Amares
Municipality in Norte, Portugal
Amares (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈma.ɾɨʃ] ⓘ), officially Town of Amares (Portuguese: Vila de Amares), is a municipality in Braga District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,889, in an area of 81.95 km2.
Amares limits to the north and northeast with the municipality of Terras de Bouro, to the southeast with Vieira do Minho and Póvoa de Lanhoso, to the south with Braga and to the northwest with Vila Verde.
The present Mayor is Emanuel Magalhães, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is June 13.
01Demographics
| Pop. Amares Municipality (1801-2011) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 5411 | 8030 | 12746 | 13878 | 16845 | 16478 | 16715 | 18521 | 18889 |
02Parishes
The municipality is subdivided into the following parishes:
03Notable people
- Gualdim Pais (1118-1195), crusader, member of the Knights Templar in Portugal for Afonso Henriques, founder of the city of Tomar
- António Variações (1944-1984), singer and songwriter
- Jorge Pires (b. 1981), former professional footballer
Sources and credits
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- N. Sra. da Abadia - Amares.JPG by Fotografia de Vitor Oliveira, integrada na colecção com o endereço https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitor107/sets/ Vitor107, CC BY 2.5
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