Leiria District

The District of Leiria (Portuguese: Distrito de Leiria [lɐjˈɾi.ɐ] (listen)) is located in Central Portugal. The district capital is the city of Leiria, which is also the largest and most populous city with about 55,000 in the city/urbanised area.

Municipalities of Leiria "C" = city/cidade, "T" = town/vila]

Name	Status
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

District of Leiria
District
Coat of arms
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Historical province	Beira Litoral and Estremadura
No. of municipalities	16
No. of parishes	148
Capital	Leiria
Area
• Total	3,515 km^2 (1,357 sq mi)
Population 2011
• Total	470,930
• Density	130/km^2 (350/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	PT-10
No. of parliamentary representatives	10

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2019

Summary of election results from Leiria district, 1976-2019

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011		2015		2019
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
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
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
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
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
PàF																											48.4	6
Total seats	11												10
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

See also

• Casal de São Simåo, a village in the district of Leiria