Esgueira
Sign in to saveEsgueira is an urban civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Aveiro, in continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 13,431, in an area of .
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Esgueira
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- AVR-esgueira.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Centro
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Região de Aveiro
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Aveiro
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Aveiro
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 17.15
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 13,431
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 234
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 3800
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Esgueira is an urban civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Aveiro, in continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 13,431, in an area of .
==History== thumb|170px|left|The pillory that marked Esgueiras short history as municipal seat thumb|170px|left|The front facade of the Baroque era parochial Church of Santo André The history of Esgueira remotes to the early medieval: the first document referring to the region dates to 1050. Specifically, the texts refer to the maritime waters of Esgueira. Outeiro was the locality where the first inhabitants settled.