Leiria District

District of Portugal

District in Oeste e Vale do Tejo and Centro, Portugal

District of Leiria

Distrito de Leiria (Portuguese)

District

Coat of arms

Country| Portugal
Region| Oeste e Vale do Tejo and Centro
Historical province| Beira Litoral
and Estremadura
No. of municipalities| 16
No. of parishes| 148
Capital| Leiria
Area

• Total

| 3,515 km2 (1,357 sq mi)
Population

2011

• Total

| 470,930
• Density| 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code| PT-10
No. of parliamentary representatives| 10

The District of Leiria (Portuguese: Distrito de Leiria [lɐjˈɾi.ɐ] ⓘ) is a district located between the Oeste e Vale do Tejo and Centro regions of Portugal, and divided between the traditional provinces of Beira Litoral and Estremadura. It borders on the north with district of Coimbra, on the east with district of Castelo Branco and with district of Santarém, on the south with district of Lisbon and on the west with the Atlantic Ocean. The district capital is the city of Leiria.

## Municipalities

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Municipalities of the District "C"=city/cidade "T"=town/vila Name  | Status

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Alcobaça | C
Alvaiázere | T
Ansião | T
Batalha | T
Bombarral | T
Caldas da Rainha | C
Castanheira de Pera | T
Figueiró dos Vinhos | T
Leiria | C
Marinha Grande | C
Nazaré | T
Óbidos | T
Pedrógão Grande | T
Peniche | C
Pombal | C
Porto de Mós | T

In the current main division of the country, the district is divided into two NUTS of Portugal, the Oeste e Vale do Tejo and the Centro regions, with its municipalities distributed by the Nomenclatures of territorial units for statistical purposes (NUTIII) of the Oeste (which was integrated into the new NUTII created in 2023)[1] and the Leiria region.

* Oeste e Vale do Tejo
* Oeste
* Alcobaça
* Bombarral
* Caldas da Rainha
* Nazaré
* Óbidos
* Peniche

* Centro
* Leiria region
* Alvaiázere
* Ansião
* Castanheira de Pêra
* Figueiró dos Vinhos
* Pedrógão Grande
* Batalha
* Leiria
* Marinha Grande
* Pombal
* Porto de Mós

## Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022

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Main article: Leiria constituency

Summary of election results from Leiria district, 1976-2022  Parties | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S

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1976  | 1979  | 1980  | 1983  | 1985  | 1987  | 1991  | 1995  | 1999  | 2002  | 2005  | 2009  | 2011  | 2015  | 2019  | 2022
PS | 31.1 | 4 | 23.2 | 3 | 22.7 | 3 | 32.7 | 4 | 19.6 | 2 | 18.7 | 2 | 23.0 | 3 | 36.7 | 4 | 36.8 | 4 | 29.5 | 3 | 35.6 | 4 | 30.1 | 4 | 20.7 | 3 | 24.8 | 3 | 31.1 | 4 | 35.7 | 5
PSD | 31.2 | 4 | In AD | 35.6 | 4 | 38.6 | 5 | 60.8 | 9 | 61.2 | 7 | 43.3 | 5 | 42.6 | 5 | 50.8 | 6 | 39.8 | 5 | 34.9 | 4 | 47.0 | 6 | In PàF | 33.5 | 5 | 34.7 | 4
CDS-PP | 19.4 | 2 | 16.2 | 2 | 12.2 | 1 | 6.0 |  | 4.8 |  | 11.4 | 1 | 9.9 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 8.9 | 1 | 12.6 | 1 | 12.8 | 1 | 5.3 |  | 2.1 |
PCP/APU/CDU | 7.3 | 1 | 10.9 | 1 | 9.7 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | 7.9 | 1 | 5.9 |  | 4.5 |  | 4.5 |  | 5.3 |  | 4.1 |  | 4.6 |  | 5.1 |  | 5.0 |  | 5.1 |  | 4.3 |  | 3.1 |
AD |  | 56.2 | 7 | 59.8 | 7 |
PRD |  | 15.3 | 2 | 3.0 |  |
BE |  | 1.7 |  | 2.2 |  | 5.5 |  | 9.5 | 1 | 5.1 |  | 9.7 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 4.5 |
PàF |  | 48.4 | 6 |
CHEGA |  | 1.5 |  | 8.0 | 1
Total seats | 11 | 10
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

## See also

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* Casal de São Simão, a village in the district of Leiria

## References

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1. ^ Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/674 of 26 December 2022 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

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Municipalities of Leiria District

* Alcobaça
* Alvaiázere
* Ansião
* Batalha
* Bombarral
* Caldas da Rainha
* Castanheira de Pera
* Figueiró dos Vinhos
* Leiria
* Marinha Grande
* Nazaré
* Óbidos
* Pedrógão Grande
* Peniche
* Pombal
* Porto de Mós

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* Évora
* Faro
* Guarda
* Leiria
* Lisboa
* Portalegre
* Porto
* Santarém
* Setúbal
* Viana do Castelo
* Vila Real
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