Oliveira do Bairro
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 40°31′N 8°30′W / 40.517°N 8.500°W / 40.517; -8.500
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Aveiro
District	Aveiro
Parishes	4
Government
• President	Duarte Novo (CDS–PP)
Area
• Total	87.32 km2 (33.71 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	23,028
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	Ascension Day date varies
Website	http://www.cm-olb.pt/

Oliveira do Bairro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ ðu ˈβajʁu] ^ⓘ) is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729,^[1] in an area of 335.27 km².^[2] It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001.^[3]

The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Duarte Novo. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Demographics

Parishes

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

• Bustos, Troviscal e Mamarrosa
• Oiã
• Oliveira do Bairro
• Palhaça

Cultural institutions

• União Filarmónica do Troviscal, Troviscal - Aveiro, conducted by André Granjo

Twinning cities

Oliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities:

Benguela, Angola and ^{[citation needed]}

Lamballe, France

Notable people

• Ilda Figueiredo (born 1948 in Troviscal, Oliveira do Bairro) a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party
• João Tomás (born 1975) a Portuguese retired footballer with 378 club caps and 4 for Portugal

References

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Oliveira do Bairro.

• Town Hall official website

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