List of municipalities of Portugal

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This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. Portugal is divided into 18 districts (Portuguese: distritos) and 2 autonomous regions (Portuguese: regiões autónomas), Azores and Madeira. The districts and autonomous regions are further sub-divided into 308 municipalities (Portuguese: municípios or concelhos). Usually, a municipality has the name of its biggest city, or at least, of its historically most important city or town, however, the municipality is, usually, much larger than the city or town after which it is named.

Contents 1 History and division of the municipalities 2 Overview 3 List 3.1 Aveiro 3.2 Beja 3.3 Braga 3.4 Bragança 3.5 Castelo Branco 3.6 Coimbra 3.7 Évora 3.8 Faro 3.9 Guarda 3.10 Leiria 3.11 Lisbon 3.12 Portalegre 3.13 Porto 3.14 Santarém 3.15 Setúbal 3.16 Viana do Castelo 3.17 Vila Real 3.18 Viseu 3.19 Azores 3.20 Madeira 4 Notes 5 Maps 6 References 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] History and division of the municipalities

The municipality has been the most stable subdivision of Portugal since the foundation of the country in the 12th century. They have their origin in the foral, a legal document, issued by the king, which assigned privileges to a town or a region. The present subdivisions have their origins in the 19th century.

Each municipality is further subdivided into parishes (Portuguese: freguesias); the municipalities in the north of the country usually have a higher number of parishes. Six municipalities are composed of only one parish, and Barcelos is the municipality with most parishes: 89.

Since the creation of a democratic local administration in 1976, after the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974, the Portuguese municipalities have been ruled by a bicameral system. The municipal chamber is the executive body, and is composed of the president of the municipality and a number of councillors proportional to the municipality's population. The municipal assembly is composed of the presidents of all the parishes that compose the municipality, and by a number of directly elected deputies which is at least equal to the number of parish presidents plus one. The parishes are administrated by a parish assembly. Traditionally, the north and the autonomous regions are politically more conservative, while the south and the region of Lisbon are dominated by the Left.

The biggest municipalities are those located in rural and inland areas where the dominating property type is the latifundia, such as Beja, Évora or Portalegre in the south, and also in other less populated areas, such as Bragança or Castelo Branco.

The most populated municipalities are those located near the sea, and especially around the metropolitan areas of Lisbon, Porto and Braga, while the less populated municipalities are located in the inland regions of Alentejo and Trás-os-Montes. The municipalities with the lowest population densities are also found in these inland regions, with smaller populations distributed over a greater area.

[edit] Overview

District	Municipalities	District	Municipalities
Aveiro	19	Leiria	16
Beja	14	Lisbon	16
Braga	14	Portalegre	15
Bragança	12	Oporto	18
Castelo Branco	11	Santarém	21
Coimbra	17	Setúbal	13
Évora	14	Viana do Castelo	10
Faro	16	Vila Real	14
Guarda	14	Viseu	24
Autonomous region	Municipalities	Autonomous region	Municipalities
Azores	19	Madeira	11

[edit] List

[edit] Aveiro

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Águeda	335.3	89	49,691	58	148	91	20
	Albergaria-a-Velha	155.4	196	25,497	99	164	83	8
	Anadia	216.6	150	31,671	86	146	93	15
	Arouca	329.1	92	24,019	108	73	159	20
	Aveiro	199.9	161	73,626	32	368	43	14
	Castelo de Paiva	115.0	240	17,089	142	149	90	9
	Espinho	21.1	305	31,703	85	1,503	14	5
	Estarreja	108.4	245	28,279	91	261	56	7
	Ílhavo	73.5	276	39,247	72	534	33	4
	Mealhada	110.7	242	21,500	121	194	70	8
	Murtosa	73.3	277	9,657	202	132	102	4
	Oliveira de Azeméis	163.5	190	71,243	35	436	40	19
	Oliveira do Bairro	87.3	260	22,365	115	256	59	6
	Ovar	147.4	201	56,715	48	385	42	8
	Santa Maria da Feira	215.1	151	142,295	17	662	29	31
	São João da Madeira	7.9	308	21,538	119	2,726	6	1
	Sever do Vouga	129.6	224	12,940	175	100	127	9
	Vagos	169.9	185	23,205	111	137	99	11
	Vale de Cambra	146.5	204	24,761	103	169	80	9

[edit] Beja

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Aljustrel	458.3	59	9,940	199	22	246	5
	Almodôvar	777.9	18	7,650	232	10	301	8
	Alvito	264.8	121	2,708	304	10	298	2
	Barrancos	168.3	188	1,825	306	11	294	1
	Beja	1,147.1	9	34,970	80	30	227	18
	Castro Verde	569.4	40	7,702	230	14	284	5
	Cuba	172.1	183	4,775	277	28	236	4
	Ferreira do Alentejo	648.4	31	8,505	211	13	286	6
	Mértola	1,292.8	6	7,996	223	6	307	9
	Moura	958.4	13	16,411	147	17	265	8
	Odemira	1,720.6	1	25,738	98	15	275	17
	Ourique	663.4	29	5,842	261	9	303	6
	Serpa	1,104.0	11	16,178	149	15	276	7
	Vidigueira	316.0	101	6,019	259	19	256	4

[edit] Braga

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Amares	82.0	267	19,290	132	235	62	24
	Barcelos	378.9	80	123,831	22	327	47	89
	Braga	183.2	170	170,858	8	933	23	62
	Cabeceiras de Basto	241.8	132	17,775	138	74	156	17
	Celorico de Basto	181.1	173	20,128	129	111	119	22
	Esposende	95.4	255	34,625	83	363	44	15
	Fafe	219.1	146	53,528	54	244	61	36
	Guimarães	241.3	133	161,876	14	671	27	69
	Póvoa de Lanhoso	132.5	220	23,657	109	179	77	29
	Terras de Bouro	277.5	114	7,955	224	29	234	17
	Vieira do Minho	218.5	147	14,474	160	66	165	21
	Vila Nova de Famalicão	201.7	159	131,690	19	653	30	49
	Vila Verde	228.7	140	48,122	60	210	66	58
	Vizela	24.7	303	23,528	110	953	22	7

[edit] Bragança

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Alfândega da Fé	322.0	95	5,688	262	18	261	20
	Bragança	1,173.6	8	34,774	82	30	230	49
	Carrazeda de Ansiães	279.3	112	7,220	238	26	240	19
	Freixo de Espada à Cinta	244.0	130	4,014	284	16	267	6
	Macedo de Cavaleiros	699.2	25	17,210	141	25	243	38
	Miranda do Douro	487.2	53	7,707	229	16	269	17
	Mirandela	659.0	30	25,780	97	39	209	37
	Mogadouro	760.4	20	10,792	192	14	280	28
	Torre de Moncorvo	531.6	47	9,408	205	18	260	17
	Vila Flor	265.8	118	7,737	228	29	233	19
	Vimioso	481.6	55	5,105	273	11	296	14
	Vinhais	694.9	26	10,051	198	14	277	35

[edit] Castelo Branco

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Belmonte	118.8	234	7,662	231	64	167	5
	Castelo Branco	1,438.2	3	55,034	51	38	210	25
	Covilhã	555.6	44	53,501	55	96	131	31
	Fundão	700.1	24	31,297	87	45	197	31
	Idanha-a-Nova	1,416.4	4	10,929	191	8	305	17
	Oleiros	471.1	56	6,212	253	13	285	12
	Penamacor	563.9	42	6,160	255	11	293	12
	Proença-a-Nova	395.3	75	9,610	203	24	244	6
	Sertã	446.7	62	16,208	148	36	211	14
	Vila de Rei	191.3	166	3,354	299	18	263	3
	Vila Velha de Ródão	329.9	91	3,802	289	12	292	4

[edit] Coimbra

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Arganil	332.8	90	13,187	172	40	208	18
	Cantanhede	390.9	77	38,590	74	99	128	19
	Coimbra	319.4	97	142,408	16	446	39	31
	Condeixa-a-Nova	138.7	210	16,459	146	119	112	10
	Figueira da Foz	379.1	79	63,144	40	167	82	18
	Góis	262.3	123	4,606	280	18	262	5
	Lousã	138.4	211	17,252	140	125	106	6
	Mira	124.0	231	13,146	173	106	123	4
	Miranda do Corvo	126.4	228	13,400	171	106	124	5
	Montemor-o-Velho	229	139	25,084	101	110	121	14
	Oliveira do Hospital	234.5	137	21,901	116	93	135	21
	Pampilhosa da Serra	396.5	73	4,756	278	12	289	10
	Penacova	216.7	149	16,850	144	78	152	11
	Penela	134.8	216	6,421	249	48	192	6
	Soure	265.1	119	20,695	126	78	151	12
	Tábua	199.8	162	12,452	177	62	170	15
	Vila Nova de Poiares	84.5	262	7,291	236	86	140	4

[edit] Évora

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Alandroal	542.7	46	6,293	251	12	291	6
	Arraiolos	683.8	27	7,382	234	11	295	11
	Borba	145.2	206	7,545	233	52	183	4
	Estremoz	513.8	50	15,064	154	29	232	13
	Évora	1,307.0	5	55,619	49	43	201	19
	Montemor-o-Novo	1,232.9	7	18,540	135	15	273	10
	Mora	444.0	63	5,470	268	12	287	4
	Mourão	278.6	113	3,348	300	12	288	3
	Portel	601.2	36	7,078	240	12	290	8
	Redondo	365.5	83	6,990	241	19	255	2
	Reguengos de Monsaraz	463.8	57	11,460	184	25	242	5
	Vendas Novas	222.4	142	11,957	181	54	180	2
	Viana do Alentejo	393.6	76	5,639	263	14	278	3
	Vila Viçosa	194.9	164	8,745	210	45	196	5

[edit] Faro

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Albufeira	140.6	209	35,281	77	251	60	5
	Alcoutim	575.3	39	3,411	297	6	308	5
	Aljezur	323.5	93	5,322	271	16	266	4
	Castro Marim	300.9	105	6,495	246	22	247	4
	Faro	201.6	160	58,305	46	289	52	6
	Lagoa	88.3	259	22,658	113	257	58	6
	Lagos	212.8	152	27,041	95	127	103	6
	Loulé	764.2	19	62,295	41	82	146	11
	Monchique	395.3	74	6,441	248	16	268	3
	Olhão	130.9	223	42,272	69	323	48	5
	Portimão	182.1	172	47,189	61	259	57	3
	São Brás de Alportel	153.4	199	11,205	187	73	158	1
	Silves	680.0	28	34,909	81	51	185	8
	Tavira	607.0	34	25,105	100	41	203	9
	Vila do Bispo	179.0	175	5,381	270	30	229	5
	Vila Real de Santo António	60.9	289	18,158	136	298	51	3

[edit] Guarda

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Aguiar da Beira	206.9	155	6,270	252	30	228	13
	Almeida	518.0	49	7,784	226	15	274	29
	Celorico da Beira	247.2	128	8,752	209	35	214	22
	Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo	508.6	51	6,884	242	14	283	17
	Fornos de Algodres	131.5	222	5,435	269	41	204	16
	Gouveia	300.6	106	15,792	150	53	182	22
	Guarda	712.1	23	44,149	65	62	173	55
	Manteigas	122.0	233	3,900	288	32	223	4
	Mêda	286.1	110	6,000	260	21	250	16
	Pinhel	484.5	54	10,436	196	22	248	27
	Sabugal	822.7	15	14,222	164	17	264	40
	Seia	435.7	65	27,574	93	63	168	29
	Trancoso	361.5	85	10,639	193	29	231	29
	Vila Nova de Foz Côa	398.2	71	8,249	218	21	252	17

[edit] Leiria

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Alcobaça	408.1	68	55,269	50	135	100	18
	Alvaiázere	160.5	192	8,112	221	51	186	7
	Ansião	176.2	176	13,673	167	78	153	8
	Batalha	103.3	247	15,542	151	150	88	4
	Bombarral	91.3	258	13,712	166	150	89	5
	Caldas da Rainha	255.7	125	51,403	56	201	69	16
	Castanheira de Pera	66.8	286	3,464	295	52	184	2
	Figueiró dos Vinhos	173.4	180	7,080	239	41	207	5
	Leiria	565.6	41	124,701	21	220	64	29
	Marinha Grande	187.1	169	38,030	75	203	67	3
	Nazaré	82.4	265	14,904	156	181	76	3
	Óbidos	141.6	208	11,187	188	79	149	9
	Pedrógão Grande	128.8	225	4,262	283	33	222	3
	Peniche	77.6	272	28,164	92	363	45	6
	Pombal	626.1	33	58,617	44	94	134	17
	Porto de Mós	261.6	124	24,775	102	95	132	13

[edit] Lisbon

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Alenquer	304.2	103	42,932	68	141	96	16
	Amadora	23.8	304	176,239	7	7,405	1	11
	Arruda dos Vinhos	78.0	271	11,210	186	144	94	4
	Azambuja	262.7	122	21,508	120	82	145	9
	Cadaval	174.9	178	14,385	162	82	144	10
	Cascais	97.4	250	181,444	6	1,863	10	6
	Lisbon	84.8	261	529,485	1	6,244	2	53
	Loures	169.3	186	199,231	5	1,177	21	18
	Lourinhã	147.2	202	24,601	106	167	81	11
	Mafra	291.7	109	62,009	42	213	65	17
	Odivelas	26.4	302	143,995	15	5,454	4	7
	Oeiras	45.7	296	168,475	10	3,687	5	10
	Sintra	319.2	98	409,482	2	1,283	18	20
	Sobral de Monte Agraço	52.1	293	9,789	200	188	74	3
	Torres Vedras	407.1	69	75,494	31	185	75	20
	Vila Franca de Xira	317.7	100	133,224	18	419	41	11

[edit] Portalegre

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Alter do Chão	362.0	84	3,666	294	10	299	4
	Arronches	314.8	102	3,278	301	10	297	3
	Avis	606.0	35	5,054	274	8	304	8
	Campo Maior	247.0	129	8,359	216	34	219	3
	Castelo de Vide	264.9	120	3,780	291	14	279	4
	Crato	398.0	72	3,995	285	10	300	6
	Elvas	631.3	32	22,691	112	36	213	11
	Fronteira	248.6	127	3,422	296	14	282	3
	Gavião	294.6	108	4,453	281	15	271	5
	Marvão	154.9	198	3,739	292	24	245	4
	Monforte	420.3	66	3,241	302	8	306	4
	Nisa	575.8	38	8,047	222	14	281	10
	Ponte de Sor	839.7	14	17,593	139	21	251	7
	Portalegre	447.1	61	24,756	104	55	177	10
	Sousel	279.4	111	5,579	266	20	253	4

[edit] Porto

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Amarante	301.5	104	61,029	43	202	68	40
	Baião	174.5	179	21,564	118	124	107	20
	Felgueiras	115.7	239	58,553	45	506	36	32
	Gondomar	131.9	221	169,239	9	1,283	17	12
	Lousada	96.0	252	46,322	62	483	37	25
	Maia	83.1	263	130,254	20	1,567	13	17
	Marco de Canaveses	201.9	158	53,961	53	267	55	31
	Matosinhos	62.2	288	168,451	11	2,708	7	10
	Paços de Ferreira	71.0	279	54,801	52	772	25	16
	Paredes	156.8	195	85,428	28	545	31	24
	Penafiel	212.3	153	72,095	33	340	46	38
	Porto	41.3	299	238,954	4	5,786	3	15
	Póvoa de Varzim	82.1	266	65,452	37	797	24	12
	Santo Tirso	136.5	214	71,623	34	525	34	24
	Trofa	71.9	278	39,166	73	545	32	8
	Valongo	75.1	275	91,274	26	1,215	20	5
	Vila do Conde	149.0	200	75,981	30	510	35	30
	Vila Nova de Gaia	168.7	187	300,868	3	1,783	11	24

[edit] Santarém

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Abrantes	714.7	22	41,326	70	58	175	19
	Alcanena	127.3	227	14,763	157	116	116	10
	Almeirim	222.1	143	22,617	114	102	126	4
	Alpiarça	95.4	254	8,198	219	86	141	1
	Benavente	521.5	48	25,837	96	50	188	4
	Cartaxo	158.2	193	24,465	107	155	87	8
	Chamusca	746.0	21	11,313	185	15	270	7
	Constância	80.4	269	3,796	290	47	194	3
	Coruche	1,117.6	10	20,629	127	18	258	8
	Entroncamento	13.7	307	20,065	130	1,465	15	2
	Ferreira do Zêzere	190.4	167	9,345	206	49	190	9
	Golegã	76.6	273	5,629	264	73	157	2
	Mação	400.0	70	7,763	227	19	254	8
	Ourém	416.6	67	49,269	59	118	113	18
	Rio Maior	272.8	115	21,621	117	79	148	14
	Salvaterra de Magos	242.0	131	20,908	125	86	139	6
	Santarém	560.3	43	64,124	39	114	118	28
	Sardoal	92.2	257	3,992	286	42	200	4
	Tomar	351.2	86	42,983	67	122	109	16
	Torres Novas	270.0	116	37,155	76	138	98	17
	Vila Nova da Barquinha	49.6	294	7,878	225	159	86	5

[edit] Setúbal

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Alcácer do Sal	1,465.3	2	13,624	168	9	302	6
	Alcochete	128.4	226	14,966	155	117	114	3
	Almada	70.2	281	165,363	12	2,356	9	11
	Barreiro	31.8	300	78,992	29	2,484	8	8
	Grândola	807.5	16	14,454	161	18	259	5
	Moita	55.3	291	70,226	36	1,270	19	6
	Montijo	348.1	88	40,466	71	116	115	8
	Palmela	462.9	58	58,222	47	126	105	5
	Santiago do Cacém	1,059.8	12	30,203	89	28	235	11
	Seixal	95.5	253	164,715	13	1,725	12	6
	Sesimbra	195.0	163	44,046	66	226	63	3
	Setúbal	171.9	184	120,117	23	699	26	8
	Sines	202.6	156	13,613	169	67	163	2

[edit] Viana do Castelo

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Arcos de Valdevez	447.6	60	24,635	105	55	179	51
	Caminha	137.4	213	16,926	143	123	108	20
	Melgaço	238.1	136	9,739	201	41	206	18
	Monção	211.3	154	19,842	131	94	133	33
	Paredes de Coura	138.2	212	9,409	204	68	162	21
	Ponte da Barca	182.2	171	13,026	174	71	161	25
	Ponte de Lima	320.3	96	44,609	63	139	97	51
	Valença	117.1	237	14,284	163	122	110	16
	Viana do Castelo	318.6	99	90,654	27	285	53	40
	Vila Nova de Cerveira	108.6	244	8,813	207	81	147	15

[edit] Vila Real

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Alijó	297.6	107	13,942	165	47	195	19
	Boticas	322.0	94	6,116	257	19	257	16
	Chaves	591.3	37	44,186	64	75	155	51
	Mesão Frio	26.7	301	4,652	279	174	79	7
	Mondim de Basto	172.1	182	8,470	213	49	189	8
	Montalegre	805.8	17	12,150	179	15	272	35
	Murça	189.4	168	6,476	247	34	218	9
	Peso da Régua	94.9	256	17,987	137	190	73	12
	Ribeira de Pena	217.5	148	7,251	237	33	221	7
	Sabrosa	156.9	194	6,835	243	44	199	15
	Santa Marta de Penaguião	69.3	283	8,400	214	121	111	10
	Valpaços	548.8	45	19,154	134	35	216	31
	Vila Pouca de Aguiar	437.1	64	15,100	153	35	217	18
	Vila Real	378.8	81	50,499	57	133	101	30

[edit] Viseu

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Armamar	117.2	236	7,318	235	62	169	19
	Carregal do Sal	116.9	238	10,555	195	90	136	7
	Castro Daire	379.1	78	16,846	145	44	198	22
	Cinfães	239.3	134	21,318	123	89	137	17
	Lamego	165.4	189	27,054	94	164	84	24
	Mangualde	219.3	145	21,158	124	96	130	18
	Moimenta da Beira	220.0	144	11,053	189	50	187	20
	Mortágua	251.2	126	10,365	197	41	205	10
	Nelas	125.7	230	14,504	159	115	117	9
	Oliveira de Frades	145.4	205	10,597	194	73	160	12
	Penalva do Castelo	134.2	217	8,768	208	65	166	13
	Penedono	133.7	219	3,378	298	25	241	9
	Resende	123.4	232	11,978	180	97	129	15
	Santa Comba Dão	112.0	241	12,393	179	111	120	9
	São João da Pesqueira	266.1	117	8,367	215	31	225	14
	São Pedro do Sul	349.0	87	19,215	133	55	178	19
	Sátão	201.9	157	13,419	170	66	164	12
	Sernancelhe	228.6	141	6,150	256	27	237	17
	Tabuaço	133.9	218	6,501	245	49	191	17
	Tarouca	100.1	248	8,303	217	83	143	10
	Tondela	371.2	82	31,026	88	84	142	26
	Vila Nova de Paiva	175.5	177	6,319	250	56	212	7
	Viseu	507.1	52	96,810	25	191	72	34
	Vouzela	193.7	165	11,807	183	61	174	12

[edit] Azores

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Angra do Heroísmo	239.0	135	35,103	79	147	92	19
	Calheta	126.3	229	3,972	287	31	224	5
	Corvo	17.1	306	451	308	26	238	0
	Horta	173.1	181	15,224	152	88	138	13
	Lagoa	45.6	297	14,698	158	322	49	5
	Lajes das Flores	70.1	282	1,491	307	21	249	7
	Lajes do Pico	155.3	197	4,840	275	31	226	6
	Madalena	147.1	203	6,184	254	42	202	6
	Nordeste	99.9	249	5,254	272	53	181	9
	Ponta Delgada	233.0	138	64,516	38	277	54	24
	Povoação	108.0	246	6,696	244	62	172	6
	Ribeira Grande	180.2	174	29,318	90	163	85	14
	Santa Cruz da Graciosa	60.7	290	4,777	276	79	150	4
	Santa Cruz das Flores	70.9	280	2,500	305	35	215	4
	São Roque do Pico	142.4	207	3,705	293	26	239	5
	Velas	117.4	235	5,585	265	48	193	6
	Vila da Praia da Vitória	161.3	191	20,342	128	126	104	11
	Vila do Porto	96.9	251	5,511	267	57	176	5
	Vila Franca do Campo	78.0	270	11,039	190	142	95	6

[edit] Madeira

Crest	Municipality	Area		Population		Density		No. of Parishes	Ruling Party[1]
		Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank
	Calheta	110.3	243	11,856	182	107	122	8
	Câmara de Lobos	52.6	292	35,150	78	668	28	5
	Funchal	75.7	274	100,847	24	1,332	16	10
	Machico	67.6	285	21,321	122	315	50	5
	Ponta do Sol	46.8	295	8,189	220	175	78	3
	Porto Moniz	82.6	264	2,762	303	33	220	4
	Porto Santo	42.4	298	4,388	282	103	125	1
	Ribeira Brava	64.9	287	12,523	176	193	71	4
	Santa Cruz	68.0	284	32,696	84	481	38	5
	Santana	136.3	215	8,491	212	62	171	6
	São Vicente	80.8	268	6,063	258	75	154	3

[edit] Notes

1. The colors in the "ruling party" field indicate the following parties or coalitions (in brackets, the number of presidencies):

	—  Social Democratic Party (138)
	—  Socialist Party (109)
	—  Unitarian Democratic Coalition (32)
	—  Left Bloc (1)
	—  People's Party (1)
	—  Social Democratic Party - People's Party (18)
	—  Social Democratic Party - People's Party - People's Monarchist Party (1)
	—  Social Democratic Party - People's Party - People's Monarchist Party - Earth Party (1)
	—  Independents (7)

2. All mayors were elected in the Portuguese local election of 2005, held on October 9.

3. A cell with a green background denotes a municipality placed within the first twenty positions of the corresponding ranking. A red background denotes a municipality placed within the last twenty positions of the corresponding ranking.

4. All population, and therefore, all population density data is as of 2004.

5. A municipality with a bolded name indicates the district capital. In the autonomous regions of Azores and Madeira, it indicates a municipality where offices of the regional government are located.

6. In the maps, the archipelagos of Azores and Madeira are not to scale and there are more than 308 different areas because some municipalities are not contiguous, forming enclaves.

[edit] Maps

Ruling parties per municipality	Municipalities within each district or region	The 20 biggest and the 20 smallest municipalities	The 20 most and the 20 least populated municipalities
The 20 most and the 20 least densely populated municipalities

[edit] References

• Municípios Portugueses. Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved on 2006-03-27.
• Eleitos nas Eleições anteriores por Região. PortugalPolitico. Retrieved on 2006-03-27.
• Eleição Autárquica. Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved on 2006-03-27.
• Resultados dos Censos de 2001. Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Retrieved on 2006-03-27.
• Lista das Freguesias. Secretariado Técnico dos Assuntos para o Processo Eleitoral. Retrieved on 2006-03-27.

[edit] See also

• Subdivisions of Portugal
• List of cities in Portugal
• List of towns in Portugal
• List of parishes of Portugal
• Municipality
• Portuguese local election, 2005

[edit] External links

• National Association of Portuguese Municipalities