Ovar

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 40°52′N 8°38′W / 40.867°N 8.633°W / 40.867; -8.633Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Região de AveiroDistrictAveiroParishes5Government

• PresidentSalvador Malheiro (PSD)Area

• Total23 km² (9 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total55,398 • Density2,400/km² (6,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidaySaint Christopher
July 25Websitehttp://www.cm-ovar.pt

Ovar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔˈvaɾ] ^ⓘ or [oˈvaɾ]) is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,398,^[1] in an area of 147.70 km².^[2] 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).^[3]

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

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.

Esmoriz (city)
Ovar (city)
Cortegaça (town)
São João (town)
Válega (town)

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):^[4]

Cortegaça
Esmoriz
Maceda
Ovar, São João, Arada e São Vicente de Pereira
Válega

Notable people

Santa Camarão (1902–1968) a Portuguese boxer who was 2.02 m (6 ft 8ins) 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

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "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 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 87" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.