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Oliveira de Azeméis

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Country
  
Portugal

Parishes
  
12

Population
  
68,611 (2011)

Region
  
Norte Region, Portugal

Metropolitan area
  
Porto

Time zone
  
WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)

Area
  
161.1 km²

District
  
Aveiro District

Oliveira de Azeméis

Subregion
  
Área Metropolitana do Porto

Weather
  
3°C, Wind E at 3 km/h, 92% Humidity

University
  
Escola Superior de Enfermagem da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa de Oliveira de Azeméis

Oliveira de azem is aveiro


Oliveira de Azeméis ([oliˈvejɾɐ ði ɐzɨˈmɛjʃ] [oliˈvɐjɾɐ ði ɐzɨˈmɐjʃ]) is a city and a municipality located in Porto Metropolitan Area in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 68,611, in an area of 161.10 km². The city itself has a population of about 20,000. Oliveira de Azeméis is part of Oporto Metropolitan Area and it is located 35 km to the south of Porto. It is less than 20 km far from the Atlantic Ocean. It has connection the following motorways: A1, A29 and A32; and the IC2 expressway. It is served by Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport/Oporto's airport.

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The municipality is integrated in Porto Metropolitan Area.

The present Mayor is Hermínio Loureiro, 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, Isère, 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.

Oliveira de azem is aveiro postcard


Facilities

Local facilities include:

  • Hospital de São Miguel
  • Higher education schools
  • Secondary schools
  • Basic schools
  • Regional museum
  • Hotel
  • Post Office
  • Police station
  • Clinic centres
  • Tourism office
  • Library - Biblioteca Municipal Ferreira de Castro
  • Sports

    Its most prominent 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.

    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

    Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):

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

    There is one city in the municipality: Oliveira de Azeméis. The towns are

  • Carregosa
  • Cesar
  • Fajões
  • Loureiro
  • Nogueira do Cravo
  • Pinheiro da Bemposta
  • Vila Chã de São Roque
  • Vila de Cucujães
  • References

    Oliveira de Azeméis Wikipedia