Ovary (Portugal)
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Aveiro Region | |||||
District : | Aveiro | |||||
Concelho : | Ovary | |||||
Coordinates : | 40 ° 52 ′ N , 8 ° 38 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 17,824 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 48.06 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 371 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 3880 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Joaquim Barbosa | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Ovar Rua Cândido dos Reis, 49–51 3880-097 Ovar |
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Website: | www.freguesia-ovar.pt | |||||
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Residents: | 55,398 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 147.71 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 375 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 5 | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Ovar Praça da República 3880-141 Ovar |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Dr. Manuel Alves de Oliveira ( PS ) | |||||
Website: | www.cm-ovar.pt |
Ovar is a municipality and city in Portugal with 17,824 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
The first records of a settlement emerging here date from the 11th century. 1251 was ovary an independent circuit ( Concelho ), and received 1514 municipal rights ( Foral ) by King Manuel I .
In 1984 the previous small town ( Vila ) was elevated to a city ( Cidade ).
Culture and sights
Several bridges, historical public buildings and a variety, often with Azulejos adorned religious buildings stand in a circle under a preservation order. The historic center of Ovar and the campsite in Furadouro are also listed.
Ovar is known for its street carnival, which has been held since 1952, and also for its beaches, especially in Furadouro. The library ( Biblioteca Municipal ) opened in 1997 and the Centro de Arte de Ovar cultural center, which was inaugurated in 2009 , with an auditorium, event and seminar rooms, are contemporary cultural sites in the town. The town museum shows the historical life and work of the common people of Ovar with the help of traditional costumes , tools and dolls.
To the south of the city lies the nature reserve of the Ria de Aveiro .
A few kilometers north is a small military airfield of the NATO or the Força Aérea Portuguesa . At the edge of this Aeródromo Militar de Ovar is a branch of the Portuguese Military Aviation Museum , the main location of which is in Sintra .
administration
circle
Ovar is the seat of a circle of the same name. The neighboring regions are (starting clockwise in the north): Espinho , Santa Maria da Feira , Oliveira de Azeméis , Estarreja , Murtosa and the Atlantic Ocean.
With the territorial reform in September 2013 , the communities ( Freguesias ) Ovar, São João , Arada and São Vicente de Pereira Jusã were merged to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de Ovar, São João, Arada e São Vicente de Pereira Jusã . Since then, the district has consisted of the following five municipalities:
The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Ovar district:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Cortegaça | 3,837 | 9.23 | 416 | 011502 |
Esmoriz | 11,448 | 9.17 | 1,249 | 011503 |
Maceda | 3,521 | 16.08 | 219 | 011504 |
Ovar, São João, Arada e São Vicente de Pereira Jusã | 29,765 | 86.40 | 345 | 011509 |
Válega | 6,827 | 26.83 | 254 | 011507 |
Ovar County (Portugal) | 55,398 | 147.71 | 375 | 0115 |
Population development
Population in Ovar County (1801–2011) | ||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
10,822 | 10,075 | 25.605 | 29,970 | 35,320 | 45,378 | 49,659 | 55,198 | 55,377 |
Town twinning
- United States : Elisabeth (since 1991)
- Portugal : Peso da Régua (since 1991)
- France : Pithiviers (since 1993)
- Brazil : João Pessoa (since 1996)
- Spain : Moraleja , Province of Cáceres (since 1996)
- Cape Verde : São Nicolau (since 1998)
- Bulgaria : Pernik (since 1998)
Sports
The street competitions of the European Inline Speed Skating Championships 2007 took place in Ovar.
The place is home to the sports club Associação Desportiva Ovarense with a football and basketball department. The basketball department has won a number of international and national titles.
The Esmoriz Ginásio Clube , whose volleyball division has won several national titles, should also be mentioned in the circle .
One of the better-known football clubs in the district is also SC Esmoriz , which has now played in the third division.
traffic
Ovar train station is on Linha do Norte .
sons and daughters of the town
- Santa Camarão (1902-1968), boxer
- Maria Albertina (1909–1985), fado singer
- Januário Godinho (1910–1990), architect
- Correia Dias (* 1919), football player
- Arlindo Fagundes (* 1945), comic artist, ceramic artist, illustrator and film director
- Armando França (* 1949), politician
- Isabel de Sá (* 1951), writer and painter
- Luís Filipe Menezes (* 1953), doctor and politician
- Belmiro Silva (* 1954), racing cyclist
- Mário Leite (* 1963), basketball coach, former professional basketball player
- José Semedo (* 1965), national soccer player
- Carlos Pinho (* 1970), racing cyclist
- Helder Reis (* 1975), television presenter
- Sérgio Praia (born 1977), actor
- Iva Lamarão (* 1983), model and television presenter
The ska punk band Redsocks and the alternative rock band Small Town Syndrome come from Ovar.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Ovar (Portugal) at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on February 1, 2013
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed February 1, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 1, 2013
- ↑ ditto
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed February 1, 2013
- ^ Lydia Hohenberger, Jürgen Strohmaier: Portugal. 2nd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, 2009 Ostfildern, p. 215
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed February 1, 2013