Type: | parish |
Belazaima do Chão | |
Coordinates: | 40.5328°N -8.3647°W |
Region: | Centro |
Cim: | Região de Aveiro |
District: | Aveiro |
Municipality: | Águeda |
Area Total Km2: | 19.8 |
Population Total: | 599 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Belazaima do Chão was a freguesia ("civil parish") in Águeda Municipality, Aveiro District, Portugal. It had an area of 19.8 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 599.[1]
In 2013 it was merged with Castanheira do Vouga and with Agadão to form the new freguesia of Belazaima do Chão, Castanheira do Vouga e Agadão.[2]
In the 2009 local elections for the Assembly of the Freguesia, there were 579 registered voters, with 454 (78.41%) voting and 125 (21.59%) abstaining. The Social Democratic Party got 365 votes (80.40%), electing six members of the Assembly and the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party got 70 votes (15.42%), electing one member of the Assembly.[3] As of 31 December 2011, the freguesia had 572 registered voters.[1]
The Portuguese Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Aveiro includes the Parish of Belazaima do Chão[4] as part of the archpriestship of Águeda.[5] The Igreja Matriz de Belazaima do Chão was finished in 1748 and is classified as a Monument of Public Interest.[6]