Ovar
Appearance
Ovar | |
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Ovar Matriz Church. | |
UTC±00:00 (WET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Local holiday | Saint Christopher July 25 |
Website | http://www.cm-ovar.pt |
Ovar (Portuguese pronunciation:
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
Ria de Aveiro (Aveiro Lagoon)
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
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Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
Notable people
- Santa Camarão (1902–1968) a Portuguese boxer who was 2.02 m (6 ft 8ins) tall.
- Luís Filipe Menezes (born 1953) a Portuguese politician.
- Miguel Bruno (born 1971) a former Portuguese professional footballer with 286 club caps
- Clarisse Cruz (born 1978) a Portuguese 3000 metres steeplechase runner, competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Edgar Sá (born 1979) a Portuguese retired footballer with 510 club caps
- Roberto Reis (born 1980) a Portuguese volleyball player
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, page 552 87" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
External links
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ovar.