Sandim
Sandim is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Sandim, Olival, Lever e Crestuma.[1] However, on March 14, 2025, the merged parishes were restored to their original characteristics by Law No. 25-A/2025, and therefore the parish of Sandim was reinstated.[2] The population in 2011 was 5,938.[3] Sandim has a total area of 15,97 km².[4]
Heritage
[edit]- Church of Nossa Senhora da Expectação
- Mosteiro das Donas (Monastery of the Ladies)
- Chapels of Senhora da Penha
- Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Neves
- Chapel of Senhor Aflitos
- Section of the Uima River
- Square of Sá
- Archaeological remains of Castros
- Megalithic burial mound of Gestosa
- Chapel of Senhor do Horto
- Chapel of São Gonçalo
Notable Figures
[edit]- Martim Mendes de Mogudo (1150–?), Lord of Sandim and of the House of Ermelo.
- Count of Sandim
- Manuel Coelho dos Santos
- Arlindo de Sousa
Community Organizations
[edit]These are some institutions that drive cultural, sporting, and social activities for the people of the town:
- Musical Academy of Santa Maria de Sandim
- Casa da Eira Cultural Association
- Mutual Aid Association of Nossa Senhora da Esperança
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
- Padre Saúde Foundation
- Modicus
- Columbófila Society
- S.C. Dragões Sandinenses
- Sandim Amateur Theater
- University Union
Primary Schools
[edit]- EB1 Gestosa
- EB1 No. 1 Igreja (Church)
- EB1 No. 2 Igreja (Church)
- EB1 Sá
- EB1 Santa Marinha
Festivals and Pilgrimages
[edit]- Saint Blaise – celebrated in February in the Mosteiro locality
- São João do Cabo – in the Cabo locality, on the weekend preceding Saint John's Day (June 24), coinciding with the summer solstice
- Nossa Senhora da Saúde – in the Mosteiro locality, celebrated on the weekend preceding the Feast of Nossa Senhora da Saúde (August 15)
- Community Organizations Festival – organized by the local associations in July. Nossa Senhora das Neves in the locality of Calvário is celebrated on the first Sunday of August.
- Senhor dos Aflitos e S. Gonçalo in the locality of Gestosa/Gende are celebrated in May.
References
[edit]- ↑ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 134-135" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ↑ "Reposição de freguesias agregadas". Diário da República. 13 March 2025.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ "História de Sandim". Junta de Freguesia de Sandim (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-07-26.
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