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Vila Nova de Gaia

municipality in Portugal
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Summary

Vila Nova de Gaia is a municipality of Portugal[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of municipality of portugal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,882 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Porto[3]
  • Country: Portugal[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Douro[5]
  • Capital: Vila Nova de Gaia[6]
  • Shares border with: Porto[7], Santa Maria da Feira[8], Espinho[9], Gondomar[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Canidelo[11], Arcozelo[12], Avintes[13], Canelas, Vila Nova de Gaia[14], Oliveira do Douro[15], São Félix da Marinha[16], Grijó e Sermonde[17], Gulpilhares e Valadares[18], Mafamude e Vilar do Paraíso[19], Sandim, Olival, Lever e Crestuma[20], Santa Marinha e São Pedro da Afurada[21], Serzedo e Perosinho[22], Pedroso e Seixezelo[23], Madalena[24]
  • Twinned administrative body: Rio de Janeiro[25]
  • Postal code: 4400 Vila Nova de Gaia[26]
  • Commons category: Vila Nova de Gaia[27]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[28], UTC+01:00[29]
  • Public holiday: patronal festival[30]
  • Official website: https://www.cm-gaia.pt/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vila Nova de Gaia[32]
  • Commons gallery: Vila Nova de Gaia[33]
  • Population: 303,824[34]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35]
  • Official name: Vila Nova de Gaia[36]
  • Category for people born here: Q8049049[37]
  • Category for people who died here: Q60881356[38]
  • Native label: Vila Nova de Gaia[39]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Vila Nova de Gaia[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Vila Nova de Gaia[41]
  • Area: 168.46 km²[42]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[43]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 777,414[44]

Why It Matters

Vila Nova de Gaia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Portugal Ricardo Costa Saber Interactive Porto

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  22. [25] ↑ . mail.camara.rj.gov.br. mail.camara.rj.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . mapas.ine.pt. Retrieved . mapas.ine.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . ine.pt. Retrieved . ine.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for films shot at this location → Category:Films shot in Vila Nova de Gaia
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Vila Nova de Gaia
    Category for people born here → Q8049049
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 41.133333333333, 'lon': -8.6166666666667}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:ویلا نووا ڈی گایا]]"
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