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{{For|the civil parish|Santo Tirso (parish)}}
{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision
| type            = municipality
| image_flag      = Pt-sts3.png
| flag_border     = no
| image_shield    = STS1.png
| image_skyline   = Basílica_de_Nossa_Senhora_da_Assunção_(Santo_Tirso).jpg
| image_caption   = Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
|coordinates             = {{coord|41|20|N|8|28|W|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}
| image_map       = Localsantotirso.png
|region             = [[Norte Region, Portugal|Norte]]
|metro              = [[Metropolitan Area of Porto|Porto]]
|district           = [[Porto District|Porto]]
| leader_party            = [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| leader_name             = Alberto Costa (Since 2021)
| area_total_km2          = 136.60
| population_total        = 67,709
| population_as_of        = 2021
| parishes         = [[#Parishes|14]]
| website                 = http://www.cm-stirso.pt
}}
'''Santo Tirso''' ({{IPA|pt|ˈsɐ̃tu ˈtiɾsu|-|Pt-pt Santo Tirso FF.ogg}}) is a city and municipality located in the north of [[Porto Metropolitan Area]], 25&nbsp;km from central [[Porto]], [[Portugal]]. In the region, the [[Ave Valley]], there is a large center of textile industry. The population in 2021 was 67,709,<ref name="ine2">{{Cite web |last=INE |date=2021 |title=Censos |url=https://tabulador.ine.pt/indicador/?id=0011609 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística}}</ref> in an area of {{Convert|136.60|km2|mi2}}.<ref>[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat]</ref>

Another important center in the municipality is [[Aves (Santo Tirso)|Aves]].

The [[Santo Tirso Monastery]] built in 978 is a point of interest.

==History==

The History of Santo Tirso is tied to its [[Monastery of Santo Tirso|benedictine monastery]]. The town grew around it and, from 978 until 1834, it was a "couto" – a neutral area that belonged to the clergy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infopedia.pt/$santo-tirso |title = Santo Tirso - Infopédia}}</ref> Known initially as Santo Tirso de Riba de Ave, this city has been the capital of a municipality at least since 1833.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cm-stirso.pt/viver/municipio/caraterizacao/historia |title = História {{!}} C.M. Santo Tirso}}</ref> Its composition changed throughout the years, especially in 1998, when the nearby city of [[Trofa]] created its own municipality, taking some of Santo Tirso's towns with it.<ref>[http://www.mun-trofa.pt/index.php?cMILID=SUS532C049E92297&cMILL=2&mIID=SUS5328427A47A12&mIN=Hist%F3ria&mILA=&cMILID1=SUS532C00F1F05F3&mIID1=SUS532842FF55D9B&mIN1=O+Concelho&cMILID2=SUS532C049E92297&mIID2=SUS5328427A47A12&mIN2=Hist%F3ria&cMILID3=&mIID3=&mIN3=&cMILID4=&mIID4=&mIN4=&cMILID5=&mIID5=&mIN5=&cMILID6=&mIID6=&mIN6= Município da Trofa – História]</ref>

Towards the middle of the 19th century, Santo Tirso spearheaded the industrialization of the [[Ave Valley]]. One of the first textile factories in the region, the Fábrica de Fiação e Tecidos do Rio Vizela, opened in [[Vila das Aves]], part of its municipality, in 1845. This factory would become the largest of its kind in Portugal, with an area of about nine square kilometres and employing, at one point, over 3.000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pontosdevista.pt/tag/fabrica-de-fiacao-e-tecidos-do-rio-vizela/ |title = Fábrica de Fiação e Tecidos do Rio Vizela Arquivos - Revista Pontos de Vista}}</ref>

==Geography==
The highest point in the municipality is in the Alto de S. Jorge, in the parish of Refojos, with 527 meters of altitude. The municipality's current perimeter is {{convert|69|km|0|abbr=off}}.

===Climate===
Santo Tirso has a [[Mediterranean climate]] with warm to hot summers and mild, very wet winters.

{{Weather box
|location = Santo Tirso, 1951–1980, altitude: {{convert|28|m|abbr=on}}
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|width = auto

|Jan record high C = 23.0
|Feb record high C = 28.3
|Mar record high C = 28.0
|Apr record high C = 31.6
|May record high C = 35.8
|Jun record high C = 37.7
|Jul record high C = 40.5
|Aug record high C = 40.3
|Sep record high C = 38.7
|Oct record high C = 33.5
|Nov record high C = 29.4
|Dec record high C = 23.8
|year record high C = 

|Jan high C = 13.9
|Feb high C = 14.6
|Mar high C = 16.6
|Apr high C = 18.8
|May high C = 21.5
|Jun high C = 24.7
|Jul high C = 27.5
|Aug high C = 27.4
|Sep high C = 25.5
|Oct high C = 21.9
|Nov high C = 16.9
|Dec high C = 14.2
|year high C = 

|Jan mean C = 9.0
|Feb mean C = 9.6
|Mar mean C = 11.4
|Apr mean C = 13.1
|May mean C = 15.8
|Jun mean C = 18.7
|Jul mean C = 20.8
|Aug mean C = 20.4
|Sep mean C = 19.0
|Oct mean C = 15.9
|Nov mean C = 11.4
|Dec mean C = 9.2
|year mean C = 

|Jan low C = 4.1
|Feb low C = 4.6
|Mar low C = 6.2
|Apr low C = 7.4
|May low C = 10.1
|Jun low C = 12.7
|Jul low C = 14.1
|Aug low C = 13.4
|Sep low C = 12.5
|Oct low C = 9.9
|Nov low C = 5.9
|Dec low C = 4.2
|year low C = 

|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 193.4
|Feb rain mm = 187.6
|Mar rain mm = 169.0
|Apr rain mm = 96.3
|May rain mm = 95.6
|Jun rain mm = 56.2
|Jul rain mm = 22.7
|Aug rain mm = 25.0
|Sep rain mm = 64.1
|Oct rain mm = 128.1
|Nov rain mm = 154.8
|Dec rain mm = 181.4
|year rain mm = 


|Jan humidity = 86
|Feb humidity = 82
|Mar humidity = 77
|Apr humidity = 71
|May humidity = 71
|Jun humidity = 71
|Jul humidity = 68
|Aug humidity = 71
|Sep humidity = 76
|Oct humidity = 82
|Nov humidity = 86
|Dec humidity = 87

|source 1 = [[Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera|Instituto de Meteorologia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios |url=https://fogos.icnf.pt/pmdfci/13_Porto/1318/3G/Caderno_I/PMDFCI_1318_TROFA_CADERNO%20I.pdf |publisher=Trofa Municipality |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref>
}}
 
==Parishes==
[[File:Santo Tirso freguesias 2013.svg|250px|thumb|left|Freguesias do concelho de Santo Tirso]]
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (''[[freguesia (Portugal)|freguesias]]''):<ref>{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 109|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=30 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Agrela (Santo Tirso)|Agrela]]
* [[Água Longa]]
* [[Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira]]
* [[Aves (Santo Tirso)|Aves]]
* [[Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave]]
* [[Lamelas e Guimarei]]
* [[Monte Córdova]]
* [[Rebordões]]
* [[Reguenga]]
* [[Roriz (Santo Tirso)|Roriz]]
* [[Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães]]
* [[Negrelos (São Tomé)|São Tomé de Negrelos]]
* [[Vila Nova do Campo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Law nr. 86/2015, page 5671|url=https://files.dre.pt/1s/2015/08/15400/0567105671.pdf|accessdate=20 May 2022|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
* [[Vilarinho (Santo Tirso)|Vilarinho]]
{{div col end}}

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations|1864|22526|1878|23347|1890|25610|1900|28371|1911|33288|1920|35234|1930|41078|1940|51755|1950|63389|1960|77130|1970|79855|1981|93482|1991|102593|2001|72396|2011|71530|2021|67709|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>}}

==Sports==
Santo Tirso is home of the historic{{explain|date=July 2017}} football club [[Futebol Clube Tirsense]] and [[C.D. Aves]].

== Notable people ==

* [[Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva]] (1923–2013) a Prelate of the Catholic Church & bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lichinga|Diocese of Lichinga]]
* [[Sofia Andrade]] (born 1988) a Portuguese politician
=== Sport ===
[[File:20090817 rui silva.jpg|thumb|150px|Rui Pedro Silva, 2009]]
* [[Rodrigo Almeida]] (born 2004) a Mozambican racing driver
* [[Manuel António]] (born 1946) a former footballer who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]]
* [[Gaspar Azevedo]] (born 1975) known as ''Gaspar'', a retired footballer with 429 club caps
* [[Ricardo Carvalho (footballer, born 1996)|Ricardo Carvalho]] (born 1996) a footballer who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]
* [[Chiquinho (footballer, born 1995)|Chiquinho]] (born 1995) a footballer who plays as an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]]
* [[Alberto Festa]] (born 1939) a retired footballer with 143 club caps and 19 for [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
* [[Filipe Ferreira (footballer, born September 1996)|Filipe Ferreira]] (born 1996) a footballer who plays as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]
* [[Grosso (footballer)|Grosso]] (born 1986) a former footballer who played as a [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]]
* [[Eusébio (footballer, born 1966)|Eusébio Guimarães]] (born 1966) a former footballer
* [[Quim Machado]] (born 1966) a former footballer with 320 club caps a current manager
* [[Sara Moreira]] (born 1985) a cross country, road, middle & long distance track runner
* [[Pedro Moutinho]] (born 1979) a retired footballer with 343 club caps
* [[Orlando Neto]] (born 1979), known as ''Orlando'', a former footballer with 386 club caps
* [[Joaquim Neves]] (born 1970), a former footballer who played as a defender
* [[José Pacheco (cyclist)|José Pacheco]] (born 1942) a former cyclist, competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Pedro Queirós]] (born 1984) a [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|right back]].
* [[Ricardo Rocha (footballer, born 1978)|Ricardo Rocha]] (born 1978) a retired footballer with 362 club caps and 6 for [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
* [[João Silva (footballer, born 1990)|João Silva]] (born 1990) is a [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]]
* [[Rui Pedro Silva]] (born 1981) a track and field, long distance and cross country athlete, competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] & [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Sérgio Sousa]] (born 1986), a former cyclist
* [[Bruno Tiago (footballer, born 1981)|Bruno Tiago]] (born 1981), a former footballer who played as a midfielder
* [[Romeu Torres]] (born 1986) a footballer who plays as a forward
* [[José Vilaça]] (born 1985) a footballer who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|centre back]]
* [[Vitinha (footballer, born February 2000)|Vitinha]] (born 2000) a footballer who plays as a midfielder

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Portal|Portugal}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091009131344/http://santotirsosemvida.com/ Santo Tirso City Fporum]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430105821/http://www.fctirsense.com/ F.C. Tirsense]}}
* [http://www.santotirso.eu/ On-line Journal Santo Tirso.eu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070002/http://santotirso.eu/ |date=18 December 2014 }}
* [http://www.santotirsoonline.com/ Online Santo Tirso Portal]

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