Murtosa
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Murtosa is a municipality in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 with a total area of 73.3 km² and a total population of 9,550 inhabitants, and 8,282 electors.

The municipality is composed of 4 parishes, and is located in the District of Aveiro
Aveiro (district)
Aveiro District is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality and as the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro, created 1938....

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The present Mayor is António Maria dos Santos Sousa, elected by the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...

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The municipal holiday is September 8.

Demographics

Population of Murtosa Municipality (1930 – 2006)
1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2006
13310 12328 9816 9579 9458 9657 9804

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