Oliveira de Azeméis
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| - Country | Portugal | |||||
| - Region | Norte | |||||
| - Subregion | Entre Douro e Vouga | |||||
| - District or A.R. | Aveiro | |||||
| Mayor | Ápio Assunção | |||||
| - Party | PSD | |||||
| Area | 163.5 km² | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| - Total | 71,069 | |||||
| - Density | 436/km² | |||||
| No. of parishes | 19 | |||||
| Coordinates | 40°50'N 8°29'W | |||||
| Municipal holiday | 2nd Monday of August |
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| Website: http://www.cm-oaz.pt | ||||||
Oliveira de Azeméis (pron. IPA: [oli'vɐiɾɐ dɨ ɐzɨ'mɐiʃ] or [ɐzɨ'mɛiʃ]) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 163.5 km² and a total population of 71,069 inhabitants, and 71,043 electors. It is located 35 km to the south of Portugal's second most major city, Porto, and less than 20 km from the Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the A1 motorway and the IC2 expressway and is served by Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport.
Oliveira de Azeméis is a small city in the North of Portugal, counting about 11,500 inhabitants. Presently it is part of Aveiro's Metropolitan Area but it will soon make the migration to Porto's Metropolitan Area.
The municipality is composed of 19 parishes, and is located in the District of Aveiro.
The present Mayor is Ápio Cláudio do Carmo Assunção, elected by the Social Democratic Party.
The municipal holiday is the second Monday of August.
In the center there is a marian sanctuary of some importance, La Salette. It was built in order to honor the apparitions of Virgin Mary in the small village of La Salette in France. What is very striking about this sanctuary is that it 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.
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[edit] Sports
Its most important sports club is the UD Oliveirense which fields teams in football, basketball and rink hockey. One other clube is Futebol Clube Pinheirense (FCP) , it is a clube dedicated mostly to football. They have a kids school in partnership with Benfica.
[edit] Facilities
Local facilities include:
- Hospital
- Higher education schools
- Secondary schools
- Basic schools
- Regional museum
- Camping
- Hotel
- Post Office
- Police
- Clinic centres
- Tourism office
- Library
[edit] Nearby cities and towns
- São João da Madeira (5 km)
- Santa Maria da Feira (11 km)
- Ovar (15 km)
- Estarreja (15 km)
- Vale de Cambra (12 km)
- Lourosa (15 km)
- Fiães (15 km)
- Esmoriz (20 km)
- Espinho (25 km)
- Vila Nova de Gaia (30 km)
- Porto (35 km)
- Águeda (30 km)
- Aveiro (35 km)
[edit] Economy
Among its most well-known companies are Simoldes and Lactogal.
It is an important industrial area, producing a wide variety of goods:
[edit] Parishes
- Carregosa
- Cesar
- Fajões
- Loureiro
- Macieira de Sarnes
- Macinhata de Seixa
- Madail
- Nogueira do Cravo
- Oliveira de Azeméis
- Ossela
- Palmaz
- Pindelo
- Pinheiro da Bemposta - situada a sul do concelho foi outrora sede de concelho. Zona histórica que ainda ostenta o pelourinho e cadeia.
- Santiago da Riba-Ul
- São Martinho da Gândara
- São Roque
- Travanca
- Ul
- Vila de Cucujães
[edit] External links
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