Ovar

Ovar

Ovar

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

For the Slovak village and municipality with Hungarian name Óvár, see Olováry.

Ovar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔˈvaɾ] ⓘ or [oˈvaɾ]) is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,398,[1] in an area of 147.70 km2.[2] It had 42,582 eligible voters (2006). The municipality includes two cities: Ovar (16,849 inhabitants in 2001) and Esmoriz (11,020 inhabitants in 2001).[3]

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The present Mayor is Salvador Malheiro, elected by the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 25.

Ovar is home to the football team A.D. Ovarense who play at the Estádio Marques da Silva. The main beach area is Furadouro, and Ovar is located in the northern point of the Ria de Aveiro (Aveiro Lagoon)

Demographics

More information Population of Ovar Municipality (1801 – 2011) ...

Cities and towns

There are two cities and three towns in the municipality.

Parishes

Parish church, Santa Maria de Válega, in Válega

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. [2]
    "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. [3]
    UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
  4. [4]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 87" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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