Viana do Castelo District

Viana do Castelo District
District
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Historical province	Minho
No. of municipalities	10
No. of parishes	290
Capital	Viana do Castelo
Area
• Total	2,255 km2 (871 sq mi)
Population
• Total	252,011
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	6

The Viana do Castelo District (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈɐnɐ ðu kɐʃˈtɛlu], Portuguese: Distrito de Viana do Castelo) is a district located in the northwest of Portugal, bordered by Spain from the north and Braga District from the south. It has an area of 2,255 km² and a population of 252,011 (2006), for a density of 111.8 inhabitants/km². The district capital is the city of Viana do Castelo.

Municipalities

The district is composed of 10 municipalities:

• Arcos de Valdevez Municipality
• Caminha Municipality
• Melgaço Municipality
• Monção Municipality
• Paredes de Coura Municipality
• Ponte da Barca Municipality
• Ponte de Lima Municipality
• Valença Municipality
• Viana do Castelo Municipality
• Vila Nova de Cerveira Municipality

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011

 Summary of election results from Viana do Castelo district, 1976-2011

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011
PS	25.5	2	24.9	2	22.8	1	32.5	2	18.4	1	20.3	1	25.2	2	38.8	3	40.2	3	35.3	3	42.0	3	36.3	3	26.2	2
PSD	32.8	3					32.6	3	33.5	3	54.5	5	56.9	4	42.1	3	35.8	2	45.5	3	33.5	2	31.3	2	43.6	3
CDS-PP	23.5	2					18.4	1	16.6	1	7.7		7.2		11.3		14.0	1	10.3		11.4	1	13.6	1	13.4	1
PCP/APU/CDU	6.6		9.8		10.0		9.9		8.2		6.3		5.0		4.6		5.0		3.5		3.8		4.2		4.9
BE																	1.2		1.8		4.5		8.6		4.4
AD			54.8	4	59.2	5
PRD									16.2	1	4.8		1.1
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições