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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 ( regiões autónomas ), Azores and Madeira . The districts and autonomous regions are further subdivided into 308 municipalities of Portugal ( municípios or concelhos ).
The municipality (Portuguese: município or concelho) is the second-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. [1]As a general rule, each municipality is further subdivided into parishes (freguesias); the municipalities in the north of the country usually have a higher number of parishes.
Administrative divisions of continental Portugal, including districts, NUTS and historical provinces. This is the list of the municipalities of Portugal under the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 format. The NUTS 3 regions were revised in 2015; since then, the subregions (NUTS 3) coincide with the intermunicipal communities. [1]
A town (Portuguese: Vila) in Portugal, does not necessarily correspond to a municipality. There are 533 towns in Portugal. Some towns are the seat of municipality; others belong to a municipality. Alphabetically, the towns are as follows: Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística
The municipal assembly (assembleia municipal) is composed of the presidents of all the civil parishes plus a number of directly elected representatives that has to be at least equal to the number of civil parish presidents plus one, and which otherwise depends on the municipal population. [1] There are 308 municipalities in Portugal.
This is a list of cities in Portugal. In Portugal , a city ( Portuguese : cidade ) is an honorific term given to locations that meet several criteria, such as having a minimum number of inhabitants good infrastructure (schools, medical care, cultural and sports facilities), or have a major historical importance.
NUTS 1: National 3 1 Continental Portugal, the Azores and Madeira: NUTS 2: Regions 8 6 Regional Coordination Commissions, and Autonomous Regions NUTS 3: Subregion 25 23 Metropolitan areas, intermunicipal communities and autonomous regions LAU 1: Municipal 308 278 Municipalities: LAU 2: Local 3092 2882 Civil Parishes
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