Oliveira do Bairro () is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 335.27 km2. It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001.UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Duarte Novo. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.
Demographics
Inhabitants (1801–2011) 1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011 1939 5086 9540 14362 16699 17517 18660 21164 22365 23028
Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias): 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 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
Town Hall official website