Aguada de Baixo


Aguada de Baixo is a freguesia in Águeda Municipality, Aveiro District, Portugal. It has an area of 4.7 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 1373. In 2013 it was merged with Barrô as part of an administrative reorganization of the territory and formed the União das Freguesias de Barrô e Aguada de Baixo. It was restored in 2025.

Geography

It is the southernmost freguesia of the municipality, and it borders the Águeda freguesias of Barrô and Aguada de Cima and the municipalities of Anadia e Oliveira do Bairro.

Places

  • Aguadela
  • Alto da Póvoa
  • Bicarenho
  • Landiosa
  • Passadouro
  • Povoa da Raposa
  • Povoa do Nascido
  • Vale do Grou
  • Vale do Mouro
  • Vidoeiro

Politics

Elections

As of 31 December 2011, it had 1532 registered voters. In the 2009 local elections for the Assembly of the Freguesia, there were 1598 registered voters, with 920 voting and 678 abstaining. The Lista Independente de Aguada de Baixo got 527 of the votes, electing five members of the Assembly and the Socialist Party got 364 votes, electing four members of the Assembly.

Religion

The Portuguese Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Aveiro includes the Parish of Aguada de Baixo as part of the archpriestship of Águeda.