Mêda
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| Country | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Beiras e Serra da Estrela |
| District | Guarda |
| Parishes | 11 |
| Government | |
| • President | João Leal Pinto (PSD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 286.05 km2 (110.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,202 |
| • Density | 18.19/km2 (47.10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | November 11 |
| Website | http://www.cm-meda.pt |
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Mêda (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmeðɐ] Audio file "Pt-pt Mêda FF.ogg" not found) is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,202,[1] in an area of 286.05 km2.[2] The city of Mêda proper had a population of 2,004 in 2001.[3] It was promoted to city in December 2004.
Municipality
[edit | edit source]The municipality is located in Guarda District, Centro Region, Beira Interior Norte Subregion. The present Mayor is Anselmo Sousa. The municipal holiday is November 11.
Main monument:
- Marialva Castle/Castelo de Marialva.
Also nearby in the municipalities of Foz Côa and Pinhel is the: Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley, a World Heritage site.
Parishes
[edit | edit source]Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
- Aveloso
- Barreira
- Coriscada
- Dipsy
- Marialva
- Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa
- Poço do Canto
- Prova e Casteição
- Rabaçal
- Ranhados
- Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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- ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
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External links
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