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| official_name    = City of Espinho
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|coordinates       = {{coord|41|00|N|8|38|W|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}
| image_map        = LocalEspinho.svg
|region            = [[Norte Region, Portugal|Norte]]
|metro             = [[Metropolitan Area of Porto|Porto]]
|district          = [[Aveiro District|Aveiro]]
| leader_party     = [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| leader_name      = Maria Manuel Cruz
| area_total_km2   = 21.06
| population_total = 31,702
| population_as_of = 2021
| parishes         = [[#Parishes|4]]
| website          = https://portal.cm-espinho.pt/pt/ and https://www.visit.espinho.pt/en/
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'''Espinho''' ({{IPA|pt|ɨʃˈpiɲu|-|Pt-pt Espinho FF.ogg}}), officially the '''City of Espinho''' ({{langx|pt|Cidade de Espinho}}), is a city and a [[List of municipalities of Portugal|municipality]] located in the [[Aveiro District]], Portugal. It is located in both the [[Grande Porto|Greater Porto]] and the [[Metropolitan Area of Porto]], 16&nbsp;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>[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística]</ref> in an area of 21.06&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=dgt>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</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 ''[https://site.fest.pt/en/ 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 (footballer, born 1968)|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 [http://www.fpvoleibol.pt/openespinho2017/ 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>{{cite web |url=http://worldtour.2019.fivb.com/en/721 |title=Home - Espinho FIVB |website=[[FIVB]].com |access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref>

'''Beach Soccer'''

The city hosted the [[2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup]], between the 9th and 19 July.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/archive/portugal2015/matches/index.html |title=Matches |website=[[FIFA]].com |access-date=9 March 2017}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.portugalgolf.de/en/?sec=golfcourses&id=488 |title=Oporto Golf Club |website=Portugal Golf |access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Igreja_Matriz_de_Espinho.JPG|Main Church in Espinho
File:Plataforma de passageiros na Apeadeiro de Espinho, 2008.11.01.jpg|Train station
File:Espinhoplaya.JPG|Espinho's seafront
File:Espinho_Pavilh%C3%A3o_Multiusos_NW.jpg|Major pavilion in Espinho
</gallery>

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|1864|5107|1878|5983|1890|7336|1900|9383|1911|12040|1920|13045|1930|15336|1940|17284|1950|20227|1960|23084|1970|29008|1981|32409|1991|34956|2001|33701|2011|31786|2021|31043|align=none|cols=2|source=INE<ref>Instituto Nacional de Estatística. [https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes (Recenseamentos Gerais da População)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408005823/https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes |date=8 April 2008 }}</ref>}}

Espinho is also home to a significant Madeiran immigrant community.

== Parishes ==
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (''[[freguesia (Portugal)|freguesias]]''):<ref>{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 44|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |access-date=22 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=pt|format=pdf}}</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).{{Update after|2025|06}}
*[[Carlos Guimarães Pinto]] (born in Espinho, 1983), economist, leader of the [[Liberal Initiative (Portugal)|Liberal Initiative]] party (2018&ndash;2019).

===Sport===
[[File:FCouto.JPG|thumb|120px|Fernando Couto, 2011]]
* [[António Jesus]] (1955–2010), known as ''Jesus'', was a football goalkeeper with 383 club caps and 7 for [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
* [[António Leitão]] (1960–2012) a long-distance athlete; bronze medallist in the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|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 national football team|Portugal]]
* [[Vítor Pereira (footballer, born 1968)|Vítor Pereira]] (born 1968) a football player and later manager who managed teams like [[FC Porto|Porto]], [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] and [[Fenerbahçe SK|Fenerbahçe]]
* [[Fernando Couto]] (born 1969) a footballer with 438 club caps and 110 for [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
* [[Filipe Gonçalves]] (born 1984) a footballer with over 420 club caps 
* [[Carlitos (footballer, born July 1985)|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==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.cm-espinho.pt/|Municipality official website}}
* {{Official website|http://www.cmeclinics.pt/|CME Espinho Clínica Medicina Estética}}
* {{Official website|http://www.jf-anta.pt/|Anta Village official website}}
* {{Official website|http://www.jf-silvalde.pt/|Silvalde Village official website}}
* {{Official website|http://www.scespinho.pt/|Espinho Club official website}}
* {{Official website|http://www.espinho.tv/|Espinho TV official website}}
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitor107/sets/1419599/ Photos from Espinho]
* [http://espinho.com/ Espinho City Official Website]

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