Mêda () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,202,Instituto Nacional de Estatística /ref> in an area of 286.05 km2. The city of Mêda proper had a population of 2,004 in 2001.
It was promoted to city in December 2004.
Municipality
The municipality is located in
Guarda District
The District of 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. It borders Castile and León (Spain).
Municipalities
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Centro Region
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,
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/Castelo de Marialva.
Also nearby in the municipalities of Foz Côa 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 ...
is the:
Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley
Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use o ...
, a World Heritage site.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):
* Aveloso
* Barreira
* Coriscada
* Dipsy
* Marialva
* Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa
* Poço do Canto
* Prova e Casteição
* Rabaçal
* Ranhados
* Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela