Válega
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Aveiro Region | |||||
| District : | Aveiro | |||||
| Concelho : | Ovary | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 50 ′ N , 8 ° 35 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 6827 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 26.83 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 254 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3880-501 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Jaime Duarte de Almeida ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Válega Av. Comendador António Augusto da Silva, 310 3880-501 Válega |
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Válega is a small town and municipality in Portugal . It is located on the waterfront of the Ria de Aveiro .
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history
Today's place was probably created in the course of settlement policy during the Christian Reconquista in the Middle Ages. In 1150 Válega already existed as an independent municipality.
King Don Manuel I renewed Válega's previous city rights on June 2, 1514, under the then place name Pereira Jusã .
On July 9, 1985 Válega was elevated to a small town ( Vila ).
administration
Válega is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Ovar , in the district of Aveiro . It has 6,827 inhabitants on an area of 27 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
There are 46 inhabited places in the municipality. In addition to the main town Válega, the most important are:
- Fontaínhas
- Guilhovai
- Paçô
- Regedoura
- São Bento
- São Gonçalo
- Sargaçal
- Seixo-Branco
- Valdágua
traffic
Válega is located with its own stop on the most important railway line in the country, the Linha do Norte .
The national road N109 crosses the small town of Válega, which is also on the A29 motorway (the closest exit is Ovar-Sul), which runs parallel to the A1 here .
Local public transport in the Ovar district is ensured by a minibus line run by the city administration ( Câmara Municipal de Ovar ), and private bus operators also maintain regional bus connections, mostly under public concession.
Personalities
Bishop António Valente da Fonseca (1884–1972) was born here.
The poet Glória de Sant'Anna (1925–2009) died here.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Entry on Válegas parish church in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 29, 2015
- ↑ Entry on Válega's stake in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 29, 2015
