title: Águeda (freguesia)
text: # Águeda (freguesia)
  
  Águeda was a freguesia ("civil parish") in Águeda Municipality, Aveiro District, Portugal. It had an area of 41.6 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 11,346.
  
  ## History
  
  In 2013 it was merged with Borralha to form the new freguesia of Águeda e Borralha.
  
  ## Places
  
  * Alagoa
  * Alhandra
  * Ameal
  * Assequins
  * Bolfiar
  * Catraia de Assequins
  * Cavadas
  * Giesteira
  * Gravanço
  * Lapas de S. Pedro
  * Maçoida
  * Ninho de Águia
  * Paredes
  * Raivo
  * Regote
  * Rio Covo
  * Sardão
  * S. Pedro
  * Vale de Erva
  * Vale Domingos
  * Vale Durão
  * Vale Durão
  * Vale do Sobreirinho
  * Vale Verde
  
  ## Demography
  
  * Population from 1864 to 2011
  * Variation of population from 1864 to 2011
  
  ## Politics
  
  ### Elections
  
  In the 2009 local elections for the Assembly of the Freguesia, there were 10,328 registered voters, with 5,698 (55.17%) voting and 4,630 (44.83%) abstaining. The Socialist Party got 3,039 votes (53.33%), electing eight members of the Assembly, the Social Democratic Party got 1,495 votes (26.24%), electing four members of the Assembly and the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party got 482 votes (8.46%), electing one member of the Assembly. The three remaining lists did not elect any member of the Assembly. As of 31 December 2011, the freguesia had 10,396 registered voters.
  
  ## Religion
  
  The Portuguese Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Aveiro includes the Parish of Águeda as part of the archpriestship of Águeda.
  
  ## Built Heritage
  
  The Pillory of Assequins, now fragmented, is located in this former freguesia and is classified as an Imóvel de Interesse Público.
  
  