Marinha Grande

Marinha Grande is a municipality in the district of Leiria (sub-region: Região de Leiria), covering 187 km² in 3 parishes. Most of it — 82 % — is forest land (woodland, scrub or natural pasture, according to the COS 2025 land-cover map): there, the strip around each house is 50 m wide.

The map finds 59 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Marinha Grande, Vieira de Leiria and Pilado. 53 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them — among them Marinha Grande, Vieira de Leiria and Pilado.