Águeda (freguesia)

Águeda
Civil parish
Coat of arms of Águeda
Coat of arms
Águeda is located in Portugal
Águeda
Águeda
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40°34′00″N 8°27′00″W / 40.56667°N 8.45000°W / 40.56667; -8.45000
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Aveiro
DistrictAveiro
MunicipalityÁgueda
Area
 • Total
41.6 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
11,346
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Águeda was a freguesia ("civil parish") in Águeda Municipality, Aveiro District, Portugal. It had an area of 41.6 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 11,346.[1]

History

In 2013 it was merged with Borralha to form the new freguesia of Águeda e Borralha.[2]

Places

  • Alagoa
  • Alhandra
  • Ameal
  • Assequins
  • Bolfiar
  • Catraia de Assequins
  • Cavadas
  • Giesteira
  • Gravanço
  • Lapas de S. Pedro
  • Maçoida
  • Ninho de Águia
  • Paredes
  • Raivo
  • Regote
  • Rio Covo
  • Sardão
  • S. Pedro
  • Vale de Erva
  • Vale Domingos
  • Vale Durão
  • Vale Durão
  • Vale do Sobreirinho
  • Vale Verde

Demography

  • Population from 1864 to 2011
    Population from 1864 to 2011
  • Variation of population from 1864 to 2011
    Variation of population from 1864 to 2011

Politics

Elections

In the 2009 local elections for the Assembly of the Freguesia, there were 10,328 registered voters, with 5,698 (55.17%) voting and 4,630 (44.83%) abstaining. The Socialist Party got 3,039 votes (53.33%), electing eight members of the Assembly, the Social Democratic Party got 1,495 votes (26.24%), electing four members of the Assembly and the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party got 482 votes (8.46%), electing one member of the Assembly. The three remaining lists did not elect any member of the Assembly.[3] As of 31 December 2011, the freguesia had 10,396 registered voters.[1]

Religion

The Portuguese Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Aveiro includes the Parish of Águeda[4] as part of the archpriestship of Águeda.[5]

Built Heritage

The Pillory of Assequins, now fragmented, is located in this former freguesia and is classified as an Imóvel de Interesse Público.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Freguesia de Barrô". cm-agueda.pt (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Águeda. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^ Assembly of the Republic (28 January 2013). "Lei n.º 11-A/2013 de 28 de janeiro" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Autarquicas - 11/10/2009 Informação Detalhada - Distrito: AVEIRO / Conc: AGUEDA e - Distrito: AVEIRO / Conc: AGUEDA / Freg: Agueda". eleicoes.cne.pt (in Portuguese). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Paróquia de Águeda". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Arciprestado de Águeda". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Pelourinho de Assequins". igespar.pt (in Portuguese). Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico. Retrieved 9 February 2014.


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