industrial past, Barreiro residents have historically elected representatives from the Portuguese Communist Party in all local elections since the revolution (1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2005, 2009 and 2013) except from the elections in 2001, 2017 and 2021, won by the candidates from the Socialist Party. In 1984 Barreiro became a city. Population Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias): Alto do Seixalinho, Santo André e Verderena Barreiro e Lavradio Palhais e Coina Santo António da Charneca Sports F.C. Barreirense is the local team and plays at Campo da Verderena. G.D. Fabril, another local team, plays at Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva. Notable people Álvaro Velho (15th-16th century) sailor or soldier, accompanied Vasco da Gama on the first Portuguese expedition by sea to India in 1497 Henrique Galvão (1895–1970) military officer, writer and politician Augusto Cabrita (1923–1993) photographer, cinematographer and film director Isabel do Carmo (born 1940) doctor, writer, former university professor and political activist Maria Guinot (1945–2018) singer, sang in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest Eduardo Cabrita (born 1961) legal professional and politician Heloísa Apolónia (born 1969) Portuguese Green politician and jurist Leonor Andrade (born 1994) singer and actress, represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Sport Manuel Vasques (1926–2003) footballer with 280 club caps and 26 with Portugal José Augusto (born 1937) footballer with over 344 club caps and 45 with Portugal Vasco Campos (born 1988), footballer Joaquim Carvalho (1937–2022) former footballer with 168 club caps and 6 with Portugal Fernando Chalana (born 1959) footballer with over 270 club caps and 27 with Portugal Paulo Fonseca (born 1973) former footballer, currently a club manager Nuno Espírito Santo (born 1974 in São Tomé), brought up in Barreiro, started youth football in 1985 with the Barreiro teams Santoantoniense and G.D. Fabril. Paulo Jorge Camões Martins (born 1983) known as Paulinho futsal player with 76 caps with the Portugal national futsal team João Moutinho (born 1986) footballer with over 500 club caps and 134 for Portugal Bruno Martins Indi (born 1992) Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps and 34 with the Netherlands; was born in Barreiro to Bissau-Guinean parents João Cancelo (born 1994) Portuguese footballer with over 200 club caps and 27 with Portugal Neemias Queta (born 1999) basketball player at Sacramento Kings and the first Portuguese player to be drafted in the NBA. International relations Barreiro is twinned with: — Łódź in