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 edit
| Inhabitants (1801–2011) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 | 2011 |
| 1939 | 5086 | 9540 | 14362 | 16699 | 17517 | 18660 | 21164 | 22365 | 23028 |
Parishes edit
Administratively, 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 edit
Oliveira 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 edit
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Oliveira do Bairro.
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