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Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira

Coordinates: 41°11′13″N 8°41′13″W / 41.187°N 8.687°W / 41.187; -8.687
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Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira is located in Portugal
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 41°11′13″N 8°41′13″W / 41.187°N 8.687°W / 41.187; -8.687
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Metropolitan areaPorto
DistrictPorto
MunicipalityMatosinhos
Area
 • Total
12.16 km2 (4.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
49,486
 • Density4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

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]

History

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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

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  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.
  4. ^ https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)