Matosinhos_e_Leça_da_Palmeira

Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira

Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira

Civil parish in Norte, Portugal


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.[1] The population in 2011 was 49,486,[2] in an area of 12.16 km².[3]

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History

It was founded in 2013, as part of a national administrative reform, by the aggregation of the former parishes of Matosinhos and Leça da Palmeira and has its headquarters in Matosinhos.[4]



References

  1. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 68-69" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  3. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.




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