Ovar
Ovar | |||
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Municipality | |||
Ovar Matriz Church. | |||
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Coordinates: 40°52′N 8°38′W / 40.867°N 8.633°WCoordinates: 40°52′N 8°38′W / 40.867°N 8.633°W | |||
Country |
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Region | Centro | ||
Subregion | Baixo Vouga | ||
Intermunic. comm. | Região de Aveiro | ||
District | Aveiro | ||
Parishes | 5 | ||
Government | |||
• President | Salvador Malheiro (PSD) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 147.70 km2 (57.03 sq mi) | ||
Population (2011) | |||
• Total | 55,398 | ||
• Density | 380/km2 (970/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1) | ||
Website | http://www.cm-ovar.pt |
Ovar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔˈvaɾ] (
The present Mayor is Salvador Malheiro, elected by the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 25.
Ovar is home to the football team A.D. Ovarense who play at the Estádio Marques da Silva.
Demographics
Population of Ovar Municipality (1801 – 2011) | |||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2008 | 2011 |
10 822 | 10 075 | 25 605 | 29 970 | 35 320 | 45 378 | 49 659 | 55 198 | 57 983 | 55 398 |
Cities and towns
There are two cities and three towns in the municipality.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Direção-Geral do Território Archived 2014-09-29 at Archive.is
- ↑ 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, page 552 87" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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