Aguada de Baixo
Civil parish
Coat of arms of Aguada de Baixo
Coat of arms
Aguada de Baixo is located in Portugal
Aguada de Baixo
Aguada de Baixo
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40°30′33″N 8°27′08″W / 40.50917°N 8.45222°W / 40.50917; -8.45222
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Aveiro
DistrictAveiro
MunicipalityÁgueda
Area
 • Total4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,373
 • Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Aguada de Baixo was a freguesia ("civil parish") in Águeda Municipality, Aveiro District, Portugal. It had an area of 4.7 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 1373.[1] In 2013 it was merged with Barrô as part of an administrative reorganization of the territory and formed the União das Freguesias de Barrô e Aguada de Baixo.[2]

Geography

It was the southernmost freguesia of the municipality, and it bordered the Águeda freguesias of Barrô and Aguada de Cima and the municipalities of Anadia e Oliveira do Bairro.

Places

  • Aguadela
  • Alto da Póvoa
  • Bicarenho
  • Landiosa
  • Passadouro
  • Povoa da Raposa
  • Povoa do Nascido
  • Vale do Grou
  • Vale do Mouro
  • Vidoeiro

Demography

Politics

Elections

As of 31 December 2011, it had 1532 registered voters. In the 2009 local elections for the Assembly of the Freguesia, there were 1598 registered voters, with 920 (57,57%) voting and 678 (42,43%) abstaining. The Lista Independente de Aguada de Baixo (LIAB)[3] got 527 (57,28%) of the votes, electing five members of the Assembly and the Socialist Party (PS) got 364 votes (39,57%), electing four members of the Assembly.[4]

Religion

The Portuguese Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Aveiro includes the Parish of Aguada de Baixo[5] as part of the archpriestship of Águeda.[6]

Notes

Article based on the Portuguese Wikipedia article Aguada de Baixo.

References

  1. ↑ "Freguesia de Aguada de Baixo". cm-agueda.pt (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Águeda. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Assembly of the Republic (28 January 2013). "Lei n.º 11-A/2013 de 28 de janeiro" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "GRUPOS DE CIDADÃOS ELEITORESnconcorrentes às ELEIÇÕES AUTÁRQUICAS de 11.10.2009" (PDF). cne.pt (in Portuguese). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Autarquicas - 11/10/2009 Informação Detalhada - Distrito: AVEIRO / Conc: AGUEDA e - Distrito: AVEIRO / Conc: AGUEDA / Freg: Aguada de Baixo". eleicoes.cne.pt (in Portuguese). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Paróquia de Aguada de Baixo". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Arciprestado de Águeda". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 31 January 2014.



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