Pinhal Litoral

Pinhal Litoral (Portuguese pronunciation: [piˈɲal lituˈɾal]) is a former NUTS3 subregion of Portugal integrating the Centro Region.

[1] It covered an area of 1,741 km2, a population of 261,665 (as of 2005) and a density of 150 inhabitants/km2.

It has a diversified economic activity, mainly glass, plastics, wood and agriculture.

The main city is Leiria (pop.50,176 ;{63,000 in urban area}.

Other cities are Marinha Grande (29,000) and Pombal (18,000).