This is a list of places in Portugal having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning " (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.[ 1]
Angra do Heroísmo [ edit ] Armamar [ edit ] Aveiro is twinned with:[ 2]
Bourges , FranceViana do Castelo , PortugalArcachon , FranceCiudad Rodrigo , SpainSanta Cruz , Cape VerdeCholargos , GreecePemba , MozambiqueSanto António , São Tomé and PríncipeŌita , JapanInhambane , MozambiqueBelém do Pará , BrazilCubatão , BrazilPelotas , Brazil
Barcelos [ edit ] Batalha [ edit ] Bragança [ edit ] Cascais [ edit ] Coimbra [ edit ] Is twinned with:[ 4] [ 5]
Aix-en-Provence , FranceBeira , MozambiqueCambridge MA , United States[ 6] [ 7] Chaves , PortugalCuritiba , BrazilDaman , IndiaDili , Timor-LesteEsch-sur-Alzette , LuxembourgFes , MoroccoHalle , GermanyMindelo , Cape VerdeIlhas , Macau, ChinaPadua , ItalyPoitiers , FranceQuelimane , MozambiqueSalamanca , SpainSanta Clara CA , United StatesSantarém , PortugalSantiago de Compostela , SpainSantos (São Paulo) , BrazilSão Paulo , BrazilYaroslavl , RussiaZaragoza , Spain
Figueira da Foz [ edit ] Funchal [ edit ] Funchal is twinned with:[ 8]
Cape Town , South AfricaFremantle , AustraliaGibraltar , GBHerzliya , IsraelHonolulu HI , USAÍlhavo , PortugalLeichlingen , GermanyLivingstone , ZambiaMarrickville , AustraliaMaui HI , United StatesNew Bedford MA , United StatesOakland CA , United StatesParla , SpainPraia , Cape VerdeSaint Helier , Jersey, GBSantos (São Paulo) , Brazil
Guimarães [ edit ] Lisbon is twinned with the following cities:[ 10] [ 11]
Água Grande , São Tomé and PríncipeBissau , Guinea-BissauBrasília , BrazilBudapest , HungaryCacheu , Guinea-BissauGuimarães , PortugalLuanda , AngolaMacau , Macau|Madrid , SpainMalacca , MalaysiaMaputo , MozambiquePraia , Cape VerdeRabat , MoroccoRio de Janeiro , BrazilSão Salvador , BrazilSão Tomé , São Tomé and PríncipeZagreb , Croatia
Matosinhos [ edit ] Porto is twinned with:[ 12] [ 13]
Beira , MozambiqueRecife , BrazilBristol , England[ 14] Shanghai, China
Jena , GermanyBordeaux , FranceLuanda , AngolaLiège , BelgiumMacau , ChinaMindelo , Cape VerdeNagasaki , Japan[ 15] Neves , São Tomé and PríncipeNdola , ZambiaLeón , SpainDuruelo de la Sierra , SpainVigo , Spain
Póvoa de Varzim [ edit ] Sambrosa [ edit ] São João da Madeira [ edit ] Sesimbra [ edit ] Sesimbra is a founding member of the Douzelage , a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[ 16] [ 17]
Vila do Conde [ edit ] Vila Nova de Famalicão [ edit ] References [ edit ]
