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
Abrantes
ÃÂgueda
Alcobaça
Alcoutim
Alfândega da Fé
Aljezur
Aljustrel
Almada
Almeirim
Alpiarça
Alvito
Amadora
Amarante
Anadia
Angra do HeroÃÂsmo
- Alenquer, Portugal
- Cartagena, Colombia
- ÃÂvora, 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
Ansião
Arcos de Valdevez
Arganil
Arouca
Arraiolos
Arruda dos Vinhos
Aveiro
- Arcachon, France
- Belém, Brazil
- Bourges, France
- Cholargos, Greece
- Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
- Cubatão, Brazil
- Farim, Guinea-Bissau
- Forlì, Italy
- Inhambane, Mozambique
- Mahdia, Tunisia
- Ã
Âita, Japan
- Panyu (Guangzhou), China
- Pelotas, Brazil
- Pemba, Mozambique
- Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
- Santo António, São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Viana do Castelo, Portugal
B
Barcelos
Barreiro
Batalha
Belmonte
- Belmonte, Brazil
- La Mézière, France
- OlÃÂmpia, Brazil
- Olivenza, Spain
- Ouro Preto, Brazil
- Ponta Delgada, Portugal
- Porto Seguro, Brazil
- Rosh Pinna, Israel
- Sal, Cape Verde
- Santa Cruz Cabrália, Brazil
- São José do Belmonte, Brazil
- São Paulo, Brazil
- São Vicente, Brazil
Braga
- 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
Bragança
C
Cabeceiras de Basto
Caldas da Rainha
Câmara de Lobos
Caminha
Cantanhede
Cartaxo
Cascais
- Atami, Japan
- Biarritz, France
- Bucha, Ukraine
- Campinas, Brazil
- Essaouira, Morocco
- Gaza City, Palestine
- Guarujá, Brazil
- Irpin, Ukraine
- KarÃ
Âñyaka, Turkey
- Lavreotiki, Greece
- Miami Beach, United States
- Pampilhosa da Serra, Portugal
- Sal, Cape Verde
- Santana, São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Sausalito, United States
- Sinaia, Romania
- Ungheni, Moldova
- Vitória, Brazil
- Wuxi, China
- Xai-Xai, Mozambique
Castanheira de Pera
Castelo Branco
Castro Daire
Castro Marim
Celorico de Basto
Chaves
Coimbra
- Aix-en-Provence, France
- Beira, Mozambique
- Cambridge, United States
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Daman, India
- Dili, Timor-Leste
- 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
Condeixa-a-Nova
Constância
E
Entroncamento
ÃÂvora
F
Fafe
Faro
Felgueiras
Figueira da Foz
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Funchal
- Angra do HeroÃÂsmo, Portugal
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Fremantle, Australia
- Gibraltar, Gibraltar
- Herzliya, Israel
- Honolulu, United States
- ÃÂlhavo, 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
Góis
Golegã
Gondomar
Gouveia
Guarda
Guimarães
- Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
- Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
- Compiègne, France
- Dijon, France
- Igualada, Spain
- Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Londrina, Brazil
- Mé-Zóchi, São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Montluçon, France
- Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Tacoronte, Spain
- Tourcoing, France
I
Idanha-a-Nova
ÃÂlhavo
L
Lagoa, Algarve
Lagoa, Azores
Lagos
Lamego
Leiria
- Halton, England, United Kingdom
- Maringá, Brazil
- OlavarrÃÂa, Argentina
- Olivenza, Spain
- Penglai (Yantai), China
- Quint-Fonsegrives, France
- Rheine, Germany
- Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
- Setúbal, Portugal
- Tokushima, Japan
Lisbon
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Budapest, Hungary
- Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau
- Fortaleza, Brazil
- Guimarães, Portugal
- Luanda, Angola
- Macau, China
- Madrid, Spain
- Malacca City, Malaysia
- Maputo, Mozambique
- Praia, Cape Verde
- Rabat, Morocco
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Salvador, Brazil
- São Tomé, São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
Loulé
Loures
Lourinhã
Lousada
M
Macedo de Cavaleiros
Madalena
Maia
- ÃÂgua Grande, São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- 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
Manteigas
Marco de Canaveses
Marinha Grande
Matosinhos
Mealhada
Mêda
Mira
Miranda do Corvo
Miranda do Douro
Mirandela
Mogadouro
Moita
Monção
Montemor-o-Velho
Mortágua
N
Nazaré
O
ÃÂbidos
Oeiras
Oleiros
Oliveira do Bairro
Ourém
- Altötting, Germany
- Barueri, Brazil
- CzÃÂstochowa, Poland
- Lourdes, France
- Monapo, Mozambique
- PiteÃÂti, Romania
- Le Plessis-Trévise, France
- Raseiniai, Lithuania
- Russells Point, United States
- San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
- São Filipe, Cape Verde
- Selçuk, Turkey
P
Paços de Ferreira
Paredes de Coura
Penamacor
Pinhel
Ponta Delgada
- Alenquer, Portugal
- Belmonte, Portugal
- Caué, São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Fall River, United States
- Florianópolis, Brazil
- Kauai County, United States
- Newport, United States
- Pleven, Bulgaria
- Praia, Cape Verde
- San Leandro, United States
Ponte da Barca
Ponte de Lima
Ponte de Sor
Porto
- Beira, Mozambique
- Bordeaux, France
- Bristol, England, United Kingdom
- Duruelo de la Sierra, Spain
- Isfahan, Iran
- Jena, Germany
- Lembá, São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- 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
- TimiÃÂoara, Romania
- Vigo, Spain
Póvoa de Varzim
Povoação
R
Ribeira Grande
S
Santa Maria da Feira
Santarém
- Badajoz, Spain
- Brava, Cape Verde
- Covilhã, Portugal
- Fulacunda, Guinea-Bissau
- Grândola, Portugal
- Lubango, Angola
- Meknes, Morocco
- Santarém, Brazil
- São Vicente, Brazil
- TârgoviÃÂte, Romania
- Tiraspol, Moldova
Santiago do Cacém
Santo Tirso
São João da Madeira
São Pedro do Sul
Seia
Seixal
Sernancelhe
Sesimbra is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union. Sesimbra also has one other twin town.
Douzelage
- Agros, Cyprus
- Altea, Spain
- Asikkala, Finland
- Bad Kötzting, Germany
- Bellagio, Italy
- Bundoran, Ireland
- Chojna, Poland
- Granville, France
- Holstebro, Denmark
- Houffalize, Belgium
- Judenburg, Austria
- KÃ
Âszeg, Hungary
- Marsaskala, Malta
- Meerssen, Netherlands
- Niederanven, Luxembourg
- Oxelösund, Sweden
- Preveza, Greece
- RokiÃ
¡kis, Lithuania
- Rovinj, Croatia
- Sherborne, England, United Kingdom
- Sigulda, Latvia
- Siret, Romania
- Ã
 kofja Loka, Slovenia
- SuÃ
¡ice, Czech Republic
- Tryavna, Bulgaria
- Türi, Estonia
- Zvolen, Slovakia
Other
Setúbal
Sines
Sintra
- Asilah, Morocco
- Beira, Mozambique
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Fontainebleau, France
- Goussainville, France
- Honolulu, United States
- El Jadida, Morocco
- Lobito, Angola
- Namaacha, Mozambique
- Nova Sintra, Cape Verde
- Old Havana (Havana), Cuba
- Ã
Âmura, Japan
- Oviedo, Spain
- Petrópolis, Brazil
- Trindade (Mé-Zóchi), São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
Soure
Soure â Samuel is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with:
- Bienvenida, Spain
- Bièvre, Belgium
- Bucine, Italy
- Cashel, Ireland
- Cissé, France
- Desborough, England, United Kingdom
- Esch (Haaren), Netherlands
- Hepstedt, Germany
- IbÃÂneÃÂti, Romania
- Kandava (Tukums), Latvia
- Kannus, Finland
- Kolindros, Greece
- Lassee, Austria
- Medzev, Slovakia
- MoravÃÂe, Slovenia
- Næstved, Denmark
- Nagycenk, Hungary
- Nadur, Malta
- Ockelbo, Sweden
- Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
- Põlva, Estonia
- Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
- Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
- StrzyÃ
¼Ã³w, Poland
- Tisno, Croatia
- Troisvierges, Luxembourg
- Ã
½agarà(JoniÃ
¡kis), Lithuania
T
Tarouca
Tavira
Tomar
Tondela
Torres Novas
Torres Vedras
V
Vale de Cambra
Valpaços
Viana do Alentejo
Viana do Castelo
Vila do Bispo
Vila do Conde
Vila Franca de Xira
Vila Nova da Barquinha
Vila Nova de Famalicão
Vila Nova de Poiares
Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Vila Real
Vila Verde
Viseu
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- Arezzo, Italy
- Campinas, Brazil
- Cantagalo, São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Haskovo, Bulgaria
- León, Spain
- Lublin, Poland
- Marly-le-Roi, France
- Matola, Mozambique
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- São Filipe, Cape Verde
Vizela
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