 km².<ref name=dgt>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=ine>Instituto Nacional de Estatística</ref>

The Porto Metropolitan Area is a major economic engine in Portugal, with a very high HDI (Human Development Index) and a GDP above the European average.<ref name="GlobalDataLab"/> Porto has been Portugal's largest manufacturing region since the Industrial Revolution and is home to many of the country's largest corporations.

It is chaired by Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues (PS).

History

The original Metropolitan Area of Porto was constituted by nine municipalities: Porto (the capital), Espinho, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila Nova de Gaia, Valongo, and Vila do Conde. The process of enlargement:

Government

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The headquarters of the metropolitan area are located in Avenida dos Aliados.

The metropolitan area is governed by the Junta Metropolitana do Porto (JMP), headquartered in Avenida dos Aliados, in downtown Porto. The current President of the Metro area is Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues, (PS), also the mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia municipality,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in office since 2017, when he succeeded Hermínio Loureiro, the then mayor of Oliveira de Azeméis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Conselho Metropolitano do Porto (Porto Metropolitan Council) is composed by the 17 mayors of the municipalities that integrate the Metropolitan Area: 11 mayors from the Socialist Party (PS), 4 from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), 1 from the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and 1 Independent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Although the government has halted the intention of creating new metropolitan areas and urban communities, it is keen to ensure greater autonomy to Porto and Lisbon metropolitan areas.

Urban areas and agglomeration

The Porto metropolitan area is the second largest metropolitan area of Portugal, with about 1.8 million people. It groups the larger Porto Urban Area, the second largest in the country, assembled by the municipalities of Porto, Matosinhos, Vila Nova de Gaia, Gondomar, Valongo and Maia. It also includes three smaller urban areas: Póvoa de Varzim-Vila do Conde, Trofa-Santo Tirso and Santa Maria da Feira-São João da Madeira-Oliveira de Azeméis.<ref name="plano">NORTE 2030 - Estratégia de Desenvolvimento da RegiãoNorte</ref>

The urban-metropolitan agglomeration known as Porto Metropolitan Arch is a regional urban system of polycentric nature that encompasses the Porto Metropolitan Area and the sub-regions of Cávado, Ave and Tâmega e Sousa, including cities such as Braga and Guimarães.<ref name="plano"/><ref name="atlas">Atlas da Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto</ref>

Population

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Municipality Area (km²)<ref name=dgt/> Population (2024)<ref name="CENSOS"/>
Arouca 329.11 20,826
Espinho 21.06 32,736
Gondomar 131.86 169,388
Maia 82.99 144,664
Matosinhos 62.42 181,046
Oliveira de Azeméis 161.10 67,471
Paredes 156.76 86,560
Porto 41.42 252,687
Póvoa de Varzim 82.21 68,459
Santa Maria da Feira 215.88 140,568
Santo Tirso 136.60 67,713
São João da Madeira 7.94 24,247
Trofa 72.02 40,294
Vale de Cambra 147.33 21,239
Valongo 75.12 101,464
Vila do Conde 149.03 85,871
Vila Nova de Gaia 168.46 312,984
Total 2,040.31 km² 1,818,217

Transportation

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Porto Urban Area at night, as seen from space

The Metropolitan area is keen to develop its transportation network. Porto Metro is a Rapid transit system that links the municipalities of Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Matosinhos, Gondomar, Maia, Vila do Conde and Póvoa de Varzim.

The Porto/ Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport / Pedras Rubras (OPO), between the municipalities of Maia, Matosinhos, and Vila do Conde, is also one of its greater investments. It was transformed from an old and obsolete airport to a modern transportation centre, linked to Porto Metro. The JMP is also trying to pressure the government to add a TGV line to link Vigo in Galicia to Porto Airport in order to make Porto the air traffic centre of the North-Western Iberian Peninsula and to tighten its historical ties with that Spanish province.

Greater Porto is served by a great number of Motorways linking the main central areas of the metropolitan region and the region with other main Portuguese cities (cidades portuguesas). Main Harbour: Leixões (Matosinhos). Motorways:

See also

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