Aveiro District

District of Aveiro
District of Aveiro
District
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro and Norte
Historical province	Beira Litoral; and Douro Litoral
No. of municipalities	19
No. of parishes	147
Capital	Aveiro
Area
• Total	2,808 km2 (1,084 sq mi)
Population
• Total	713,578
• Density	250/km2 (600/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	PT-01
No. of parliamentary representatives	16

Aveiro District (Portuguese: Distrito de Aveiro, pronounced [aˈvɐjɾu] ^ⓘ) 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.

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

The 19 municipalities of Aveiro District are split between Norte Region (Metropolitan Area of Porto subregion) and Centro Region (Região de Aveiro 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/?	Metropolitan Area of Porto
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	Metropolitan Area of 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	Metropolitan Area of Porto
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	Metropolitan Area of Porto
São João da Madeira	7.9	21,538	2,726	1	1/0	Metropolitan Area of Porto
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/?	Metropolitan Area of Porto

All 19 municipalities is divided into 147 freguesias or parishes.

Summary of election results from Aveiro district, 1976-2022
Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	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		2015		2019		2022
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	27.9	5	34.3	7	39.5	8
PSD	35.2	6	In AD				34.8	6	38.4	6	60.2	11	58.6	9	41.2	6	38.3	6	46.4	8	35.7	6	34.6	7	44.5	8	In PàF		33.6	6	35.7	7
CDS-PP	22.5	4	In AD				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	In PàF		5.7	1	2.5
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		4.4		3.1		1.8
AD			56.7	9	58.8	10
PRD									13.3	2	2.7		0.3
BE																	1.3		1.8		5.1		9.0	1	5.0	1	9.6	1	10.0	2	4.6
PàF																											48.1	10
CHEGA																													0.7		5.6	1
Total seats	15												14				15						16
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições