Oliveira de Azeméis (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ ðɨ ɐzɨˈmɐjʃ] ) is a city and municipality in the Porto Metropolitan Area of Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 68,611,[1] in an area of 161.10 km2.[2] The city itself has a population of about 20,000. Oliveira de Azeméis is 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Porto, less than 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean. The municipal holiday is the Monday following the second Sunday of August.
Oliveira de Azeméis | |
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| Coordinates: 40°50′N 8°29′W / 40.833°N 8.483°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Metropolitan area | Porto |
| District | Aveiro |
| Parishes | 12 |
| Government | |
| • President | Joaquim Jorge (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 161.10 km2 (62.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 68,611 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | www |
Facilities
editLocal facilities include:
- Hospital de São Miguel
- Higher education schools
- Secondary schools
- Basic schools
- Regional museum
- Hotel
- Post Office
- Police station
- Clinic centres
- Tourism office
- Library – Biblioteca Municipal Ferreira de Castro
Economy
editOliveira de Azeméis is an important industrial center, producing a variety of goods such as injection moulds, dairy produce, shoes, car components, steel tubes and other steel materials (Ferpinta), cookware (Silampos and CELAR), springs and mattresses. Among its best-known companies are Simoldes and Lactogal.
Transport
editThe town has connections to the A1, A29 and A32 motorways and the IC2 expressway. It is served by Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport/Oporto's airport.
Sports
editIts most prominent sports club is the União Desportiva Oliveirense (U.D.O.), which fields teams in football, basketball and ring hockey as well as an affiliated cycling team that holds a UCI Continental team licence, the Kelly–Simoldes–UDO (UCI team code: KSU). Another club is Futebol Clube Pinheirense (FCP), dedicated mostly to football. They have a children's school in partnership with Benfica from Lisbon.
Demographics
edit| Population of Oliveira de Azeméis Municipality (1801–2008) | ||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2008 |
| 16 943 | 16 899 | 29 506 | 33 072 | 46 263 | 62 821 | 66 846 | 70 721 | 71 210 |
Parishes
editAdministratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
Cities and towns
editThere is one city in the municipality: Oliveira de Azeméis. The towns are
Marian sanctuary
editIn the centre there is a Marian sanctuary, La-Salette. It was built to honor the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in the small village of La Salette, Isère, in France. The sanctuary contains the finger of a burglar who tried to steal precious artifacts one night (a guard shot the burglar with his shotgun and only hit his finger). The finger is preserved in a jar of alcohol in front of the chapel.
Notable people
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Carlos da Silva Costa, 2015
- Bento Carqueja (1860-1907), Director of O Commercio do Porto, Professor of Agriculture and Economy, First patent in telephotography
- Abel Pêra (1891 in Carregosa – 1975), Portuguese actor based in Brazil.[4]
- Manuel Pêra (1894 in Carregosa – 1967), Portuguese actor based in Brazil.[5]
- Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974) , Portuguese social realist writer and journalist.
- Julieta Gandra (1917–2007), doctor, imprisoned for supporting the Angolan War of Independence
- Carlos da Silva Costa (born 1949), economist, Governor of the Bank of Portugal, 2010–2020
Sport
edit- Adelino Teixeira (born 1952), Portuguese retired footballer with 322 club caps and 12 for Portugal
- Bruno Neves (1981–2008), Portuguese professional road racing cyclist
- Cátia Azevedo (born 1994), Portuguese 400-metre sprinter, competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics
- João Domingues (born 1993), Portuguese professional tennis player having achieved n. 150 in the ATP ranking. He represented Portugal in the Davis Cup team from 2015 to 2019.
References
edit- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 83–84" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Abel Pera, IMDb Database retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Manuel Pêra, IMDb Database retrieved 26 October 2021.