Oliveira do Bairro

Oliveira do Bairro
Municipality
Flag of Oliveira do Bairro
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Coat of arms of Oliveira do Bairro
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Coordinates: 40°31′N 8°30′W / 40.517°N 8.500°W / 40.517; -8.500
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Aveiro
DistrictAveiro
Parishes4
Government
 • PresidentDuarte Novo (CDS–PP)
Area
 • Total
87.32 km2 (33.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
23,028
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holidayAscension Day
date varies
Websitehttp://www.cm-olb.pt/

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]

The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Duarte Novo. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Demographics

Inhabitants (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011
1939 5086 9540 14362 16699 17517 18660 21164 22365 23028

Parishes

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

  • Bustos, Troviscal e Mamarrosa
  • Oiã
  • Oliveira do Bairro
  • Palhaça

Cultural institutions

Twinning cities

Oliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities:

Angola Benguela, Angola and [citation needed]
France Lamballe, France

Notable people

  • 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

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
  4. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 84-85" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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