Estarreja
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursThe municipality is part of the Aveiro District, in the Baixo Vouga subregion, in the Centro Region, Portugal.
Main train stations are Estarreja and Avanca.
The present Mayor is Diamantino Sabina, elected by a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party. The municipal holiday is 13 June, the feast of Saint Anthony of Padua.
Demographics
In 1926 a portion of territory with about 13 000 inhabitants was taken away from Estarreja municipality to become the municipality of Murtosa. Hence the population drop from 1900 to 1930.
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Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):
- Avanca
- Beduído e Veiros
- Canelas e Fermelã
- Pardilhó (town)
- Salreu (town)
Cities and towns
- Estarreja (city)
- Avanca (town)
- Pardilhó (town)
- Salreu (town)
Notable people
António Egas Moniz (1874–1955), the famous Portuguese doctor was born in Avanca, Estarreja. He was the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949.