Aveiro District

District of Aveiro
District

Country	Portugal
Region	Norte and Centro
Historical province	Beira Litoral (partly Douro Litoral)
No. of municipalities	19
No. of parishes	208
Capital	Aveiro
Area
• Total	2,808 km² (1,084 sq mi)
Population
• Total	713,578
• Density	250/km² (660/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	16

Aveiro District (Portuguese pronunciation: [aˈvɐjɾu], Portuguese: Distrito de Aveiro) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality and as the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro, created 1938.

Aveiro District borders to the north to Porto District, to the east to Viseu District, to the south to Coimbra District and to the west to the Atlantic Ocean.

The 19 municipalities of Aveiro District are split between Norte Region (whole of Entre Douro e Vouga and Espinho subregion: Grande Porto) and Centro Region (Baixo Vouga subregion).

Municipalities

The district is composed of 19 municipalities:

Name	Area (km²)	Pop.	Pop/Area (1/km²)	No P.	No C./No T.	Subregion
Águeda	335.3	47,729	148	20	1/?	Baixo Vouga
Albergaria-a-Velha	155.4	25,497	164	8	0/?	Baixo Vouga
Anadia	216.6	31,671	146	15	1/?	Baixo Vouga
Arouca	329.1	24,019	73	20	0/?	Entre Douro e Vouga
Aveiro	199.9	73,626	368	14	1/?	Baixo Vouga
Castelo de Paiva	115.0	17,089	149	9	0/2	Tâmega
Espinho	21.1	31,703	1,503	5	1/1	Grande Porto
Estarreja	108.4	28,279	261	7	1/3	Baixo Vouga
Ílhavo	73.5	39,247	534	4	2/?	Baixo Vouga
Mealhada	110.7	20,496	194	8	1/?	Baixo Vouga
Murtosa	73.3	9,657	132	4	0/1	Baixo Vouga
Oliveira de Azeméis	163.5	71,243	436	19	1/9	Entre Douro e Vouga
Oliveira do Bairro	87.3	22,365	256	6	1/?	Baixo Vouga
Ovar	147.4	56,715	385	8	2/3	Baixo Vouga
Santa Maria da Feira	215.1	142,295	662	31	3/13	Entre Douro e Vouga
São João da Madeira	7.9	21,538	2,726	1	1/0	Entre Douro e Vouga
Sever do Vouga	129.6	12,940	100	9	0/?	Baixo Vouga
Vagos	169.9	23,205	137	11	0/2	Baixo Vouga
Vale de Cambra	146.5	22,864	169	9	1/?	Entre Douro e Vouga

Summary of election results from Aveiro district, 1976-2011


Parties	%	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
PS	30.8	5	28.4	5	27.1	4	36.6	6	23.0	4	22.9	4	27.8	4	40.2	6	40.2	7	33.5	5	41.1	8	33.8	6	25.9	5
PSD	35.2	6					34.8	6	38.4	6	60.4	11	58.6	9	41.2	6	38.3	6	46.4	8	35.7	6	34.6	7	44.5	8
CDS-PP	22.5	4					16.4	2	13.5	2	5.3		6.1	1	12.6	2	13.6	2	12.9	2	9.8	1	13.0	2	12.9	2
PCP/APU/CDU	3.7		7.9	1	6.8	1	7.0	1	6.5	1	4.2		2.8		2.7		3.5		2.6		3.5		3.8		4.1
BE																	1.3		1.8		5.1		9.0	1	5.0	1
AD			56.7	9	58.8	10
PRD									13.4	2	2.7
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Municipalities of Aveiro District

Águeda Albergaria-a-Velha Anadia Arouca Aveiro Castelo de Paiva Espinho Estarreja Ílhavo Mealhada Murtosa Oliveira de Azeméis Oliveira do Bairro Ovar Santa Maria da Feira São João da Madeira Sever do Vouga Vagos Vale de Cambra

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

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