Barreiro () is a city and a

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in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 78,764,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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from Avenida da Praia and a riverside area called Alburrica. The mayor since 2017 has been Frederico Rosa, elected by the

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. The municipal holiday is June 28.

History

There are records of the village of Barreiro from as far as the 13th century, when the

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promoted its settlement. Due to the village's location, the main occupation of the population was harvesting salt and fishing. By the time the Portuguese reached India and Brasil (early 16th century), it was in Barreiro that shipbuilding was concluded, since it started in Lisbon during summer and when the rougher weather arrived the construction had to be moved to somewhere with more sheltered conditions. It was also in Barreiro that the bread for the ships' crew was baked. These activities put Barreiro on the map and in 1521 the village became a town. In the 19th century, the railway lines from Setúbal and Vendas Novas were extended to Barreiro, which along with the location by the

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made CUF select the town for the establishment of one of the biggest industrial estates of its time. Quickly, thousands of people from all over the country arrived looking for work; a substantial number of people migrated to Barreiro from the region of

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, where rural workers had very few rights (work from sunrise to sunset and child labour were still normalised) but which was now well connected to Barreiro via the railway. After the

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that overthrew a 41 years long dictatorship, many factories were nationalised all over the country and so was the industrial estate in Barreiro. Without the former regime to restrict imports and control the national production, the business started to decline and the factories in Barreiro were gradually shut down. Also with the fall of the dictatorship, Portugal withdrew from the overseas territories and gave them their independence back. After the change in political powers abroad, thousands migrated to Portugal in order to flee violence; at this time Barreiro received many refugees, mostly from Portuguese and Angolan ethnic backgrounds. In autumn 1975

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profiled Barreiro as a "new home for refugees from Angola". Due to its industrial past, Barreiro residents have historically elected representatives from the

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in all local elections since the revolution (1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2005, 2009 and 2013) except from the elections in 2001, 2017 and 2021, won by the candidates from the

. In 1984 Barreiro became a city.

Population

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (''

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''): * Alto do Seixalinho, Santo André e Verderena * Barreiro e Lavradio * Palhais e Coina * Santo António da Charneca

Sports

F.C. Barreirense Futebol Clube Barreirense is a Portuguese sports club founded on 11 April 1911. The main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, the club has represented Portugal in European competitions. In basketball, the club won 2 national champ ...

is the local team and plays at Campo da Verderena. G.D. Fabril, another local team, plays at Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva.

Notable people

Álvaro Velho Álvaro Velho (15th-16th century, born in Barreiro, Portugal) was a Portuguese sailor or soldier who took part in the first Portuguese expedition by sea to India, led by Vasco da Gama in 1497. Velho is one of the purported authors of the anonymous ...

(15th-16th century) a sailor or soldier, accompanied

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link ...

on the first Portuguese expedition by sea to India in 1497 *

Henrique Galvão Henrique Carlos da Mata Galvão (4 February 1895 – 25 June 1970) was a Portuguese military officer, writer and politician. He was initially a supporter but later become one of the strongest opponents of the Portuguese Estado Novo (Portugal), Es ...

(1895–1970) a Portuguese military officer, writer and politician *

Augusto Cabrita Augusto Cabrita (March 16, 1923 – February 1, 1993) was a Portuguese photographer, cinematographer and film director. He is best known as a leading name in photography in Portugal. Career Cabrita was a self-taught photographer. He worked as a ...

(1923–1993) photographer, cinematographer and film director. *

Isabel do Carmo Isabel do Carmo ComL is a former founder and leader of the Portuguese terrorist organization, Brigadas Revolucionárias (BR), which took part in an armed struggle against the Portuguese government, both before and after the overthrow of the rep ...

(born 1940) a doctor, writer, former university professor and political activist *

Maria Guinot Maria Guinot (20 June 1945 – 3 November 2018) was a Portuguese singer, best known for her participation in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Born in Barreiro, Portugal, Guinot released two EPs, "La mère sans enfant" and "Balada do ...

(1945–2018) a Portuguese singer, sang in the

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Eduardo Cabrita Eduardo Arménio do Nascimento Cabrita (born 26 September 1961, in Barreiro) is a Portuguese legal professional and politician who served as Minister Assistant in the cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa from 2015 until 2021. He was a member ...

(born 1961) a Portuguese legal professional and politician *

Heloísa Apolónia Heloísa Augusta Baião de Brito Apolónia (born 26 June 1969 in Barreiro, Setúbal District) is a Portuguese politician and jurist who is secretary of the Ecologist Party "The Greens". She was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic for t ...

(born 1969) a Portuguese Green politician and jurist *

Leonor Andrade Leonor Margarida Coelho Andrade, also known as Ella Nor (born 13 September 1994) is a Portuguese singer and actress. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song " Há um mar que nos separa". Career In 2014, Andrad ...

(born 1994) a singer and actress, represented Portugal at the

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. Leonor Andrade, IMDb Database
retrieved 25 June 2021.

Sport

Manuel Vasques Manuel Soeiro Vasques (29 July 1926 – 10 July 2003) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Vasques joined Sporting CP in 1946, from local club G.D. CUF. During his spell in Lisb ...

(1926–2003) a footballer with 280 club caps and 26 with

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* José Augusto (born 1937) a Portuguese footballer with over 344 club caps and 45 with

* Vasco Campos (born 1988), footballer * Joaquim Carvalho (1937–2022) a former footballer with 168 club caps and 6 with

Fernando Chalana Fernando Albino de Sousa Chalana (; 10 February 1959 – 10 August 2022) was a Portuguese football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest talents of his era in Portuguese football, the diminutive left winger's main asset wa ...

(born 1959) a footballer with over 270 club caps and 27 with

Paulo Fonseca Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca (born 5 March 1973) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current head coach of French ...

(born 1973) a former footballer, currently a club manager *

Nuno Espírito Santo Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (born 25 January 1974), often referred to as simply Nuno, is a Portuguese football manager and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the manager of Saudi Professional League club Al ...

(born 1974 in

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), brought up in Barreiro, started youth football in 1985 with the Barreiro teams Santoantoniense and G.D. Fabril. * Paulo Jorge Camões Martins (born 1983) known as Paulinho a futsal player with 76 caps with the

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João Moutinho João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho (; born 8 September 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team. Moutinho began his professional career ...

(born 1986) a footballer with over 500 club caps and 134 for

Bruno Martins Indi Rolando Maximiliano "Bruno" Martins Indi (born 8 February 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar and the Netherlands national team. Martins Indi began his career with Dutch club Feyenoo ...

(born 1992) a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps and 34 with the

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; was born in Barreiro to

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parents * João Cancelo (born 1994) a Portuguese footballer with over 200 club caps and 27 with

Neemias Queta Neemias Esdras Barbosa Queta (born 13 July 1999) is a Portuguese professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He started p ...

(born 1999) a basketball player at

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and the first Portuguese player to be drafted in the NBA.

International relations

Barreiro is twinned with: * —

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''(since 1996)'' * —

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''(since 1976)''

References

External links

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