Sao Simão de Gouveia

Sao Simão de Gouveia
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Tâmega e Sousa
District :	postage
Concelho :	Amarante
Coordinates :	41 ° 13 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 13 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W
Residents:	633 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	12.49 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km²

São Simão de Gouveia , or simply São Simão , is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the municipality of Amarante in Portugal . It covers an area of ​​12.5 km² and had 633 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). The population density is 50.7 inhabitants / km².

São Simão de Gouveia in the Amarante district

Situated in the extreme south of the municipality, São Simão is bounded in the south by the municipalities of Marco de Canaveses and Baião , in the west by Carvalho de Rei , in the north by Lomba and Jazente , and in the east by Salvador do Monte .

São Simão was a city and the center of a municipality until the early 19th century . This municipality was established by the following municipalities: Aliviada, Cepelos, Folhada, Gouveia, Lomba, Monte (São Salvador) e Várzea. It had, in 1801 , a population of 3,015.

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

Web links

• Map of the Freguesia São Simão de Gouveia at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército