São Simão de Gouveia, or simply São Simão, is a

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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 Portuguese over ...

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of Amarante in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 633,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 12.49 km².Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
/ref> Situated in the extreme south of the municipality, São Simão is bordered to the south by the municipalities of

Marco de Canaveses Marco de Canaveses () is a city and municipality on Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 53,450, in an area of 201.89 km2. The city itself had a population of 9,042 in 2001. Geography The city of Marco Canaveses i ...

and Baião, to the west by Carvalho de Rei, to the north by Lomba and Jazente, and to the east by Salvador do Monte. São Simão was a town and the center of a municipality until the early 19th century. This municipality was constituted by the following parishes: Aliviada, Cepelos, Folhada, Gouveia, Lomba, Monte (São Salvador) and Várzea. It had, in 1801, a population of 3 015.

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Freguesias of Amarante, Portugal {{Porto-geo-stub