Ovar
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The present Mayor is Salvador Malheiro, elected by the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is 25 July.
The main beach area is Furadouro, and Ovar is located in the northern point of the Ria de Aveiro (Aveiro Lagoon)
Demographics
| Population of Ovar Municipality (1801 – 2011) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2008 | 2011 |
| 10 822 | 10 075 | 25 605 | 29 970 | 35 320 | 45 378 | 49 659 | 55 198 | 57 983 | 55 398 |
Cities and towns
There are two cities and three towns in the municipality.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
Sport
Ovar is home to the football teams Ovarense, who play at the Estádio Marques da Silva, and Florgrade.[5]
Notable people
- Santa Camarão (1902–1968) a Portuguese boxer who was 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) tall.
- Luís Filipe Menezes (born 1953) a Portuguese politician.
- Miguel Bruno (born 1971) a former Portuguese professional footballer with 286 club caps
- Clarisse Cruz (born 1978) a Portuguese 3000 metres steeplechase runner, competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Edgar Sá (born 1979) a Portuguese retired footballer with 510 club caps
- Roberto Reis (born 1980) a Portuguese volleyball player
References
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- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Script error: No such module "webarchive". Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 87" (pdf) (in português). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AD Ovarense - AFA TV". AFATV (in português). Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
External links
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