Oliveira de Azeméis

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Oliveira de Azeméis Municipal coat of arms
Location
- Country	Portugal
- Region	Norte
- Subregion	Entre Douro e Vouga
- District or A.R.	Aveiro
Mayor	Ápio Assunção
- Party	PSD
Area	163.5 km²
Population
- Total	71,069
- Density	436/km²
No. of parishes	19
Coordinates	40°50'N 8°29'W
Municipal holiday	2nd Monday of August
Website: http://www.cm-oaz.pt

Oliveira de Azeméis (pron. IPA: [oli'vɐiɾɐ dɨ ɐzɨ'mɐiʃ] or [ɐzɨ'mɛiʃ]) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 163.5 km² and a total population of 71,069 inhabitants, and 71,043 electors. It is located 35 km to the south of Portugal's second most major city, Porto, and less than 20 km from the Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the A1 motorway and the IC2 expressway and is served by Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport.

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.

Contents 1 Sports 2 Facilities 3 Nearby cities and towns 4 Economy 5 Parishes 6 External links

[edit] Sports

Its most important sports club is the UD Oliveirense which fields teams in football, basketball and rink hockey.

[edit] Facilities

Local facilities include:

• Hospital
• Higher education schools
• Secondary schools
• Basic schools
• Regional museum
• Camping
• Hotel
• Post Office
• Police
• Clinic centres
• Tourism office
• Library

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• Town Hall official website