Coimbra District (,
or ) is located in the
Centro Region
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Portugal
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. The district capital is the city of
Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of .
The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...
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Municipalities
The district is composed by 17 municipalities:
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Arganil
Arganil (), officially the Town of Arganil (), is a town and municipality in Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,145, in an area of 332.84 km2. The present mayor is Luís Paulo Costa, elected by th ...
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Cantanhede
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Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of .
The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...
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Condeixa-a-Nova
Condeixa-a-Nova (), officially the Town of Condeixa-a-Nova (), and often called simply Condeixa, is a town and a municipality in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,078, in an area of 138.67 km2. It is located 1 ...
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Figueira da Foz
Figueira da Foz (), officially Figueira da Foz City (), often called simply Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coa ...
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Góis
Góis (), officially the Town of Góis (), is a concelho, municipality of the district of Coimbra (district), Coimbra, in the Centro Region, Portugal, central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,260, in an area of 263.30&nbs ...
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Lousã
Lousã (), officially Lousã Town (), is a town and municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,604, in an area of 138.40 km2.
History
The oldest evidence provides an indication of ...
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Mira
Mira (), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–300 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus.
ο Ceti is a binary stellar system, consisting of a vari ...
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Miranda do Corvo
Miranda do Corvo (), officially the Town of Miranda do Corvo (), is a town and a Concelho, municipality in the Portugal, Portuguese Coimbra District, district of Coimbra, with an area of and 2011 population of 13,098 inhabitants.
History
The fi ...
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Montemor-o-Velho
Montemor-o-Velho (), officially the Town of Montemor-o-Velho (), is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 26,171, in an area of 228.96 km².
History
In 711, the Arab oc ...
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Oliveira do Hospital
Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,855, in an area of 234.52 km².
History
Inhabited by ancient civilizations, Oliveira do Hospita ...
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Pampilhosa da Serra
Pampilhosa da Serra (), officially the Town of Pampilhosa da Serra (), is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District
Coimbra District (, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra.
Muni ...
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Penacova
Penacova ( or ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73 km2.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):
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Penela
Penela () is a municipality located in Coimbra District, in Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Eu ...
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Soure
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Tábua
Tábua (), officially the Town of Tábua (, is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. In 2021 it had 11,160 inhabitants, in an area of . The town of Tábua is contained within a civil parish with 3,681 inhabitants as of 2021. ...
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Vila Nova de Poiares
Vila Nova de Poiares () is a municipality in the Coimbra district, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,281, in an area of 84.45 km². This place has rivers such as Alva, Ceira and Mondego. There are also mountains. Vila Nova de Poiares i ...
Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022
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PS , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 40.9 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 6 , , 35.1 , , 5 , , 35.9 , , 5 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 45.3 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 6 , , 28.5 , , 3 , , 28.7 , , 4 , , 34.4 , , 4 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 49.1 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 6 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 47.2 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 6 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 41.3 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 5 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 45.4 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 6 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 38.0 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 4 , , 29.2 , , 3 , , 35.3 , , 4 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 39.0 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 5 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 45.2 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 6
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PSD , , 26.7 , , 4 , , align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2, ''In
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PàF'' , , 26.6 , , 3 , , 29.1 , , 3
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CDS-PP , , 12.5 , , 1 , , 10.2 , , 1 , , 8.6 , , 1 , , 4.5 , , , , 3.5 , , , , 7.1 , , , , 6.0 , , , , 6.7 , , , , 5.5 , , , , 8.8 , , 1 , , 9.9 , , 1 , , 3.5 , , , , 1.5 , ,
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PCP/APU/CDU , , 7.3 , , 1 , , 11.2 , , 1 , , 9.9 , , 1 , , 10.7 , , 1 , , 10.1 , , 1 , , 7.2 , , 1 , , 5.0 , , , , 5.1 , , , , 6.1 , , , , 5.1 , , , , 5.5 , , , , 5.7 , , , , 6.2 , , , , 7.0 , , , , 5.6 , , , , 3.4 , ,
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AD , , colspan=2, , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 44.8 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 6 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 46.1 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 6 , , colspan=26,
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PRD , , colspan=8, , , 16.9 , , 2 , , 3.5 , , , , colspan=20,
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BE , , colspan=16, , , 2.0 , , , , 2.4 , , , , 6.3 , , , , 10.8 , , 1 , , 5.8 , , , , 9.9 , , 1 , , 11.2 , , 1 , , 5.1
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Comissão Nacional de Eleições
See also
* Villages in the district of Coimbra:
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Casal do Abade
Casal do Abade is a small village located near the border between Tábua, Portugal, Tábua and Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal. Casal do Abade has around 100 inhabitants. The main place of interest is ''Fonte Velha'' (''Old Fountain''), built by A ...
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Coiço
Coiço is situated in Penacova, Baixo Mondego, Centre Portugal. Coiço is integrated in the council of Penacova.
Economy
As 70% of the council's area is covered by forest its major source of income is forestry with the development of species such ...
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Districts of Portugal