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Vila Nova de Gaia

Porto
33 credits+3.1%
Foral Index: 44.4

City Statistics

Population

302 295

Area

168.46 km²

District

Porto

NUTS II

Norte

Category Breakdown

Performance across 6 scoring categories

People & Families

7.7 / 20

Economy & Jobs

9.3 / 20

Housing & Cost

6.2 / 20

Governance

10.2 / 20

Environment

4.8 / 20

News Radar

6.1 / 20

Top Scoring Drivers

Key indicators affecting this city's score

Micro-Contract Share (<5k€)

Foral Intelligence
Governance

56.9%

Data from 2026

P100

Cinema Screens

PORDATA
People & Families

30

Data from 2025

P99

Negative News Intensity per 10K

Foral Intelligence
News Radar

0.09

Data from 2026

P99

Fire Occurrences

ANEPC Civil Protection (fogos.pt)
Environment

47

Data from 2026

P0

Municipal Environment Spending p.c.

PORDATA
Environment

€9

Data from 2024

P1

Annual Fire Count

ICNF Wildfire Records (fogos.icnf.pt)
Environment

145

Data from 2026

P1

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City Strategy

Knowledge-base coverage

What a Foral Terra report for this municipality can decide today, and what it withholds.

Review mode: Automatic (no operator review)Release: r22

Coverage of this analysis: between 7% and 14%

Still to confirm:
  • · Land applicability to be confirmed
  • · Document available — needs validation
  • · Missing document — Agricultural support

These open questions could change the conclusion.

See all (13)
  • · Missing document — Agriculture
  • · Missing document — Commerce
  • · Missing document — Equipment
  • · Missing document — Housing extension
  • · Missing document — New housing
  • · Missing document — Housing reconstruction
  • · Missing document — Industry
  • · Missing document — Rural tourism in an existing building
  • · Missing document — Tourist housing in an existing building
  • · Missing document — New hotel
See sources and details

No published framework has been confirmed for any of the 11 menu operations.

Next scheduled review: 2027-01-16. This is an internal review date, not a legal validity date: the law can change before it.

Per operation

  • Agricultural support — Withheld
  • Agriculture — Withheld
  • Commerce — Withheld
  • Equipment — Withheld
  • Housing extension — Withheld
  • New housing — Withheld
  • Housing reconstruction — Withheld
  • Industry — Withheld
  • Rural tourism in an existing building — Withheld
  • Tourist housing in an existing building — Withheld
  • New hotel — Withheld

This municipality's own plan text

14 document version(s) with 920 citable provisions.

Withheld operations

Agricultural support, Agriculture, Commerce, Equipment, Housing extension, New housing, Housing reconstruction, Industry, Rural tourism in an existing building, Tourist housing in an existing building, New hotel

  • · This release was assembled automatically and has not been reviewed by an operator.
  • · The release does not contain the plan text currently served for this municipality (it is quarantined or awaiting re-certification), so it cannot be cited for it.
  • · Every operation is withheld for this municipality. A report would be produced with no verdicts, and nobody is charged for it.