Mealhada

Mealhada
Mealhada
Municipality
	Buçaco Palace
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 40°23′N 8°27′W / 40.383°N 8.450°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Coimbra
District	Aveiro
Parishes	6
Government
• President	Rui Marqueiro (PS)
Area
• Total	110.66 km2 (42.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	20,428
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	Ascension Day; date varies
Website	http://www.cm-mealhada.pt

Mealhada (Portuguese pronunciation: [mi.ɐˈʎaðɐ] ^ⓘ) is a city and a municipality located in Aveiro District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,428,^[1] in an area of 110.66 km².^[2] It had 17,043 eligible voters (2006). The city of Mealhada itself has a population of 4,522.^[3]

It is included in the Região de Coimbra. The city of Coimbra is about 20 km away.

The current mayor is Rui Marqueiro, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Demographics

Population of Mealhada's Municipality (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2011
2326	7102	9915	13869	17478	19305	18272	20751	21500	20428

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (freguesias):^[4]

Barcouço
Casal Comba
Luso
Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes
Pampilhosa
Vacariça

Cities and towns

Mealhada (city) / [cidade] .
Towns: Luso; Pampilhosa

Villages

(Partial list):

Attractions

The Buçaco Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Hotel do Buçaco) is a luxury hotel in the Luso parish, in the municipality of Mealhada, in the Serra do Buçaco mountains. Other interesting sights near Luso: Cruz Alta, a dense wooded forest.

Other attractions: Mealhada: City Park (Parque da Cidade de Mealhada).

Principal train stations

The most important train stations are: Pampilhosa, Mealhada and Luso.

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ [1] Census 2011 (INE - Statistics Portugal)
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 69" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.

External links

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[ine-1] Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[dgt-2] "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[censos_2011-3] [1] Census 2011 (INE - Statistics Portugal)

[4] Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 69" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.

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