Águeda
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Águeda () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. According to the Portuguese 2011 census, the municipality of Águeda had 47,729 inhabitants, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 14,504 (2001 data), while the remainder is distributed in 11 parishes, within the Baixo Vouga Subregion.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Águeda
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Flag of Águeda.svg
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- Brasão de município de Águeda.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Rua Luis de Camões, Águeda.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Luís de Camões Street, Águeda
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Águeda
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Centro
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Região de Aveiro
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Aveiro
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 11
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Jorge Almeida PPD/PSD.MPT
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 335.27
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2021
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 46131
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Saint Eulalia
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 3750
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Physical geography
- Ecoregions/Protected zones
- Human geography
- Twin towns - sister cities
- Economy
- Transport
- Architecture
- Civic
- Religious
- Culture
- Sport
- Major clubs
- Notable athletes
- Notable citizens
- References
- External links
Águeda () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. According to the Portuguese 2011 census, the municipality of Águeda had 47,729 inhabitants, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 14,504 (2001 data), while the remainder is distributed in 11 parishes, within the Baixo Vouga Subregion.
==History== Águeda has been a municipal seat since 1834 and has had official city status since 1985. It was built on a foundation of successive Celt, Turduli and Lusitanian inhabitants since 370 BC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Águeda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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