| Rebordões | ||
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | ||
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| Official name: Freguesia de Rebordões | ||
| Name origin: rebordão, Portuguese for wild chestnut | ||
| Country | Portugal | |
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| Region | Norte | |
| Subregion | Ave | |
| District | Porto | |
| Municipality | Santo Tirso | |
| Localities | Aldeia Nova, Boa Vista, Carvalhido, Rebordões, Santosinhos | |
| River | Ave | |
| Center | Rebordões | |
| - elevation | 138 m (453 ft) | |
| - coordinates | ||
| Length | 2.13 km (1 mi), Northwest-Southeast | |
| Width | 3.36 km (2 mi), Southwest-Northeast | |
| Area | 4.33 km2 (2 sq mi) | |
| Population | 3,559 (2001) | |
| Density | 821.93 / km2 (2,129 / sq mi) | |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia | |
| - location | Rua Adalberto Pinto da Silva, Rebordões, Santo Tirso | |
| - elevation | 125 m (410 ft) | |
| - coordinates | ||
| President Junta | Elsa Mota | |
| Timezone | WET (UTC0) | |
| - summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | |
| Postal Zone | 4795-177 Rebordões | |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 252 XX XX XX | |
| Patron Saint | São Tiago | |
| Parish Address | Rua Adalberto Pinto da Silva, 525 4795-177 Rebordões |
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| Wikimedia Commons: Rebordões | ||
| Statistics: Instituto Nacional de Estatística[1] | ||
| Website: http://www.jf-rebordoes.pt/ | ||
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[2] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | ||
Rebordões is a civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso located three kilometres northeast of the municipal seat of Santo Tirso. Its population in 2001 was 3559 inhabitants, covering an area of just under 4.4 km² (it had approximately 821 inhabitants per km²).
There are many theories about the parish's origin and its toponomic name, but most accept that the settlement was formed in the Middle Ages by a group of peasants from Santo Tirso. Arriving in an area full of wild chestnuts (the rebordão), the area began to be referred to as Rebordões.
Although not a citizen of the community, the celebrated painter Francisco José Resende (1825-1893) was known to have lived in the area of Santosinhos. Professor at the Academy of Arts in Porto (Portuguese: Academia de Belas Artes do Porto), he filled much of his artwork with scences of the local community.