Oliveira do Bairro explained
| Type: | municipality |
| Official Name: | Oliveira do Bairro |
| Flag Border: | no |
| Coordinates: | 40.5167°N -38°W |
| Region: | Centro |
| Cim: | Região de Aveiro |
| District: | Aveiro |
| Leader Party: | CDS–PP |
| Leader Name: | Duarte Novo |
| Area Total Km2: | 87.32 |
| Population Total: | 23,028 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Parishes: | 4 |
| Holiday: | Ascension Day
date varies |
| Website: | http://www.cm-olb.pt/ |
Oliveira do Bairro (pronounced as /pt/) 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:
Benguela, Angola and
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
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . 2018-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ . 2018-11-05 . dead .
- http://dev.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004
- Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 84-85. 29 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. pt. pdf.
