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:Oliveira do Bairro

{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision

| type = municipality

| official_name = Oliveira do Bairro

| image_flag = Pt-obr3.png

| flag_border = no

| image_shield = OBR1.png

| image_skyline =

| image_caption =

|coordinates = {{coord|40|31|N|8|30|W|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}

| image_map = LocalOliveiraDoBairro.svg

|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 ({{IPA|pt|ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ ðu ˈβajʁu|-|Pt-pt Oliveira do Bairro FF.ogg}}) is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729,[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística] in an area of 335.27 km2.{{Cite web |url=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_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=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_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }} It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001.[http://dev.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004] Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)

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

Demographics

class="wikitable"

! colspan="10" | Inhabitants (1801–2011)

bgcolor="#C1C1C1"

| align="center" | 1801

| align="center" | 1849

| align="center" | 1900

| align="center" | 1930

| align="center" | 1960

| align="center" | 1981

| align="center" | 1991

| align="center" | 2001

| align="center" | 2004

| align="center" | 2011

align="center" | 1939

| align="center" | 5086

| align="center" | 9540

| align="center" | 14362

| align="center" | 16699

| align="center" | 17517

| align="center" | 18660

| align="center" | 21164

| align="center" | 22365

| align="center" | 23028

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 84-85|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |access-date=29 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=pt|format=pdf}}

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

Cultural institutions

Twinning cities

Oliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities:

:{{flagicon|ANG}} Benguela, Angola and {{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

:{{flagicon|FRA}} 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

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Wikivoyage}}

  • [http://www.cm-olb.pt/ Town Hall official website]

{{Municipalities of Aveiro}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Municipalities of Aveiro District

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