municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
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Aveiro District
Aveiro District ( pt, Distrito de Aveiro, or ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality.
Aveiro District is bordered by the Po ...
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Baixo Vouga Subregion
Baixo Vouga () is a former Portuguese subregion integrated in the Centro Region. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.Instituto Nacional de Estatística /ref> 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 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
Cities and towns
There are two cities and three towns in the municipality.
* Esmoriz (city)
* Ovar (city)
* Cortegaça (town)
* São João (town)
* Válega (town)
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''
freguesias
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...
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* Cortegaça
* Esmoriz
* Maceda
* Ovar, São João, Arada e São Vicente de Pereira
* Válega
Notable people
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Santa Camarão
José Soares Santa (25 December 1902 – 5 April 1968), known as Santa Camarão ("''Camarão''" being a family nickname meaning Shrimp in English) or Zé Santa in Portugal, and as Jose Santa or Joe Santa in the United States, was a Portuguese b ...
(1902–1968) a Portuguese boxer who was 2.02 m (6 ft 8ins) tall.
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Luís Filipe Menezes
Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes (born 2 November 1953) is a Portuguese politician.
Background
He is a son of José António Lopes (Porto, Alvar, 10 September 1925 –), an Industrialist (son and paternal grandson of cattle dealers and maternal ...
(born 1953) a Portuguese politician.
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Miguel Bruno
Miguel Bruno Pereira Cardoso (born 8 December 1971) is a former Portuguese professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associat ...
(born 1971) a former Portuguese professional footballer with 286 club caps
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Clarisse Cruz
Clarisse Cruz (born 9 July 1978 in Ovar) is a Portuguese runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Competitions
At the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics she won the silver medal in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechas ...
(born 1978) a Portuguese 3000 metres steeplechase runner, competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Edgar Sá
Edgar Francisco Reis Sá (born 10 April 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Football career
Born in Esmoriz, Aveiro District, Sá spent most of his career with S.C. Covilhã, for whom he played 273 games b ...
(born 1979) a Portuguese retired footballer with 510 club caps
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Roberto Reis
Roberto Mauro Silva Reis (born 2 March 1980) is a Portuguese volleyball player who plays for Sporting and the Portugal national team.
Reis also competes in Beach Volleyball, together with Kibinho, winning the national championship in 2010, 20 ...