Murtosa

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 40°44′N 8°38′W / 40.733°N 8.633°W / 40.733; -8.633Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Região de AveiroDistrictAveiroParishes4Government

• PresidentEng. Joaquim Manuel Baptista (PSD)Area

• Total73.09 km² (28.22 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total10,585 • Density140/km² (380/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidaySeptember 8Websitehttp://www.cm-murtosa.pt

Murtosa (Portuguese pronunciation: [muɾˈtɔzɐ] ^ⓘ) is a town and a municipality in the District of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,585,^[1] in an area of 73.09 km².^[2] It had 8,282 eligible voters.

The present Mayor is Joaquim Manuel Baptista, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 8.

Numerous Murtosa residents have immigrated to Newark, New Jersey and other cities in the New York City metropolitan area of the United States. They have formed numerous social clubs and institutions in Newark and the broader region.^[3]

Economy

Agriculture, fishing and canned fish preserves industry are the main activities.

Demographics

Population of Murtosa Municipality (1930–2011)
1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2006	2011
13310	12328	9816	9579	9458	9657	9804	10585

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):^[4]

Bunheiro
Monte
Murtosa
Torreira

Cities and towns

There are no cities in Murtosa. There is at least one town, namely Murtosa.

Notable people

Francisco Maria da Silva (1910—1977) a Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop-Primate of Braga from 1963

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ "Murtosa Twinning - Newark". Murtosa Município. Murtosa Município. Retrieved 15 Sep 2022.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 80" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.