Oliveira do Bairro
Municipality in Centro, Portugal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Municipality in Centro, Portugal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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,[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]
Oliveira do Bairro | |
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| Coordinates: 40°31′N 8°30′W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Região de Aveiro |
| District | Aveiro |
| Parishes | 4 |
| Government | |
| • President | Duarte Novo (CDS–PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 87.32 km2 (33.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 23,028 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | Ascension Day date varies |
| Website | http://www.cm-olb.pt/ |
The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Duarte Novo. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.
| 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 |
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
Oliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities:
Benguela, Angola and [citation needed]
Lamballe, France
