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).
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).
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
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 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 Mosteiros, Cape Verde Friedberg, Germany Penafiel, Portugal Villiers-sur-Marne, France Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Chartres, France Island of Mozambique, Mozambique
Suzdal, Russia 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, UkraineFigueira 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 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] Condeixa-a-Nova, Portugal Hotton, Belgium Petrés, Spain Vert-le-Grand, France 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 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 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] 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 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 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, FranceSesimbra 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, SlovakiaOther
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, FranceSoure – 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 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 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, PortugalVila 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
