The Municipality of Águeda (www.cm-agueda.pt) is located in the Centro Region of Portugal. The Municipality is composed of eleven parishes with 46.713 inhabitants (Census 2016). The city of Agueda is the main urban centre. The Municipality mission is related to socioeconomic, environmental and territorial development. As a result, its actions are directed towards the needs of its local community, namely considering socioeconomic development, spatial planning, public supplying, basic sanitation, healthcare, education, culture, environment and sport.
Águeda plays host to a variety of national and international cultural and sport events. The most well known of these is AgitAgueda Art Festival, which annually attracts thousands of visitors throughout the month of July (www.agitagueda.com).
The Municipality provides support to about 30 sport clubs located within the borough. The “Sport for All” program aims to allow free access to sports activities for its citizens, including a number of sport opportunities for those with disabilities.
The history of Agueda is synonymous with two wheels, a tradition which continuous with the municipality being a major centre for bicycle production in Europe. The city continues to invest in the development of cycling infrastructure for the people of Agueda. In 2017, we inaugurated the Agueda Bike Park, which has a wide variety of trails, including those specifically designed to allow the use of adaptive bikes.
This unique environment has fostered the development of a close relation with International Mountain Bicycling Association Europe (IMBA Europe). In 2017, Agueda played host to the IMBA Europe Summit.