Gafanha da Nazaré

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Civil parish in Centro, Portugal
Coat of arms of Gafanha da Nazaré
Coat of arms
40°38′06″N 8°42′50″W / 40.635°N 8.714°W / 40.635; -8.714Country PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Região de AveiroDistrictAveiroMunicipalityÍlhavoArea
 • Total16.44 km2 (6.35 sq mi)Population
 (2011)
 • Total15,240 • Density930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Gafanha da Nazaré (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɐˈfɐɲɐ ðɐ nɐzɐˈɾɛ]) is a city and parish (freguesia) in the Ílhavo Municipality, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,240,[1] in an area of 16.44 km2.[2]

Gafanha da Nazaré is a coastal town at the northern end of its municipality, and is an important port center that includes the Coastal Fishing Port and the Port of Aveiro.

On August 31, 1910, was founded the parish of Gafanha da Nazaré by the Prior Sardo and received royal decree from the King Manuel II,[3] published in Diário do Governo no. 206 on September 16, 1910, the last portuguese town to receive a royal recognition. On October 29, 1969, it was elevated to a town, and on April 19, 2001, it was elevated to a city.[4][5]

Population

Population of Gafanha da Nazaré (1911–2011)[6]
YearPop.±%
1911 2,441—    
1920 2,827+15.8%
1930 3,308+17.0%
1940 4,116+24.4%
1950 5,475+33.0%
1960 7,497+36.9%
YearPop.±%
1970 7,980+6.4%
1981 11,187+40.2%
1991 11,638+4.0%
2001 14,021+20.5%
2011 15,240+8.7%
Source: [1]

Buildings

  • Casa Gafanhoa
  • Navio Museu Santo André
  • Igreja Matriz da Gafanha da Nazaré

Sports

G.D. Gafanha, founded in 1957, is a sports club[7] mainly known for its football team which competes in the third tier of Portuguese league system since 2014–15 season.[8] The club has also teams competing in other sports as futsal, basketball and athletics.

References

  1. ^ a b Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ Rezende, João Vieira (1936). Monografia da Gafanha (in Portuguese). Ílhavo: Gráfica Ilhavense.
  4. ^ Luís Guerreiro, 2007–2010, Centenário do Regicídio Archived 29 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Martins, Fernando (2010). Gafanha da Nazaré : 100 anos de vida (in Portuguese). Gafanha da Nazaré: Paróquia da Gafanha da Nazaré.
  6. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População). ine.pt.
  7. ^ Official site of G.D. Gafanha (http://www.gdg.pt/)
  8. ^ "Grupo Desportivo da Gafanha :: Estatísticas :: Títulos :: Palmarés :: História :: Golos :: Próximos Jogos :: Resultados :: Notícias :: Videos :: Fotos :: Plantel :: Zerozero.pt".


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