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Oliveira do Hospital

Field	Value
type	municipality
official_name	Oliveira do Hospital
image_flag	Pt-ohp3.png
flag_border	no
image_shield	OHP1.png
image_skyline	Avô.jpg
image_caption	The village Avô, in the southern part of the municipality
image_map
map_caption	Interactive map of Oliveira do Hospital
region	Centro
CIM	Região de Coimbra
district	Coimbra
parishes	16
leader_name	José Carlos Alexandrino Mendes
leader_party	PS
coordinates
elevation	500
area_total	234.52
population_as_of	2011
population_total	20,855
postal_code	3400
area_code	238
website	http://www.cm-oliveiradohospital.pt

Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,855, in an area of 234.52 km².

History

Oliveira do Hospital has seen human occupation dating back to the Neolithic, as seen from this example: the Dolmen of Pinheiro dos Abraços

The Roman ruins in the civil parish of Bobadela

Inhabited by ancient civilizations, Oliveira do Hospital has Roman settlements, Visigothic relics, noble Gothic mansions as well as ancient villages built of slate. One can find Neolithic and Bronze Age burial grounds and genuine religious and rural relics such as the large granite outcroppings used as threshing floors, the Holy Cross Church and the Ferreiros Chapel, a Roman Gothic style temple dating to the 13th century and the Church of Sao Gião, known as the cathedral of its region due to its richly carved and painted 18th century Baroque interior.

Geography

It is located at the northern edge of the district of Coimbra in the foothills of the Serra da Estrela Mountains, bisected by the Alva and Alvoco River valleys. Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (freguesias):

Aldeia das Dez
Alvoco das Várzeas
Avô
Bobadela
Ervedal e Vila Franca da Beira
Lagares
Lagos da Beira e Lajeosa
Lourosa
Meruge
Nogueira do Cravo
Oliveira do Hospital e São Paio de Gramaços
Penalva de Alva e São Sebastião da Feira
Santa Ovaia e Vila Pouca da Beira
São Gião
Seixo da Beira
Travanca de Lagos

Economy

Its fertile geographic position favors agriculture, which is the dominant activity of the region with wine and cheeses being important products. Regarding its business sector, confections, machine tools, packaging and toys are the most important. Oliveira do Hospital is known for its natural environment, cuisine, arts and crafts.

Transport

Although Oliveira do Hospital is well within the interior of the country, transportation services are quite adequate and have been increasing as befits a growing region. There are a number of roads to the coast and other cities, the best known being the scenic Estrada da Beira.

The Bridge with Three Entrances (Ponte das Três Entradas), a very rare three-way bridge, crosses the Alva River at Oliveira do Hospital.

Notable people

Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas (1596 in Avô - 1656 in Avô) soldier, poet and writer.
Dulce Pássaro (born 1953 in Oliveira do Hospital) an engineer, politician and Govt. Minister, 2009/2011
Carlos Martins (born 1982 in Oliveira do Hospital) footballer with 327 club caps and 17 for Portugal
Tomané Nunes (born 1987 in Nogueira do Cravo) a retired footballer with 119 club caps
João Martins (born 1988 in Oliveira do Hospital) footballer with 199 club caps

References

[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
"Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país".
Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 85".

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