Fafe

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Fafe

Total population

15,703

Coordinates41.45°, -8.17°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Fafe, officially the City of Fafe, is a city and municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately 219.08 square kilometres (84.59 mi2). The city itself had a population of 15,703 in 2011. The present mayor is Antero Barbosa, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is May 16.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Daniel da Silva Soares

Portuguese footballer

H

Hans Fischer-Schuppach

German painter (1906-1987)

J

Joaquim Gonçalves

Portuguese Roman Catholic bishop (1936-2013)

Nicolau Coelho

Portuguese navigator and explorer (1460-1504)

J

João Miranda Teixeira

Portuguese priest

Manuel de Faria e Sousa

Portuguese writer and historian (1590-1649)

J

Jorge Duarte

Portuguese association football player

J

José Martins Freitas

Portuguese bicycle racer

M

Manuel Abreu

Portuguese and French football player and manager (1959–2022)

Agostinho Barbosa

Portuguese Roman Catholic bishop

B

Bruno Monteiro

Portuguese footballer

F

Frederico Filipe Teixeira Ribeiro

Portuguese footballer

I

Igor Diogo Moreira Araújo

Portuguese footballer

N

Nuno Henrique Gonçalves Nogueira

Portuguese footballer

P

Pintassilgo

Portuguese footballer

T

Tómané

Portuguese association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Braga

• Tadjrouna
  785.6 mi away
• Ksar El Hirane
  813.4 mi away
• Hassi Delaa
  848.2 mi away · pop. 11,204
• Hassi R'Mel
  860 mi away · pop. 22,133
• Malička
  1230.3 mi away · pop. 43
• Stipan
  1232.2 mi away · pop. 50
• Ostrožin
  1232.3 mi away · pop. 32
• Dugo Selo Lasinjsko
  1232.9 mi away · pop. 46
• Šljivovac
  1233.6 mi away · pop. 32
• Trepča
  1234.4 mi away · pop. 5
• Čremušnica
  1234.7 mi away · pop. 72
• Staro Selo Topusko
  1234.8 mi away · pop. 154

Browse all places in Braga →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-09-20

Oyster Gall Wasp

Neuroterus anthracinus

Seen 2026-09-20

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-20

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-20

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Seen 2026-09-19

Podarcis lusitanicus

Podarcis lusitanicus

Seen 2026-09-19

Yellow Shell Moth

Camptogramma bilineata

Seen 2026-09-19

Alytes obstetricans boscai

Alytes obstetricans boscai

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).