Baião | |
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| Coordinates: 41°10′N 8°02′W / 41.167°N 8.033°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Tâmega e Sousa |
| District | Porto |
| Parishes | 14 |
| Government | |
| • President | Paulo Pereira (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 174.53 km2 (67.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 20,522 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | http://www.cm-baião.pt |
Baião (Portuguese pronunciation: [baˈjɐ̃w] ⓘ) is a municipality in Porto District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,522,[1] in an area of 174.53 km².[2]
Baião received a charter from Manuel I on 1 September 1513.
The present Mayor is Paulo Pereira, elected from the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is August 24.
Baião is certified by the EarthCheck Sustainable Destinations program.[3][4][5]
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (freguesias):[6]
- Ancede e Ribadouro (town of Ancede)
- Baião (Santa Leocádia) e Mesquinhata
- Campelo e Ovil (town of Baião)
- Frende
- Gestaçô
- Gove
- Grilo
- Loivos da Ribeira e Tresouras
- Loivos do Monte
- Santa Cruz do Douro e São Tomé de Covelas
- Santa Marinha do Zêzere (town)
- Teixeira e Teixeiró
- Valadares
- Viariz
Notable people
- Soeiro Pereira Gomes (1909 in Gestaçô – 1949) a Portuguese writer of realist influence
- António Mota (born 1957) a Portuguese writer for children and young people.
- Ricardo José Vaz Alves Monteiro (born 1983 in Gestaçô), known as Tarantini, a former footballer with 495 club caps
In popular culture
The 2023 Portuguese film A Minha Casinha was shot and is set in the municipality.[7]
References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ↑ "Sustainable Tourist Destination – Baião is the first Certified Portuguese Municipality". Sustainable Baião. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ↑ "Lavandeira Douro - Region". Lavandeira Douro. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ↑ "Certification". Sustainable Baião. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ↑ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 21" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ↑ ""A Minha Casinha" estreia a 14 de dezembro". Câmara Municipal de Baião (in European Portuguese). 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
External links
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