Ovar
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Ovar ( or ) is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,398, in an area of 147.70 km2. 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).
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Ovar
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-ovr1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- Brasão de Ovar.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Igreja Matriz de Ovar.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Parish Church of Ovar
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Ovar
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Centro
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Região de Aveiro
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Aveiro
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Salvador Malheiro
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 23
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 55,398
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 5
- Portuguese subdivision.holiday
- Saint Christopher25 July
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Site Autárquico de Ovar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Município de Ovar
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Aveiro
- Contains
- Válega
- Population
- 55398
- Area
- 147.7
- Time zone
- Western European Time
- Shares border with
- Oliveira de Azeméis
- Official website
- www.cm-ovar.pt
- Image
- Câmara Municipal de Ovar (Portugal) (2156218662).jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Elizabeth
- Commons category
- Ovar
- topic's main category
- Category:Ovar
- postal code
- 3880
- inception
- 1514-02-10
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- different from
- Cooked pig's head
- contact page URL
- www.cm-ovar.pt/pt/menu/488/contactos.aspx
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- Cities and towns
- Parishes
- Sport
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Ovar ( or ) is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,398, in an area of 147.70 km2. 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).
The present Mayor is Salvador Malheiro, elected by the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is 25 July.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ovar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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