Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Centro
- Intermunic comm
- Região de Leiria
- District
- Leiria
- President
- Paulo Jorge Campos (PS)
- Total
- 187.25 km (72.30 sq mi)
- Density
- 208.45/km (539.88/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Local holiday
- Ascension Day (date varies)
- Website
- www .cm-mgrande .pt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Município de Marinha Grande
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Região de Leiria Subregion
- Contains
- Vieira de Leiria
- Population
- 38681
- Area
- 187.25
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Alcobaça
- Official website
- www.cm-mgrande.pt
- Image
- Marinha Grande-04-Farol Penedo da Saudade-Klippen-Leuchtturm-2011-gje.jpg
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- Commons category
- Marinha Grande
- topic's main category
- Category:Marinha Grande
- postal code
- 2430
- twinned administrative body
- Fontenay-sous-Bois
- P8168
- Barka
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +351-244-573-300
- contact page URL
- www.cm-mgrande.pt/pages/344
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Encyclopedic overview
Marinha Grande ( Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɲɐ ˈɣɾɐ̃dɨ] ) is a municipality in the Leiria District, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 39,032, in an area of 187.25 km². The city itself has a population of 32,330.
It is located right in the middle of the 700-year-old Leiria pine forest covering 100 square kilometres, and near excellent beaches such as Praia da Vieira, Nazaré, and São Pedro de Moel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marinha Grande” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.