Santo Tirso This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Santo_Tirso".
Santo Tirso IPA: ['sɐ̃tu 'tiɾsu] is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto District, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry.
The city population is 14000 (last 2001 census), the urban area of the city with 8 parishes has 28407. Total municipality (Concelho) population is 71623 in 24 parishes.
Another important center in the municipality is Vila das Aves.
The 24 parishes of Santo Tirso are:
Santo Tirso is home of the historic football club Futebol Clube Tirsense, which is making a comeback to the II Divisão this season
