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District of Leiria
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 km (1,357 sq mi)
Population
• Total	470,930
• Density	130/km (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

Municipalities of the District "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

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) and the Leiria region.

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

Centro
- Leiria region

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022

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
Parties	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	In AD				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	In PàF		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

References

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)

v t e 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

v t e Districts and Autonomous Regions of Portugal
Districts	Aveiro Beja Braga Bragança Castelo Branco Coimbra Évora Faro Guarda Leiria Lisboa Portalegre Porto Santarém Setúbal Viana do Castelo Vila Real Viseu
Autonomous Regions	Azores Madeira

39°44′38″N 8°48′25″W / 39.74389°N 8.80694°W / 39.74389; -8.80694

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Municipalities

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022

See also

References