Oliveira de Azeméis
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Oliveira de Azeméis
Flag of Oliveira de Azeméis
Municipal flag
Coat of arms of Oliveira de Azeméis
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Oliveira de Azeméis
Location  
 - 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
Website: http://www.cm-oaz.pt

Oliveira de Azeméis (pron. IPA: [oli'vɐjɾɐ dɨ ɐzɨ'mɐjʃ] 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. The city itself has a population of 12,047.[1] 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 more than 12,000 inhabitants. The municipality will soon be integrated in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto.

The present Mayor is Ápio Cláudio do Carmo Assunção, elected by the Social Democratic Party.

The municipal holiday is the Monday that follows the 2nd Sunday of August.

In the centre 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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Sports

Its most important sports club is the U.D.O.União Desportiva Oliveirense which fields teams in football, basketball and ring hockey. One other club is Futebol Clube Pinheirense (FCP), it is a club dedicated mostly to football. They have a kids school in partnership with Benfica.

Facilities

Local facilities include:

Nearby cities

Economy

Among its most well-known companies are Simoldes and Lactogal.

It is an important industrial area, producing a wide variety of goods:

  • Moulds
  • Dairy produce
  • Shoes
  • Car components
  • Springs
  • Mattresses

Parishes

  • Carregosa
  • Cesar
  • Fajões
  • Loureiro
  • Macieira de Sarnes
  • Macinhata de Seixa
  • Madail
  • Nogueira do Cravo
  • Oliveira de Azeméis
  • Ossela
  • Palmaz
  • Pindelo
  • Pinheiro da Bemposta
  • Santiago da Riba-Ul
  • São Martinho da Gândara
  • São Roque
  • Travanca
  • Ul
  • Vila de Cucujães

References

  1. ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)

External links

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Municipalities of the District of Aveiro
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Municipalities of Porto Metropolitan Area

Coordinates: 40°50.17′N 8°28.46′W / 40.83617, -8.47433
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