Located right in the heart of Minho, Vila Nova de Famalicão benefits from the beauty of a green landscape, marked by hills and valleys. Created in 1205, Famalicão is currently an important cultural, industrial, commercial and farming hub. It is one of the most enterprising city councils in the country. Its dynamic youth, the efficiency and diversity of its workforce, the quality of life and sustained growth make Famalicão a council with a future.
With nationally and internationally renowned companies in the textile, footwear, food, public works and tyre production sectors, Famalicão is undoubtedly a branded city! Land of culture and knowledge, Famalicão is a city of the present and, above all, of the future that stands out owing to its dynamic cultural and social policy, especially through the contemporary programming at the local Arts Centre, Casa das Artes. For all these and other reasons, Famalicão is undoubtedly a “must” for visiting, investing or living!