torreira

{{Short description|Civil parish in Murtosa, Portugal}}

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{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision

|type = parish

|name = Torreira

|image_skyline = Pousada da Ria 01.png

|image_size =

|image_caption = Pousada da Ria

|image_flag =

|image_shield = MRS-torreira1.png

|region = Centro

|CIM = Região de Aveiro

|district = Aveiro

|municipality = Murtosa

|area_footnotes =

|area_total_km2 = 32.09

|population_as_of = 2021

|population_total = 2908

|population_footnotes = {{cite web|date=23 November 2022|lang=pt|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estatística|title=Censos 2021 - resultados definitivos|url=https://tabulador.ine.pt/indicador/?id=0011609}}

|coordinates = {{coord|40.7607|N|8.7056|W|region:PT|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m =

|postal_code =

|area_code = 011204

|website = {{URL|https://jf-torreira.pt/}}

}}

Torreira is a town and civil parish of the municipality of Murtosa, with 32.09 km² of area{{cite web|access-date=5 December 2013|archive-date=2013-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209063645/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/static/repository/2013-11/2013-11-07143457_b511271f-54fe-4d21-9657-24580e9b7023$$DB4AC44F-9104-4FB9-B0B8-BD39C56FD1F3$$43EEE1F5-5E5A-4946-B458-BADF684B3C55$$file$$pt$$1.zip|lang=pt|publisher=IGP Instituto Geográfico Português|title=Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal CAOP 2013''|url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/ficheiros/cadastro/caop/caop_download/caop_2013_0/areasfregmundistcaop2013_2|url-status=dead}} and 2908 inhabitants (2021 census).{{cite web|date=23 November 2022|lang=pt|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estatística|title=Censos 2021 - resultados definitivos|url=https://tabulador.ine.pt/indicador/?id=0011609}}

The civil parish was created via the Law nº 12.570, of 30/10/1926, and the village of Torreira raised to town status in 1997.{{Cite web |date=12 July 1997 |title=Lei n.º 48/97, de 12 de julho |url=https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/lei/48-1997-153522 |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=Diário da republica |language=Pt}}