Oliveira do Castelo

Oliveira do Castelo
The Castle of Guimarães, in 2018.
Location within Guimarães.
Coordinates: 41°27′01″N 8°17′17″W / 41.45028°N 8.28806°W / 41.45028; -8.28806
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Ave
DistrictBraga
MunicipalityGuimarães
Area
  Total
0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
3,265
  Density4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Oliveira do Castelo is an extinct freguesia in the municipality of Guimarães, with an area of 0.69 km2 and 3265 inhabitants (2011). Its population density was of 4,731.9 inhabitants/km2. A big part of it is located in the Historic Center of Guimarães.

It was the seat of a freguesia that was abolished in 2013, as part of a national administrative reform, to form a new parish, together with São Paio and São Sebastião, called Oliveira, São Paio e São Sebastião, with its seat at Alameda de São Dâmaso in Guimarães.