Aguada de Baixo

Civil parish in Centro, Portugal

Coat of arms

40°30′33″N 8°27′08″W / 40.50917°N 8.45222°W / 40.50917; -8.45222Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Região de AveiroDistrictAveiroMunicipalityÁguedaArea

• 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

Population from 1864 to 2011
Variation of population from 1864 to 2011

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

^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Paróquia de Aguada de Baixo". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
^ "Arciprestado de Águeda". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

Águeda Municipality

Freguesias

Current	Aguada de Cima Águeda e Borralha Barrô e Aguada de Baixo Belazaima do Chão, Castanheira do Vouga e Agadão Fermentelos Macinhata do Vouga Préstimo e Macieira de Alcoba Recardães e Espinhel Travassô e Óis da Ribeira Trofa, Segadães e Lamas do Vouga Valongo do Vouga
Former	Agadão Aguada de Baixo Águeda Barrô Belazaima do Chão Borralha Castanheira do Vouga Lamas do Vouga Macieira de Alcoba Óis da Ribeira Préstimo Segadães Travassô Trofa

Classified
heritage

National monument	Igreja de Trofa
Monument of Public Interest	Igreja Matriz de Belazaima do Chão
Public Interest	Archaeological site of Cabeço do Vouga Pillory of Aguada de Cima Pillory of Assequins Pillory of Serém Pillory of Trofa Ponte do Cabeço do Vouga
Municipal Interest	Parque de Alta Vila