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. 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. The population in 2011 was 5,938. Sandim has a total area of 15,97 km².

Heritage

• 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

• Gondezinho de Eres

• 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

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

• EB1 Gestosa
• EB1 No. 1 Igreja (Church)
• EB1 No. 2 Igreja (Church)
• EB1 Sá
• EB1 Santa Marinha

Festivals and Pilgrimages

• 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

41°02′13″N 8°30′50″W / 41.037°N 8.514°W / 41.037; -8.514

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