Mêda

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

Mêda

Municipality

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Coordinates: 40°58′N 7°16′W﻿ / ﻿40.967°N 7.267°W﻿ / 40.967; -7.267
Country|  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/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday| November 11
Website| http://www.cm-meda.pt

Mêda (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmeðɐ] ⓘ) 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

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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

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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

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* Cancelos de Baixo

## References

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1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
3. ^ 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)
4. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 69" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.

## External links

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* Municipality official website
* Photos from Meda

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Municipalities of Guarda District

* Aguiar da Beira
* Almeida
* Celorico da Beira
* Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
* Fornos de Algodres
* Gouveia
* Guarda
* Manteigas
* Mêda
* Pinhel
* Sabugal
* Seia
* Trancoso
* Vila Nova de Foz Côa

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* VIAF

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* United States

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