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Santa Maria da Feira
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Coat of arms of Santa Maria da Feira
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Location of Santa Maria da Feira
Location  
 - Country Portugal  
 - Region Norte
 - Subregion Entre Douro e Vouga
 - District or A.R. Aveiro
Mayor Alfredo Henriques
 - Party PSD
Area 215.1 km²
Population
 - Total 140,494
 - Density 661/km²
No. of parishes 31
Coordinates 40º56'N 8º32'W
Municipal holiday Saint Sebastian
January 20
Website: http://www.cm-feira.pt

Santa Maria da Feira (pron. IPA: ['sɐ̃tɐ mɐ'ɾiɐ dɐ 'fɐiɾɐ]) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 215.1 km² and a total population of 140,494 inhabitants, and 107,458 electors. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Santa Maria da Feira ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Região Norte (pron. ... Map showing the location of the Entre Douro e Vouga subregion Entre Douro e Vouga is a NUTS3 Portuguese subregion integrated in the NUTS2 region Norte. ... The District of Aveiro is located in the central coastal of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Aveiro. ... Political parties in Portugal lists political parties in Portugal. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata, pron. ... A freguesia (pron. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Norte  - Subregion Entre Douro e Vouga  - District or A.R. Aveiro Mayor Alfredo Henriques  - Party PSD Area 215. ... “Sebastian” redirects here. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...


The municipality is composed of 31 parishes, and is located in the District of Aveiro. The District of Aveiro is located in the central coastal of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Aveiro. ...


The present Mayor is Alfredo de Oliveira Henriques, elected by the (Social Democratic Party. The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata, pron. ...


The municipal holiday is January 20. It's the day when the whole municipality celebrates the Fogaceiras. The Fogaceiras is a special local holiday. During the Middle Ages, the lands of Santa Maria (as it was known back then) were infested by the dark plague. To get rid of this calamity, the locals offered a sugared bread, called fogaça, to the patron saint Saint Sebastien. The Fogaceiras have been celebrated for five hundred years, since the eradication of the dark plague. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contents

Parishes

  • Argoncilhe
  • Arrifana
  • Caldas de São Jorge
  • Canedo
  • Escapães
  • Espargo
  • Feira
  • Fiães
  • Fornos
  • Gião
  • Guisande
  • Lobão
  • Louredo
  • Lourosa
  • Milheirós de Poiares
  • Mosteiró
  • Mozelos
  • Nogueira da Regedoura
  • Paços de Brandão
  • Pigeiros
  • Rio Meão
  • Romariz
  • Sanfins
  • Sanguedo
  • Santa Maria de Lamas
  • São João de Ver
  • São Paio de Oleiros
  • Souto
  • Travanca
  • Vale
  • Vila Maior

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Economy

Santa Maria da Feira is a heavily industrialized municipality and is famous for its several cork transforming and shoes factories. The seat of the municipality is Feira, famous for its medieval castle which was the residence of Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques, for a short period of time. The castle, located in the top of a hill, was of a considerate strategic importance during its time. A cork stopper for a wine bottle Champagne corks Varnished cork tiles can be used for flooring, as a substitute for linoleum or tiles. ... Afonso I, King of Portugal (English Alphonzo or Alphonse), more commonly known as Afonso Henriques (pron. ...


Every year, in summer, a medieval festival takes place in Santa Maria da Feira - Feira Medieval - during which the city goes back to the Middle Ages.


Gallery

Fogaça - typical sweet bread Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 638 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2128 × 2000 pixel, file size: 436 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Castle at Santa Maria da Feira Image File history File links Size of this preview: 408 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 1174 pixel, file size: 212 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description Castelo (Castle of) de Santa Maria da Feira, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal Author Anabela Duarte, anabduart@hotmail. ...

Medieval festival parade Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 200 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

External links

Portugal Portal
  • Town Hall official website
  • Feirense web
  • Info at the Portuguese Association of Municipalities website
  • Photos from Santa Maria da Feira
  • More pictures of Santa Maria da Feira
  • Videos from Santa Maria da Feira
 v • d • e Municipalities of the District of Aveiro Flag of Portugal
Águeda | Albergaria-a-Velha | Anadia | Arouca | Aveiro | Castelo de Paiva | Espinho | Estarreja | Ílhavo | Mealhada | Murtosa
Oliveira de Azeméis | Oliveira do Bairro | Ovar | Santa Maria da Feira | São João da Madeira | Sever do Vouga | Vagos | Vale de Cambra

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UNESCO (1343 words)
With a population of around 120 000 in 31 parishes covering 211 km2, the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira constitutes an administrative centre which stands out from its equals, both because of the historic might of its past and as a result of the vitality with which it stands up to modern times.
Following this trend, in the last few years Santa Maria da Feira has served as the stage for a tremendous move towards innovation and modernity, thus leading to the implementing of a diversified set of basic structures, for well-being and leisure, which offer new concepts for daily living.
The collection development policy of Santa Maria da Feira Public Library explicitly supports, purchase materials that are relevant to the needs of all users, in order of all them have full access to the collections, independently of the kind of format.
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