Coimbra () is a city and a
municipality in Portugal. The population at the 2011 census was 143,396, in an area of . The third-largest urban centre in Portugal (after
Lisbon and
Porto), it is the largest city of the
district of Coimbra, the
Centro region and the
Baixo Mondego subregion. About 460,000 people live in the
Região de Coimbra, comprising 19 municipalities and extending into an area .