Oliveira do Bairro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ ðu ˈβajʁu] ) is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729,[1] in an area of 335.27 km2.[2] It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001.[3]
Oliveira do Bairro | |
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Coordinates: 40°31′N 8°30′W / 40.517°N 8.500°W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Centro |
Intermunic. comm. | Região de Aveiro |
District | Aveiro |
Parishes | 4 |
Government | |
• President | Duarte Novo (CDS–PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 87.32 km2 (33.71 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 23,028 |
• Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 01:00 (WEST) |
Local holiday | Ascension Day date varies |
Website | http://www.cm-olb.pt/ |
The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Duarte Novo. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.
Demographics
editInhabitants (1801–2011) | |||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 | 2011 |
1939 | 5086 | 9540 | 14362 | 16699 | 17517 | 18660 | 21164 | 22365 | 23028 |
Parishes
editAdministratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
- Bustos, Troviscal e Mamarrosa
- Oiã
- Oliveira do Bairro
- Palhaça
Cultural institutions
edit- União Filarmónica do Troviscal, Troviscal - Aveiro, conducted by André Granjo
Twinning cities
editOliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities:
- Benguela, Angola and [citation needed]
- Lamballe, France
Notable people
edit- Ilda Figueiredo (born 1948 in Troviscal, Oliveira do Bairro) a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party
- João Tomás (born 1975) a Portuguese retired footballer with 378 club caps and 4 for Portugal
References
edit- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 84-85" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
External links
editWikivoyage has a travel guide for Oliveira do Bairro.