Oleiros, Portugal

Oleiros
Oleiros
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 39°55′07″N 7°54′46″W / 39.9186°N 7.9128°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Beira Baixa
District	Castelo Branco
Parishes	10
Government
• President	José Santos Marques (PSD)
Area
• Total	471.09 km2 (181.89 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	5,721
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	Monday after the 2nd Sunday of August
Website	http://www.cm-oleiros.pt/

Oleiros (Portuguese pronunciation: [oˈlɐjɾuʃ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,721,^[1] in an area of 471.09 km².^[2] The present mayor is José Santos Marques, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is the Monday after the 2nd Sunday of August.

Economy[edit]

Built in 2006, a wind farm (Pinhal Interior Wind Farm) operates in Oleiros, comprising a 54 MW power generation capacity.

Population[edit]

Oleiros has a total population of 5,271 in 2011.

Population of
Oleiros
Year	Pop.	±%
1890	10,476	—
1900	11,203	+6.9%
1911	12,060	+7.6%
1920	11,977	−0.7%
1930	11,891	−0.7%
1940	14,020	+17.9%
1950	15,137	+8.0%
1960	15,553	+2.7%
1970	13,110	−15.7%
1981	10,183	−22.3%
1991	7,767	−23.7%
2001	6,677	−14.0%
2011	5,721	−14.3%

Parishes[edit]

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 10 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Álvaro
Amieira - Oleiros
Cambas
Estreito - Vilar Barroco
Isna
Madeirã
Mosteiro
Orvalho
Sarnadas de São Simão
Sobral

Notable people[edit]

Father António de Andrade (1580 – 1634) a Jesuit priest and explorer; a missionary in India, 1600–1634; the first known European to cross the Himalayas and reach Tibet.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 83" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "Antonio de Andrada" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 01. 1907.

External links[edit]

Vestas receives another order for V90-3.0 MW wind turbines in Portugal

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[ine-1] Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[dgt-2] "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

[3] Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 83" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[4] "Antonio de Andrada" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 01. 1907.

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