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A-dos-Francos is one of the sixteen civil parishes (''freguesias'') that make up the municipality (''município'' or ''concelho'') of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The parish has an area of 19.8 km² and 1,797 residents [link Portugal: Retrato Territorial: Caldas da Rainha] from the Instituto Nacional de (...)

Bombarral (pron. ) is a Portuguese town in the district of Leiria, located in central Portugal. It has an average population of around 5,500 people. It is the seat of the municipality of Bombarral, with an area of 90.44 km² and 13,325 inhabitants (2001 figures), further divided into five parishes or ''freguesias'' (...)

Nazaré (pron. ) is a town and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 82,4 km² and a total population of 14,904 inhabitants. It is in Leiria district. According to legend, the town derives its name from a statue of the Virgin Mary brought here by a monk in the 4th century from Nazareth, Palestine (...)