Sever do Vouga

Sever do Vouga
Sever do Vouga
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 40°44′N 8°22′W / 40.733°N 8.367°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Aveiro
District	Aveiro
Parishes	7
Government
• President	Pedro Amadeu Lobo (PSD)
Area
• Total	129.88 km2 (50.15 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,356
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	September 21
Website	http://www.cm-sever.pt

Sever do Vouga (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈvɛɾ ðu ˈvoɣɐ] ^ⓘ) is a town and a municipality in the District of Aveiro in Portugal The population in 2011 was 12,356,^[1] in an area of 129.88 km².^[2] It had 11,734 eligible voters (2013). The municipality is a center of metalworking industry.

The municipality is included in the Região de Aveiro.

The present Mayor is António José Martins Coutinho, elected by the Socialist Party.

The municipal holiday is the September 21.

Demographics

Population of Sever do Vouga Municipality (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2011
4454	6394	9002	12038	14077	13783	13826	13186	12940	12356

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Famous people

Martin Silva (born 1952 in Sever do Vouga) politician and radio personality in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Luísa Beirão (born 1977 in Sever do Vouga) a Portuguese model.

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 115" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.

External links

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[ine-1] Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[dgt-2] Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país

[3] Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 115" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.

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