Mêda () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,202,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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Municipality

The municipality is located in

Guarda District The district of Guarda ( pt, Distrito de Guarda ) is located in the Centro Region of Portugal, except Vila Nova de Foz Côa, which is in the Norte Region. The district capital and most populous city is Guarda. Municipalities The district conta ...

Centro Region The Central Region ( pt, Região do Centro, ) or Central Portugal is one of the statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Castelo Branco, ...

Beira Interior Norte Subregion Beira Interior Norte () is a former Portuguese subregion (NUTS level 3) in the Centro Region. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.Marialva Castle The Castle of Marialva ( pt, Castelo de Marialva) is a Portugal, Portuguese Castles in Portugal, castle in Mêda, Guarda (district), Guarda. It has been listed as a Monuments of Portugal#National monuments, National monument since 1978. External l ...

/Castelo de Marialva. Also nearby in the municipalities of

Foz Côa Foz () is a town and municipality in the A Mariña Central comarca in the Galician province of Lugo. It has been historically linked to the Ancient Province of Mondoñedo and also linked to the arrival of Briton immigrants during the Dark Ages ...

and

Pinhel Pinhel () is a municipality, former Catholic bishopric and present Latin titular see in the central subregion of Beira Interior Norte, in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 9,627, in an area of 484.52 km2. The urban centre of P ...

is the:

Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

, a World Heritage site.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (''

freguesias ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...

''): * Aveloso * Barreira *

Coriscada Coriscada is a ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") of Portugal, in the municipality of Mêda, in Guarda district. The population in 2011 was 208 in an area of 25.19 km2. Extremely rich in 17th century patrimony, the village has been notable since ...

* Dipsy * Marialva * Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa *

Poço do Canto Poço do Canto is a ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") in the municipality of Mêda Mêda () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,202, in an area of 286.05 km2. The city of Mêda proper had a population of 2,004 in 2001. I ...

* Prova e Casteição * Rabaçal * Ranhados * Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela

References

External links

Municipality official websitePhotos from Meda
Municipalities of Guarda District Cities in Portugal {{Guarda-geo-stub

Municipality

Parishes

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