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Portugal is divided into 18 districts (Portuguese: distritos) and 2 autonomous regions (regiões autónomas), Azores and Madeira. The districts and autonomous regions are further subdivided into 308 municipalities of Portugal (municípios or concelhos). Usually, a municipality is named after its largest or historically most important town or city.
The municipality (Portuguese: município or concelho) is the second-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. [1]As a general rule, each municipality is further subdivided into parishes (freguesias); the municipalities in the north of the country usually have a higher number of parishes.
This is a list of Portugal's municipalities by population, according to the estimate of the resident population for the Census 2021 made by the National Statistics Institute (INE). [1] The 308 Portuguese municipalities are divided among the 25 sub-regions and the 7 national regions, the population density of each municipality, and the area it ...
Aveiro (pronounced ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, [1] in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 sq mi): [2] it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra).
The population in 2011 was 172,120 [1] living in an area of 45.88 km 2, [2] making the municipality the fifth-most densely populated in Portugal. Oeiras is an important economic hub, being one of the most highly developed municipalities of Portugal and Europe.
Moura (European Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the District of Beja in Portugal, subdivided into 5 freguesias. The population in 2021 was 13,258, [1] in an area of 958.46 square kilometres (370.06 sq mi). [2] The city itself had a population of 8,459 in 2001. [3] It has now around 11,000 inhabitants.
Santarém (European Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃tɐˈɾɐ̃j] ⓘ) is a Portuguese city and municipality located in the district of Santarém.The population of the historic Ribatejo capital in 2021 was 58,671, [1] [2] in an area of 552.54 km 2.
Map of the municipalities of Portugal showing the 20 with the highest number of inhabitants (darker shade) and the 20 with the lowest (lighter shade) After the civil parish ( Portuguese : freguesias ), the Portuguese concelho is the most stable territorial subdivision within the country, with over 900 years of history.