Maia

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Maia

Total population

40,134

Founded

2013

Elevation100 m

Land area10.8 km²

Coordinates41.23°, -8.62°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cidade da Maia is a civil parish in the municipality of Maia, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Gueifães, Maia and Vermoim. The population in 2011 was 40,134, in an area of 10.42 km2. The parish covers the central area of Maia. In 1902, Maia achieved the status of vila (town). Maia was granted city status (cidade) on 23 August 1986.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

J

Jorge Costa

Portuguese footballer and manager (1971–2025)

José Moreira

Portuguese footballer

Tomás António Gonzaga

Brazilian poet, jurist and activist

Raul Brandão

Portuguese writer and journalist (1867-1930)

Wilson Eduardo

Portuguese footballer

Vasco Graça Moura

Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician (1942–2014)

F

Filipe Gouveia

Portuguese association football player

Luciana Abreu

Portuguese singer, actress and television host

B

Bruno Manuel Araújo Braga

Portuguese footballer

G

Gabriel Mendes

footballer

J

José Guimarães

fencer

Michael Seufert

Portuguese politician

C

Carla Mendes

Portuguese rower

E

Ernesto Veiga de Oliveira

Portuguese ethnologist

H

Hugo Henrique Rocha Soares

Portuguese footballer

José Pedro Croft

Visual artist (born 1957)

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

Nearby places in Porto

• Ferreiró
  3.1 mi away
• Casais
  16.3 mi away · pop. 1,401
• Meinedo
  19.4 mi away · pop. 4,052
• Sabra
  586.9 mi away · pop. 28,555
• Zalboun
  588.9 mi away
• Ain Taslit
  594.4 mi away
• Veli Rat
  1204.8 mi away · pop. 91
• Brgulje
  1204.9 mi away · pop. 63
• Soline
  1206.2 mi away · pop. 59
• Zverinac
  1208 mi away · pop. 55
• Mandre
  1209 mi away · pop. 395
• Šimuni
  1210.8 mi away · pop. 165

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Maia

Os Maias

Eça de Queiroz · 1900

Portos e meio ambiente

Marcos Maia Porto · 2002

An action research on Portuguese primary teaching

Susana Maria Maia Porto · 2003

Bienal da Maia

Bienal de arte contemporânea da Maia (7th 2021 Maia, Porto, Portugal) · 2021

Bienal de arte contemporânea da Maia '19

Bienal de arte contemporânea da Maia (6th 2019 Maia, Porto, Portugal) · 2019

Porto nos IS

António F. Maia · 2015

Porto Alegre, belle époque

Lúcia Henriques Maia · 2015

Memoria sobre a franquia do porto de Macáo

José António Maia · 1849

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-22

Green Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Seen 2026-09-21

Red Palm Weevil

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Seen 2026-09-21

Rosemary Beetle

Chrysolina americana

Seen 2026-09-21

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-09-21

Plain Swift

Apus unicolor

Seen 2026-09-20

Tompot Blenny

Parablennius gattorugine

Seen 2026-09-20

Rock Goby

Gobius paganellus

Seen 2026-09-20

Shanny

Lipophrys pholis

Seen 2026-09-20

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