Aguada de Baixo explained

Type:parish
Aguada de Baixo
Coordinates:40.5092°N -8.4522°W
Region:Centro
Cim:Região de Aveiro
District:Aveiro
Municipality:Águeda
Area Total Km2:4.7
Population Total:1373
Population As Of:2011

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Freguesia de Aguada de Baixo . 31 January 2014 . cm-agueda.pt . Câmara Municipal de Águeda . Portuguese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131106192625/http://www.cm-agueda.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27792 . 6 November 2013 .
  2. Web site: Lei n.º 11-A/2013 de 28 de janeiro. Assembly of the Republic. 28 January 2013. 31 January 2014. Diário da República. Portuguese.
  3. Web site: GRUPOS DE CIDADÃOS ELEITORESnconcorrentes às ELEIÇÕES AUTÁRQUICAS de 11.10.2009 . 28 January 2013. 31 January 2014. cne.pt. Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Portuguese.
  4. Web site: Autarquicas - 11/10/2009 Informação Detalhada - Distrito: AVEIRO / Conc: AGUEDA e - Distrito: AVEIRO / Conc: AGUEDA / Freg: Aguada de Baixo. 31 January 2014. eleicoes.cne.pt. Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Portuguese.
  5. Web site: Paróquia de Aguada de Baixo. 31 January 2014. diocese-aveiro.pt. Diocese of Aveiro. Portuguese.
  6. Web site: Arciprestado de Águeda. 31 January 2014. diocese-aveiro.pt. Diocese of Aveiro. Portuguese.