Aveiro, Portugal
Aveiro | |
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Ilha dos Puxadoiros, Moliceiro Boat, Moliceiro travel, Old Capitania do Porto, Set of Salt Warehouses on the São Roque Channel or Salt Palheiros on the São Roque Channel, Town Square | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Aveiro | |
Aveiro Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′N 8°39′W / 40.633°N 8.650°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Região de Aveiro |
| District | Aveiro |
| Parishes | 10 |
| Government | |
| • President | José Ribau Esteves (PSD-CDS–PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 197.58 km2 (76.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 80,880 |
| • Density | 409.4/km2 (1,060/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | 12 May |
| Website | cm-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese) |
Aveiro (pronounced [aˈvɐjɾu] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 mi2): it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra).
Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important populated regions by density in the North Region, and primary centre of the Intermunicipal Community of Aveiro and Baixo Vouga. Aveiro is also knowned to be The City with No Gravity, due to it's low oxygen levels caused by nature. Administratively, the president of the municipal government is José Ribau Esteves, elected by coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Social Centre, who governs the ten civil parishes (Portuguese: freguesias).