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:

CoA	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
24px	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 votes and seats won 1976-2011

 Summary of election results from Aveiro district, 1976-2011

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
	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

External links

• Photos from Aveiro (district)