Oliveira do Bairro () is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729, in an area of 335.27&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001.

The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Duarte Novo. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Demographics

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan="10" | Inhabitants (1801–2011)

|- bgcolor="#C1C1C1"

| align="center" | 1801

| align="center" | 1849

| align="center" | 1900

| align="center" | 1930

| align="center" | 1960

| align="center" | 1981

| align="center" | 1991

| align="center" | 2001

| align="center" | 2004

| align="center" | 2011

|-

| align="center" | 1939

| align="center" | 5086

| align="center" | 9540

| align="center" | 14362

| align="center" | 16699

| align="center" | 17517

| align="center" | 18660

| align="center" | 21164

| align="center" | 22365

| align="center" | 23028

|}

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):

  • Bustos, Troviscal e Mamarrosa
  • Oiã
  • Oliveira do Bairro
  • Palhaça

Cultural institutions

  • União Filarmónica do Troviscal, Troviscal - Aveiro, conducted by André Granjo

Twinning cities

Oliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities:

: Benguela, Angola and

: Lamballe, France

Notable people

  • Ilda Figueiredo (born 1948 in Troviscal, Oliveira do Bairro) a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party
  • João Tomás (born 1975) a Portuguese retired footballer with 378 club caps and 4 for Portugal

References

  • Town Hall official website