Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro
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
Flag of Aveiro
Coat of arms of Aveiro
Coordinates: 40°38′N 8°39′W / 40.633°N 8.650°W / 40.633; -8.650
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Aveiro
DistrictAveiro
Parishes10
Government
 • PresidentJosé Ribau Esteves (PSD-CDS–PP)
Area
 • Total
197.58 km2 (76.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
80,880
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday12 May
Websitecm-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese)

Aveiro (pronounced [aˈvɐjɾu] ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880,[1] in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 sq mi):[2] 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. 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).

  1. ^ "Statistics Portugal". www.ine.pt. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.