List of twin towns and sister cities in Portugal
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This is a list of municipalities in Portugal which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
A[edit]
Hitoyoshi, Japan
Parthenay, France
Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Ferrol, Spain
Madalena, Portugal
Rio Grande, Brazil
Sint-Gillis-Waas, Belgium
- Aubergenville, France
Bełchatów, Poland
Cacuaco, Angola
Chicopee, United States- São João da Madeira, Portugal
- Tarouca, Portugal
- Blain, France
- Medina de Rioseco, Spain
- Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
- Hem, France
- Porto Amboim, Angola
Regla (Havana), Cuba- Sal, Cape Verde
- Dreux, France
- Champigny-sur-Marne, France
- Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland
Alvito, Italy
- Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Jūrmala, Latvia- São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde
- Alenquer, Portugal
Cartagena, Colombia- Évora, Portugal
- Florianópolis, Brazil
- Funchal, Portugal
- Gilroy, United States
- Golegã, Portugal
- Gramado, Brazil
- Gustine, United States
Jining, China- Porto Novo, Cape Verde
- Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde
- Salvador, Brazil
- São Vicente, Cape Verde
- Taunton, United States
- Tulare, United States
Erbach, Germany- Mosteiros, Cape Verde
- Santos, Brazil
- São Vicente, Brazil
- Dammarie-lès-Lys, France
- Décines-Charpieu, France
Beira, Mozambique
Dudelange, Luxembourg- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Las Torres de Cotillas, Spain
- Maio, Cape Verde
- Meulan-en-Yvelines, France
- Mogente/Moixent, Spain
- Arcachon, France
- Belém, Brazil
- Bourges, France
Cholargos, Greece- Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
- Cubatão, Brazil
- Farim, Guinea-Bissau
- Forlì, Italy
- Inhambane, Mozambique
Mahdia, Tunisia- Ōita, Japan
- Panyu (Guangzhou), China
- Pelotas, Brazil
- Pemba, Mozambique
- Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
Santo António, São Tomé and Príncipe- Viana do Castelo, Portugal
B[edit]
El Jadida, Morocco- Pontevedra, Spain
- São Domingos, Cape Verde
Svishtov, Bulgaria- Vierzon, France
- Łódź, Poland
- Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
- Joinville-le-Pont, France
- Trujillo, Spain
- Belmonte, Brazil
- La Mézière, France
- Olímpia, Brazil
- Ouro Preto, Brazil
- Porto Seguro, Brazil
Rosh Pinna, Israel- Sal, Cape Verde
- Santa Cruz Cabrália, Brazil
- São José do Belmonte, Brazil
- São Paulo, Brazil
- São Vicente, Brazil
- Bissorã, Guinea-Bissau
- Clermont-Ferrand, France
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cuenca, Ecuador
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine- Manaus, Brazil
- Puteaux, France
- Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Santa Fe, Argentina- Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde
- Água Grande, São Tomé and Príncipe
- La Bañeza, Spain
- Bragança Paulista, Brazil
- Gallicano, Italy
- Léon, Spain
- Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, France
- Zamora, Spain
C[edit]
- Boa Vista, Cape Verde
- Lalín, Spain
- Neuville-sur-Saône, France
- Quincieux, France
- Rives, France
- Sury-le-Comtal, France
- Badajoz, Spain
- Coria, Spain
- Huambo, Angola
- Lubango, Angola
- Perth Amboy, United States
- Poços de Caldas, Brazil
- Le Raincy, France
- Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde
- Forio, Italy
- Pontault-Combault, France
- Alfortville, France
- Cantanhede, Brazil
- Rio Maior, Portugal
- Bento Gonçalves, Brazil
- Brava, Cape Verde
- Penglai (Yantai), China
- Pucioasa, Romania
- Słupsk, Poland
- Atami, Japan
- Biarritz, France
- Bucha, Ukraine
- Campinas, Brazil
- Essaouira, Morocco
Gaza City, Palestine- Guarujá, Brazil
- Irpin, Ukraine
Karşıyaka, Turkey- Lavreotiki, Greece
- Miami Beach, United States
- Pampilhosa da Serra, Portugal
- Sal, Cape Verde
- Santana, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Sausalito, United States
- Sinaia, Romania
Ungheni, Moldova- Vitória, Brazil
- Wuxi, China
- Xai-Xai, Mozambique
- Leimen, Germany
Zermatt, Switzerland
- Guérande, France
- Angoulême, France
- Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
- Differdange, Luxembourg
- Nampula, Mozambique
- Talence, France
- Aix-en-Provence, France
- Beira, Mozambique
- Cambridge, United States
- Curitiba, Brazil
Daman, India
Dili, East Timor- Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Fez, Morocco
Macau, China- Narni, Italy
- Padua, Italy
- Poitiers, France
- Salamanca, Spain
- Santa Clara, United States
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Santos, Brazil
- São Vicente, Cape Verde
- Zaragoza, Spain
- Bretten, Germany
- Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
- Longjumeau, France
Pontypool, Wales, United Kingdom
- Fondettes, France
E[edit]
- Mosteiros, Cape Verde
- Friedberg, Germany
- Penafiel, Portugal
- Villiers-sur-Marne, France
- Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
- Chartres, France
- Island of Mozambique, Mozambique
Suzdal, Russia
F[edit]
- Porto Seguro, Brazil
- Sens, France
- Boa Vista, Cape Verde
- Mocímboa da Praia, Mozambique
- Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France
- Santa Cruz Cabrália, Brazil
- São Vicente, Cape Verde
- Angoche, Mozambique
- L'Aquila, Italy
- Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
- Gradignan, France
- Mortágua, Portugal
- New Bedford, United States[60]
- Praia, Cape Verde
- Yevpatoria, Ukraine
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo[61]
- Wissous, France
- Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Cape Town, South Africa
Fremantle, Australia
Gibraltar, Gibraltar- Herzliya, Israel
- Honolulu, United States
- Ílhavo, Portugal
- Leichlingen, Germany
Livingstone, Zambia- Marrickville (Inner West), Australia
- Maui County, United States
- New Bedford, United States
- Oakland, United States
- Praia, Cape Verde
Saint Helier, Jersey- Santos, Brazil
G[edit]
- Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal[19]
- Villeneuve-d'Olmes, France[63]
Barton-upon-Humber, England, United Kingdom- Feyzin, France
- Gondomar, Spain
- Praia, Cape Verde
- Danbury, United States
- Labouheyre, France
- Zofingen, Switzerland
- Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay- Compiègne, France
- Dijon, France[68]
- Igualada, Spain
- Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Lisbon, Portugal[69]
- Londrina, Brazil
- Mé-Zóchi, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Montluçon, France[70]
- Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Tacoronte, Spain
- Tourcoing, France[71]
I[edit]
- Condeixa-a-Nova, Portugal
- Hotton, Belgium
- Petrés, Spain
- Vert-le-Grand, France
L[edit]
- Lagoa, Azores, Portugal
- Lepe, Spain
- São Domingos, Cape Verde
- Bristol, United States
- Dartmouth, United States
- Fairhaven, United States
- Fall River, United States
- Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal
- Rehoboth, United States
Sainte-Thérèse, Canada- Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
- Taunton, United States
- Ksar el-Kebir, Morocco
- Palos de la Frontera, Spain
- Ribeira Grande, Portugal
- Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde
- Torres Vedras, Portugal
- Bouchemaine, France
- Halton, England, United Kingdom
- Maringá, Brazil
- Olavarría, Argentina
- Olivenza, Spain
- Penglai (Yantai), China
- Quint-Fonsegrives, France
- Rheine, Germany
- Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
- Setúbal, Portugal
- Tokushima, Japan
- Bissorã, Guinea-Bissau
- Boa Vista, Cape Verde
- Cartaya, Spain
- Créteil, France
- Le Puy-Notre-Dame, France
- Deuil-la-Barre, France
- Écully, France
- Sal, Cape Verde
- Errenteria, Spain
- Tulle, France
M[edit]
- Sal, Cape Verde
- Águeda, Portugal
- Covilhã, Portugal
- Porto Novo, Cape Verde
- São Domingos, Cape Verde
- Vidigueira, Portugal
- Água Grande, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France
- Jiangmen, China
- Mantes-la-Jolie, France
- Mbombela, South Africa
- Nampula, Mozambique
- Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde
- Sal, Cape Verde
- Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
- Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde
- Morlaàs, France
- Santa Cruz Cabrália, Brazil
- Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux, France
- Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
- Real Sitio de San Ildefonso, Spain
- Tarrafal, Cape Verde
- Congonhas, Brazil
- Mansôa, Guinea-Bissau
- Nacala, Mozambique
- São Filipe, Cape Verde
- Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
- Contrexéville, France
- Courcoury, France
- Millau, France
- Saint-Aubin, Switzerland
- Lagny-sur-Marne, France
- Neufchâteau, France
- Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde
- Aranda de Duero, Spain
- Bimenes, Spain
- Ploumagoar, France
- Redondela, Spain
- Salvaterra de Miño, Spain
- Tarascon-sur-Ariège, France
- Vigneux-sur-Seine, France
- Cerizay, France
- São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
- Xai-Xai, Mozambique
- Figueira da Foz, Portugal
- Wormeldange, Luxembourg
N[edit]
O[edit]
- Gramado, Brazil
- Benguela, Angola
- Gebze, Turkey
- Inhambane, Mozambique
- Mohammedia, Morocco
- Oeiras, Brazil
- Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Quinhámel, Guinea-Bissau
- Saint-Étienne, France
- São Vicente, Cape Verde
- Saint-Doulchard, France
- Altötting, Germany
- Barueri, Brazil[112]
- Częstochowa, Poland
- Lourdes, France[113]
- Monapo, Mozambique
- Pitești, Romania
- Le Plessis-Trévise, France
Raseiniai, Lithuania[114]- Russells Point, United States[115]
- San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy[116]
- São Filipe, Cape Verde
- Selçuk, Turkey[117]
Uherský Brod, Czech Republic[118]
P[edit]
- Sartrouville, France
- Cenon, France
- Clamart, France
- Caué, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Fall River, United States
- Florianópolis, Brazil
- Kauai County, United States
- Newport, United States
- Pleven, Bulgaria
- Praia, Cape Verde
- San Leandro, United States
- Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France
- Châlette-sur-Loing, France
- Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- Xinzo de Limia, Spain
- Beira, Mozambique
- Bordeaux, France
- Bristol, England, United Kingdom
- Duruelo de la Sierra, Spain
- Jena, Germany
- Lembá, São Tomé and Príncipe
- León, Spain
- Liège, Belgium
- Luanda, Angola
- Macau, China
- Marsala, Italy
- Nagasaki, Japan
- Ndola, Zambia
- Recife, Brazil
- Santos, Brazil
- São Vicente, Cape Verde
- Shanghai, China
- Shenzhen, China
- Timișoara, Romania
- Vigo, Spain
R[edit]
- East Providence, United States
- Fall River, United States
- Laval, Canada
- Paul, Cape Verde
- Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Porto Novo, Cape Verde
- Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde
- Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde
S[edit]
- Catió, Guinea-Bissau
- Joué-lès-Tours, France
- Kenitra, Morocco
- Targovishte, Bulgaria
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Szombathely, Hungary
- Alcázar de San Juan, Spain
- Cantagalo, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Celanova, Spain
- Clichy, France
- Groß-Umstadt, Germany
- Mâcon, France
- Nova Friburgo, Brazil
- Saint-Péray, France
- Alcobaça, Portugal
- Maio, Cape Verde
- Nampula, Mozambique
- Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
- Viana, Angola
- Villeneuve-le-Roi, France
- Domfront-en-Poiraie, France
- Assis Chateaubriand, Brazil
- Beira, Mozambique
- Boa Vista, Cape Verde
- Lobata, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Lobito, Angola
- Jacou, France
Sesimbra is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.[142] Sesimbra also has one other twin town.[143]
Douzelage
Agros, Cyprus- Altea, Spain
Asikkala, Finland- Bad Kötzting, Germany
- Bellagio, Italy
Bundoran, Ireland- Chojna, Poland
- Granville, France
Holstebro, Denmark- Houffalize, Belgium
Judenburg, Austria- Kőszeg, Hungary
Marsaskala, Malta
Meerssen, Netherlands- Niederanven, Luxembourg
Oxelösund, Sweden- Preveza, Greece
- Rokiškis, Lithuania
Rovinj, Croatia- Sherborne, England, United Kingdom
- Sigulda, Latvia
- Siret, Romania
Škofja Loka, Slovenia- Sušice, Czech Republic
- Tryavna, Bulgaria
Türi, Estonia
Zvolen, Slovakia
Other
- São Filipe, Cape Verde
- Beauvais, France
- Debrecen, Hungary
- Leiria, Portugal
- Quelimane, Mozambique
- Pau, France
- Porto Seguro, Brazil
- Safi, Morocco
- Tordesillas, Spain
- Pemba, Mozambique
- Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
- Asilah, Morocco
- Beira, Mozambique
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Fontainebleau, France
- Goussainville, France
- El Jadida, Morocco
- Lobito, Angola
- Namaacha, Mozambique
- Nova Sintra, Cape Verde
- Old Havana (Havana), Cuba
- Ōmura, Japan
- Oviedo, Spain
- Petrópolis, Brazil
- Trindade (Mé-Zóchi), São Tomé and Príncipe
- Neuville-de-Poitou, France
Soure – Samuel is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with:[148]
- Bienvenida, Spain
- Bièvre, Belgium
- Bucine, Italy
- Cashel, Ireland
- Cissé, France
- Desborough, England, United Kingdom
- Esch (Haaren), Netherlands
- Hepstedt, Germany
- Ibănești, Romania
- Kandava (Tukums), Latvia
- Kannus, Finland
- Kolindros, Greece
- Lassee, Austria
- Medzev, Slovakia
- Moravče, Slovenia
- Næstved, Denmark
- Nagycenk, Hungary
- Nadur, Malta
- Ockelbo, Sweden
- Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
- Põlva, Estonia
- Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
- Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
- Strzyżów, Poland
- Tisno, Croatia
- Troisvierges, Luxembourg
- Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania
T[edit]
- Alcobaça, Portugal
- Paraíso do Tocantins, Brazil
- Kenitra, Morocco
- Łańcut, Poland
- Perpignan, France
- Porto Novo, Cape Verde
- Punta Umbría, Spain
- San Bartolomé de la Torre, Spain
- Taverny, France[150]
- Hadera, Israel
- Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde
- Vincennes, France
- Lannemezan, France
- Moreni, Romania
- Rambouillet, France
- Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde
- Lagos, Portugal
- Villenave-d'Ornon, France
- Wellington, England, United Kingdom
V[edit]
- Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
- Bettembourg, Luxembourg
- La Garenne-Colombes, France
- Igarassu, Brazil
- Porto Seguro, Brazil
- Viana, Brazil
- Alagoas, Brazil
- Aveiro, Portugal
- Cabedelo, Brazil
- Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau
- Hendaye, France
- Igarassu, Brazil
- Itajaí, Brazil
- Lugo, Spain
- Matola, Mozambique
- Pessac, France
- Porto Seguro, Brazil
- Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Riom, France
- Viana, Brazil
Ziguinchor, Senegal
- Baiona, Spain
- Cape Canaveral, United States
- Nishinoomote, Japan
- Santa Fe, Spain
- Le Cannet, France
- Ferrol, Spain
- Olinda, Brazil
- Portalegre, Portugal
Vila Franca de Xira[161][162][163]
- Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
- Tarrafal, Cape Verde
- Villejuif, France
- Dissay, France
- Madone, Italy
- Rio Maior, Portugal
- Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde
- Bettendorf, Luxembourg
- Lohmar, Germany
- Petit-Couronne, France
- Saint-Mandé, France
Abidjan, Ivory Coast- Arezzo, Italy
- Campinas, Brazil
- Cantagalo, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Haskovo, Bulgaria
- Lublin, Poland
- Marly-le-Roi, France
- Matola, Mozambique
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Santos, Brazil
- São Filipe, Cape Verde
- Caldas de Reis, Spain
- Frontignan, France
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