Oliveira Do Bairro
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, in an area of 335.27 km. It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001.
The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Duarte Novo. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.
Demographics
Inhabitants (1801–2011) | |||||||||
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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):
- Bustos, Troviscal e Mamarrosa
- Oiã
- Oliveira do Bairro
- Palhaça
Cultural institutions
- União Filarmónica do Troviscal, Troviscal - Aveiro, conducted by André Granjo
Twinning cities
Oliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities:
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
- ^ 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
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Oliveira do Bairro.