municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
Leiria
Leiria () is a city and municipality in the Central Region, Portugal, Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, after Coimbra, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat o ...
. The population in 2011 was 13,128,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 176.09 km².
The present Mayor is António José Domingues, elected by the
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
. The municipal holiday is
Ascension Day
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.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (''
freguesias
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Alvorge
Alvorge is a civil parish of the municipality of Ansião
Ansião () is a municipality in Leiria District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 13,128,Ansião (parish)
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Avelar
Avelar is a civil parish of the municipality of Ansião, Portugal. It was a '' vila'' during two occasions: for the first time from November 12, 1514 through December 31, 1836; and for the second time from June 21, 1995 to the present day.
Ety ...
Ansião is twinned with the cities of Erbach in Germany, the Brazilian cities of
Santos
Santos may refer to:
People
*Santos (surname)
* Santos Balmori Picazo (1899–1992), Spanish-Mexican painter
* Santos Benavides (1823–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War
Places
*Santos, São Paulo, a municipality in São Paulo ...