Leça da Palmeira () is a former
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the municipality of
Matosinhos in the
Greater Porto
Grande Porto () or Greater Porto is a former Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte, in Portugal. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.
It corresponded to 11 municipalities out of 16, the other 5 in ...
area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira is a civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos, Northern Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Matosinhos and Leça da Palmeira
Leça da Palmeira () is a former civil parish in ...
.
It has 5.97 km² and had 17.215 inhabitants in the 2001
census
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.
It has a rich cultural heritage, namely
Fort of Leça da Palmeira,
Piscinas de Marés (Swimming Pools on the Beach) developed by the well-known architect
Siza Vieira, Boa Nova Tea House (also developed by Siza Vieira), Quinta da Conceição Municipal Park (by
Fernando Távora) and other religious monuments as Corpo Santo, Santana, and Boa Nova churches.
It is home of the international
Leixões
The Port of Leixões ( pt, Porto de Leixões, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club
The Port of Leixões ( pt, ...
seaport, the country's second largest;
Petrogal, and an
oil refinery
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. In sport, the parish includes a football club,
Leça FC, and a basketball club,
Grupo Desportivo de Basquete de Leça.
References
External links
Junta de Freguesia de Leça da PalmeiraCâmara Municipal de MatosinhosGrupo Desportivo de Basquete de Leca
Former parishes of Matosinhos
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