List of twin towns and sister cities in Portugal

This is a list of places in Portugal having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Almada

Angra do Heroísmo

Armamar

Aveiro

Barcelos

Batalha

Bragança

Cascais

Coimbra

Évora

Faro

Figueira da Foz

Fundão

Ílhavo

Lisbon

Loures

  • Maio, Cape Verde (1993)

Maia

Matosinhos

Porto

Porto is twinned with:[6]

Póvoa de Varzim

São João da Madeira

Sesimbra

Sesimbra is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[9][10]

Sintra

Vila do Conde

References

  1. ^ "A Message from the Peace Commission: Information on Cambridge's Sister Cities," 15 February 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  2. ^ Richard Thompson. "Looking to strengthen family ties with 'sister cities'," Boston Globe, 12 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Sister cities of Budapest" (in Hungarian). Official Website of Budapest. http://www.budapest.hu/engine.aspx?page=20030224-cikk-testvervarosok. Retrieved 1 July 2009. 
  4. ^ "Mapa Mundi de las ciudades hermanadas". Ayuntamiento de Madrid. http://www.munimadrid.es/portal/site/munimadrid/menuitem.dbd5147a4ba1b0aa7d245f019fc08a0c/?vgnextoid=4e84399a03003110VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4e98823d3a37a010VgnVCM100000d90ca8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=especial1&idContenido=1da69a4192b5b010VgnVCM100000d90ca8c0RCRD. 
  5. ^ "Intercity and International Cooperation of the City of Zagreb". © 2006–2009 City of Zagreb. http://www1.zagreb.hr/mms/en/index.html. Retrieved 23 June 2009. 
  6. ^ "International Relations of the City of Porto". © 2006–2009 Municipal Directorateofthe PresidencyServices InternationalRelationsOffice. http://www.cm-porto.pt/document/449218/481584.pdf. Retrieved 10 July 2009. 
  7. ^ "Bristol City – Town twinning". © 2009 Bristol City Council. http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/tourism-and-travel/town-twinning/. Retrieved 17 July 2009. 
  8. ^ "Sister Cities of Nagasaki City". © 2008–2009 International Affairs Section Nagasaki City Hall. http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/kokusai/english/exchange_e.html. Retrieved 10 July 2009. 
  9. ^ "Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org. http://www.douzelage.org/. Retrieved 21 October 2009. 
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. http://www.douzelage.org/index.php?id=15. Retrieved 21 October 2009.