Santo Tirso

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

Overview

Santo Tirso is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, 25 km from central Porto, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry. The population in 2021 was 67,709, in an area of 136.60 square kilometres (52.74 mi2).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Q

Quim

Portuguese footballer

Sara Moreira

Portuguese long-distance runner

André Monteiro

Portuguese footballer

R

Ricardo Rocha

Portuguese footballer

Tiago Machado

racing cyclist

P

Pedro Queirós

Portuguese footballer

Jorge Ortiga

Portuguese Roman Catholic archbishop and the Primate of Hispânia (all Iberian Peninsula)

J

José Carlos Rodrigues

Portuguese bicycle racer

J

Joaquim Ferreira Lopes

Portuguese priest

L

Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva

Roman Catholic Bishop (1923–2013)

P

Pedro Soeiro

Portuguese bicycle racer

A

Alberto Festa

Portuguese footballer (1939–2024)

P

Paulo de Sousa Pereira

Portuguese entrepreneur

M

Manuel António

Portuguese footballer

Rui Pedro Silva

Portuguese distance runner

P

Pedro Moutinho

Portuguese footballer

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

Nearby places in Porto

• Ferreiró
  8 mi away
• Casais
  10.1 mi away · pop. 1,401
• Meinedo
  13.4 mi away · pop. 4,052
• Dar Mtaa el Anabra
  555.6 mi away
• Muhammad Salah
  586.1 mi away
• Sabra
  587.4 mi away · pop. 28,555
• Zalboun
  589.3 mi away
• Ain Taslit
  594.4 mi away
• Olib
  1192.2 mi away · pop. 117
• Veli Rat
  1195.3 mi away · pop. 91
• Brgulje
  1195.4 mi away · pop. 63
• Zverinac
  1198.5 mi away · pop. 55

Browse all places in Porto →

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

Horse Leech

Haemopis sanguisuga

Seen 2026-09-24

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-23

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-09-23

Swan Moth

Sphrageidus similis

Seen 2026-09-22

Asian Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron curvatum

Seen 2026-09-22

Pampas Grass

Cortaderia selloana

Seen 2026-09-22

Iberian Green Frog

Pelophylax perezi

Seen 2026-09-21

Large Conehead

Ruspolia nitidula

Seen 2026-09-21

Barbary Grasshopper

Calliptamus barbarus

Seen 2026-09-21

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

Official Identifiers