Aguiar de Sousa is a
Portuguese parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Paredes. The population in 2011 was 1,631,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 22.38 km
2.
Aguiar de Sousa was formerly an extensive municipality that existed until the beginning of the 19th century. It was composed of 39 parishes, which are now part of the municipalities of
Gondomar,
Valongo,
Lousada,
Paredes and
Paços de Ferreira. In 1801, it covered an area of about 260 km
2 with 21,643 inhabitants.
References
Freguesias of Paredes, Portugal
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