Mêda

Mêda
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Guarda
Concelho :	Mêda
Coordinates :	40 ° 58 ′  N , 7 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 58 ′  N , 7 ° 16 ′  W
Residents:	1986 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	27.2 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6430
politics
Mayor :	Anselmo Souza
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Mêda Avenida Gago Coutinho e Sacadura Cabral 6430-183 Mêda
Mêda district
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Residents:	5202 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	286.07 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	11
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Mêda Largo do Município 6430-197 Mêda
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Armando Luís Rodrigues Carneiro ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-meda.pt

Mêda is a city ( Cidade ) and a district ( concelho ) in the Guarda district in Portugal with 1986 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

View of the town center

history

Rock paintings and grave finds document human settlement in the area since the Paleolithic . The Romans also left numerous traces. After them the Suebi and Visigoths settled here until the Moors invaded . The Arabs lived here until they were expelled in 1065 . However, in the further course of the Reconquista, Mêda was overshadowed by strategically important places such as Marialva or Longroiva .

In 1519 King Manuel I renewed Mêda’s previous city rights. In the following epochs, especially after the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in Portugal in 1822, the district gained increasing importance through incorporations, and formerly larger towns were now subordinate to it.

On January 26, 2005 Mêda was raised from the status of a vila (small town) to a cidade (town).

Culture and sights

Hiking trails, bike paths, thermal baths, historical places and a multitude of sacred, public and private monuments can be found in the district.

With Marialva here is one of the twelve historical villages, the Historic villages of Portugal . In other places in the district, too, tourism rural in particular has seen an upswing as a result.

administration

The town hall of Mêda

Mêda district

Mêda is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Vila Nova de Foz Côa , Pinhel , Trancoso and Penedono .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 16 to eleven.

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Meda district:

Mêda district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Aveloso	207	7.46	28	090901
Barreira	177	25.73	7th	090902
Coriscada	208	25.19	8th	090905
Longroiva	286	41.28	7th	090907
Marialva	255	19.21	13	090908
Meda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa	2,464	50.95	48	090917
Poço do Canto	443	16.22	27	090912
Prova e Casteição	306	26.03	12	090918
Rabaçal	278	14.04	20th	090914
Ranhados	252	25.32	10	090915
Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela	326	34.64	9	090919
Mêda district	5,202	286.07	18th	0909

Population development

Population in Mêda County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
753	5235	12,011	11,851	12,378	8964	7440	5926	5202

Town twinning

•  Portugal : Cantanhede (since 1996)

Web links

Commons : Mêda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Mêda at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
5. ↑ www.cm-meda.pt ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 27, 2012 
6. ↑ ditto ( memento of the original from September 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
8. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed December 27, 2012