Ovar
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Ovar Municipality is a municipality
in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal
. It has a total area of 147.4 km² and a total population of 56,296 inhabitants, and 42,582 electors (2006). The city of Ovar itself has a population of 16,849.
The municipality is composed of 8 parishes and includes two cities:Ovar (approx. 17,000 inhabitants) & Esmoriz (about 12,000 residents).
The present Mayor is Manuel Alves Oliveira, elected by the Socialist Party
.
The municipal holiday is July 25.
Municipalities of Portugal
In Portugal, municipality or concelho is the most stable subdivision of Portugal since the foundation of the country.Portugal has an entirely separate system of cities and towns. Cities and towns are located in municipalities, but often do not have the same boundaries, even if built-up is continuous...
in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It has a total area of 147.4 km² and a total population of 56,296 inhabitants, and 42,582 electors (2006). The city of Ovar itself has a population of 16,849.
The municipality is composed of 8 parishes and includes two cities:Ovar (approx. 17,000 inhabitants) & Esmoriz (about 12,000 residents).
The present Mayor is Manuel Alves Oliveira, elected by the Socialist Party
Portuguese Socialist Party
The Portuguese Socialist Party was a political party in Portugal.The party was founded in 1875. During its initial phase the party was heavily influenced by Proudhonism, and rejected revolutionary Marxism. The party suffered constant factional struggles...
.
The municipal holiday is July 25.
Demographics
| Population of Ovar Municipality (1801 – 2008) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2008 |
| 10 822 | 10 075 | 25 605 | 29 970 | 35 320 | 45 378 | 49 659 | 55 198 | 57 983 |
Cities and towns
There are two cities and three towns in the municipality.- Esmoriz (city)
- OvarOvarOvar Municipality is a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. It has a total area of 147.4 km² and a total population of 56,296 inhabitants, and 42,582 electors . The city of Ovar itself has a population of 16,849....
(city) - CortegaçaCortegaçaCortegaça is a town and a civil parish in the Ovar Municipality, Portugal....
(town) - São JoãoSão JoãoSão João is Portuguese for "Saint John", and may refer to many saints that have used that name, but also the Apostle John of the New Testament specifically, in addition to:-Architecture:*Forte de São João...
(town) - Válega (town)
Parishes
- Arada
- Cortegaça
- Esmoriz
- Maceda
- Ovar
- São João
- São Vicente de Pereira
- Válega