Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro
Municipality
Ilha dos Puxadoiros, Moliceiro Boat, Moliceiro travel, Old Capitania do Porto, Set of Salt Warehouses on the São Roque Channel or Salt Palheiros on the São Roque Channel, Town Square
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 40°38′N 8°39′W / 40.633°N 8.650°W / 40.633; -8.650
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Aveiro
District	Aveiro
Parishes	10
Government
• President	José Ribau Esteves (PSD-CDS–PP)
Area
• Total	197.58 km2 (76.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	80,880
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	12 May
Website	cm-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese)

Aveiro ([aˈvei̯ɾu] ^ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880,^[1] in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 sq mi):^[2] it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra). Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important populated regions by density in the North Region, and primary centre of the Intermunicipal Community of Aveiro and Baixo Vouga. Administratively, the president of the municipal government is José Ribau Esteves, elected by coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Social Centre, who governs the ten civil parishes (Portuguese: freguesias).