Oliveira de Azeméis
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| Subdivisions of Portugal>Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. | Norte Entre Douro e Vouga Aveiro | |||
| Mayor - List_of_political_parties_in_Portugal>Party | Ápio Assunção PSD | |||
| Area | 163.5 km² | |||
| Population - Total - Density | 71,069 436/km² | |||
| No. of freguesia>parishes | 19 | |||
| Coordinates | [40°50'N 8°29'W] | |||
| Municipal holiday | 2nd Monday of August | |||
| Website: http://www.cm-oaz.pt | ||||
The municipality is composed of 19 parishes, and is located in the District of Aveiro.
The present Mayor is Ápio Carlo Cláudio Assunção, elected by the Social Democratic Party.
The municipal holiday is the second Monday of August.
In the center 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.
Sports
Its most important sports club is the UD Oliveirense which fields teams in football, basketball and rink hockey.Facilities
Local facilities include:- Hospital
- Higher education schools
- Secondary schools
- Basic schools
- Regional museum
- Camping
- Hotel
- Post Office
- Police
- Clinic centres
- Tourism office
- Library
Nearby cities and towns
- São João da Madeira (5 km)
- Santa Maria da Feira (11 km)
- Ovar (15 km)
- Estarreja (15 km)
- Vale de Cambra (12 km)
- Lourosa (15 km)
- Fiães (15 km)
- Esmoriz (20 km)
- Espinho (25 km)
- Vila Nova de Gaia (30 km)
- Porto (35 km)
- Águeda (30 km)
- Aveiro (35 km)
Economy
Among its most well-known companies are Simoldes and Lactogal.It is an important industrial area, producing a wide variety of goods:
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
External links
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| Águeda | Albergaria-a-Velha | Anadia | Arouca | Aveiro | Castelo de Paiva | Espinho | Estarreja | Ílhavo | Mealhada | Murtosa Oliveira de Azeméis | Oliveira do Bairro | Ovar | Santa Maria da Feira | São João da Madeira | Sever do Vouga | Vagos | Vale de Cambra | |
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