Barrô (Águeda)

Barrô
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Barrô Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40°32′11″N 8°28′12″W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Aveiro
District	Aveiro
Municipality	Águeda
Area
• Total	7 km^2 (3 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,836
• Density	260/km^2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Barrô was a freguesia ("civil parish") in Águeda Municipality, Aveiro District, Portugal. It had an area of 7 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 1836.^[1]

History

In 2013 it was merged with Aguada de Baixo to form the new freguesia of Barrô e Aguada de Baixo.^[2]

Places

• Barrô
• Carqueijo

Demography

• 
  Population from 1864 to 2011
• 
  Variation of population from 1864 to 2011

Politics

Elections

As of 31 December 2011, it had 1722 registered voters.^[1] In the 2009 local elections for the Assembly of the Freguesia, there were 1711 registered voters, with 1013 (59.21%) voting and 698 (40.79%) abstaining. The Social Democratic Party got 527 (57,28%) of the votes, electing six members of the Assembly and the Socialist Party got 368 votes (36.33%), electing three members of the Assembly.^[3]

Religion

The Portuguese Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Aveiro includes the Parish of Barrô^[4] as part of the archpriestship of Águeda.^[5] There is a church and a chapel in this former freguesia, both from the 17th century.^[1]

References

1. "Freguesia de Barrô". cm-agueda.pt (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Águeda. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
2. Assembly of the Republic (28 January 2013). "Lei n.º 11-A/2013 de 28 de janeiro" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 February 2014.
3. "Autarquicas - 11/10/2009 Informação Detalhada - Distrito: AVEIRO / Conc: AGUEDA e - Distrito: AVEIRO / Conc: AGUEDA / Freg: Barro". eleicoes.cne.pt (in Portuguese). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
4. "Paróquia de Barrô". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
5. "Arciprestado de Águeda". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 9 February 2014.