Oliveira de Azeméis

Oliveira de Azeméis (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ ðɨ ɐzɨˈmɐjʃ] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality located in Porto Metropolitan Area in 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 located 35 km to the south of Porto. It is less than 20 km far from the Atlantic Ocean. The municipal holiday is the Monday that follows the 2nd Sunday of August.

Oliveira de Azeméis
Municipality
Flag of Oliveira de Azeméis
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Coat of arms of Oliveira de Azeméis
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Coordinates: 40°50′N 8°29′W
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Metropolitan areaPorto
DistrictAveiro
Parishes12
Government
 • PresidentJoaquim Jorge (PS)
Area
 • Total161.10 km2 (62.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total68,611
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.cm-oaz.pt

Facilities

Local facilities include:

Economy

It is an important industrial center, producing a wide 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 most well-known companies are Simoldes and Lactogal.

Transportation

It has connection by the following motorways: A1, A29 and A32; and the IC2 expressway. It is served by Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport/Oporto's airport.

Sports

Its 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). One other club is Futebol Clube Pinheirense (FCP), it is a club dedicated mostly to football. They have a kids school in partnership with Benfica from Lisbon.

Demographics
Population of Oliveira de Azeméis Municipality (1801–2008)
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

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

Cities and towns

There is one city in the municipality: Oliveira de Azeméis. The towns are

  • Carregosa
  • Cesar
  • Fajões
  • Loureiro
  • Nogueira do Cravo
  • Pinheiro da Bemposta
  • Vila Chã de São Roque
  • Vila de Cucujães

Marian sanctuary

In the centre there is a Marian sanctuary, La-Salette. It was built in order to honor the apparitions of Virgin Mary in the small village of La Salette, Isère, in France. The sanctuary contains the finger of a burglar that tried to steal some precious artifacts (one night a guard shot a burglar with his shotgun and only hit his finger). The finger lies inside an alcohol jar right in front of the chapel.

Notable people
Carlos da Silva Costa, 2015

Sport

References
  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 83-84" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. Abel Pera, IMDb Database retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. Manuel Pêra, IMDb Database retrieved 26 October 2021.
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