Gafanha da Nazaré

Gafanha da Nazaré
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Aveiro Region
District :	Aveiro
Concelho :	Ílhavo
Coordinates :	40 ° 38 ′  N , 8 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 38 ′  N , 8 ° 43 ′  W
Residents:	14,730 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	14.52 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	1014 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3830
politics
Mayor :	Manuel Garcia Lopes Mendes Serra ( PSD )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Gafanha da Nazaré Av. José Estevão, 494 3830-556 Gafanha da Nazaré

Gafanha da Nazaré is a parish and city in Ílhavo district of Aveiro district in Portugal .

history

The parish was founded on August 31, 1910 at the behest of King Manuel II , as the last new parish during the period of the Portuguese monarchy. Justified by the strong population increase in the municipality, Gafanha da Nazaré was elevated to a Vila ( small town ) on October 29, 1969 and a Cidade ( town ) on April 19, 2001 .

Buildings

Castelo da Gafanha

• Castelo da Gafanha or Forte da Barra de Aveiro

traffic

The place is connected by the A25 Autoestrada with the suburb Praia da Barra and up to the border with Spain at Vilar Formoso .

Web links

Commons : Gafanha da Nazaré  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Gafanha da Nazaré at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• City website , accessed May 8, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated June 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Area and history of the city , on codigopostal.ciberforma.pt