Leiria District

The District of Leiria (Distrito de Leiria ) is a district in Portugal, which is composed of two parts of the traditional provinces of Beira Litoral and Estremadura. The neighboring districts are called in the north of Coimbra, Castelo Branco and Santarém and Lisbon in the west to the south. To the west of Leiria District borders the Atlantic Ocean.

The area is 3515 km ², the district has a population of 459 450 (as of 2001). Chief town of the district of Leiria is. License plate for trailers: LE.

The Leiria District is divided into 16 counties ( municipios ):

  • Alcobaça
  • Alvaiázere
  • Ansiao
  • Batalha
  • Bombarral
  • Caldas da Rainha
  • Castanheira de Pera
  • Figueiró dos Vinhos
  • Leiria
  • Marinha Grande
  • Nazaré
  • Óbidos
  • Pedrógão Grande
  • Peniche
  • Pombal
  • Porto de Mos

The District of Leiria is located halfway into the regions Centro and Lisboa e Vale do Tejo. The circles of the Centro region are distributed to the two sub-regions Pinhal Litoral and Pinhal Interior Norte. The circles of Lisbon and Tagus Valley region fall in the subregion Oeste:

  • Centro Pinhal Interior Norte Alvaiázere
  • Ansiao
  • Castanheira de Pera
  • Figueiró dos Vinhos
  • Pedrógão Grande
  • Batalha
  • Leiria
  • Marinha Grande
  • Pombal
  • Porto de Mos
  • Oeste Alcobaça
  • Bombarral
  • Caldas da Rainha
  • Nazaré
  • Óbidos
  • Peniche
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