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Also known as Ansião Municipality

Ansião () is a Portuguese municipality in the historical Beira Litoral province, in Central Region and district of Leiria. The population in 2011 was 13,128, in an area of .

Key facts

Portuguese subdivision.type
municipality
Portuguese subdivision.official_name
Ansião
Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
Pt-ans1.png
Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
no
Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
Crest of Ansião (Portugal).png
Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
Enquadramento do Pelourinho de Ansião no Largo do Pelourinho, com Junta de Freguesia de Ansião atrás.jpg
Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
The pillory of Ansião, with the administration building of the Junta de Freguesia de Ansião behind.
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
yes
Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
9
Portuguese subdivision.region
Centro
Portuguese subdivision.CIM
Região de Leiria
Portuguese subdivision.district
Leiria
Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
PSD
Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
Jorge Humberto Fernandes Cancelinha
Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
176.09
Portuguese subdivision.population_total
13,128
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
2011
Portuguese subdivision.parishes
6

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Ansião () is a Portuguese municipality in the historical Beira Litoral province, in Central Region and district of Leiria. The population in 2011 was 13,128, in an area of .

the mayor is Jorge Humberto Fernandes Cancelinha, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ansião” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

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