Vila Nova de Gaia (prt)

Vila Nova de Gaia

Vila Nova de Gaia ranks 2,420th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sombor, Longview, Texas, and Tivoli, Lazio. Memorable people born in Vila Nova de Gaia include Vítor Baía, Ricardo Costa, and Rui Jorge. Vila Nova de Gaia has been the birth place of many soccer players, and referees. Vila Nova de Gaia is located in Portugal.

Vila Nova de Gaia, or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a population of 178,255 in 2001. The municipality has an area of 168.46 km². and a total population of 302,295 inhabitants (2011), making it the most populous municipality in Norte Region, and the third most populous in the country, after Lisbon and Sintra. Gaia along with Porto and 12 other municipalities make up the commonly designated Porto Metropolitan Area. Read more on Wikipedia