Barreiro, Portugal

Barreiro
Municipality
Flag of Barreiro
Flag
Coat of arms of Barreiro
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 38°40′N 09°04′W / 38.667°N 9.067°W / 38.667; -9.067
Country Portugal
RegionLisbon
Metropolitan areaLisbon
DistrictSetúbal
Parishes8
Government
 • PresidentFrederico Rosa (PS)
Area
 • Total
36.39 km2 (14.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
78,345
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holidayJune 28
Websitewww.cm-barreiro.pt

Barreiro (European Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐˈʁɐjɾu] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 78,345,[1] in an area of 36.39 km2.[2]

Barreiro has a view of the city of Lisbon from Avenida da Praia and a riverside area called Alburrica.

The mayor since 2017 has been Frederico Rosa, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 28.

History

There are records of the village of Barreiro from as far as the 13th century, when the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword promoted its settlement. Due to the village's location, the main occupation of the population was harvesting salt and fishing.

By the time the Portuguese reached India and Brazil (early 16th century), it was in Barreiro that shipbuilding was concluded, since it started in Lisbon during summer and when the rougher weather arrived the construction had to be moved to somewhere with more sheltered conditions. It was also in Barreiro that the bread for the ships' crew was baked.[3] These activities put Barreiro on the map and in 1521 the village became a town.

In the 19th century, the railway lines from Setúbal and Vendas Novas were extended to Barreiro,[4] which along with the location by the Tagus made CUF select the town for the establishment of one of the biggest industrial estates of its time.[5] Quickly, thousands of people from all over the country arrived looking for work; a substantial number of people migrated to Barreiro from the region of Alentejo, where rural workers had very few rights (work from sunrise to sunset and child labour were still normalised) but which was now well connected to Barreiro via the railway.

After the revolution that overthrew a 41 years long dictatorship, many factories were nationalised all over the country and so was the industrial estate in Barreiro. Without the former regime to restrict imports and control the national production, the business started to decline and the factories in Barreiro were gradually shut down.[6]

Also with the fall of the dictatorship, Portugal withdrew from the overseas territories and gave them their independence back. After the change in political powers abroad, thousands migrated to Portugal in order to flee violence; at this time Barreiro received many refugees, mostly from Portuguese and Angolan ethnic backgrounds. In autumn 1975 The New York Times profiled Barreiro as a "new home for refugees from Angola". [7]

Due to its industrial past, Barreiro residents have historically elected representatives from the Portuguese Communist Party in all local elections since the revolution (1976,[8] 1979,[9] 1982,[10] 1985,[11] 1989,[12] 1993,[13] 1997,[14] 2005,[15] 2009[16] and 2013)[17] except from the elections in 2001,[18] 2017[19] and 2021, won by the candidates from the Socialist Party.

In 1984 Barreiro became a city.[20]

Population

Street in Barreiro
Population growth (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011 2021
2 425 3 384 7 738 21 030 35 088 88 052 85 768 79 012 78 992 78 764 78 345

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):[21]

  • 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

Henrique Galvão, 1934

Sport

João Moutinho, 2017

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Portugal

Barreiro is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ Pordata
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ "Barreiro "Rectaguarda Logística da Expansão Portuguesa" Séculos XV a XVI – Associação Barreiro Património Memória e Futuro". 10 February 2019.
  4. ^ "160 anos de comboios no Barreiro".
  5. ^ "A CUF do Barreiro, um século de indústria".
  6. ^ "Património da antiga CUF no Barreiro vai ser classificado".
  7. ^ "For Angola Refugees in Portugal, a Life of Despair". The New York Times. 31 October 1975.
  8. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  9. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  10. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  11. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  12. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  13. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  14. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2017-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  15. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  16. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  17. ^ "Mapa oficial dos resultados das eleições gerais para os órgãos das autarquias locais de 29 de setembro de 2013" (PDF). cne.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  18. ^ "CNE Resultados Eleitorais". Archived from the original on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  19. ^ "Mapa oficial dos resultados das eleições gerais para os órgãos das autarquias locais de 1 de outubro de 2017" (PDF). cne.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Lei 23/84, 1984-06-28 - DRE". Archived from the original on 2021-01-28.
  21. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 24" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  22. ^ Augusto Cabrita, IMDb Database retrieved 25 June 2021.
  23. ^ Leonor Andrade, IMDb Database retrieved 25 June 2021.
  24. ^ "Miasta partnerskie - Urząd Miasta Łodzi [via WaybackMachine.com]". City of Łódź (in Polish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
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