Perafita

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

Overview

Perafita, Lavra e Santa Cruz do Bispo was a civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Perafita, Lavra and Santa Cruz do Bispo, but it was dissolved in 2025. The population in 2011 was 29,407, in an area of 22.65 square kilometres (8.75 mi2). It is crossed by the A28. The Porto Airport is situated in its territory.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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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.

Recently spotted species

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

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-20

Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Myathropa florea

Seen 2026-09-20

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-09-20

Pampas Grass

Cortaderia selloana

Seen 2026-09-20

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