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Mozelos (Santa Maria da Feira)

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Country
  
Portugal

Local time
  
Monday 7:32 PM

Municipality
  
Santa Maria da Feira

Area
  
5.04 km²

Population
  
7,142 (2011)

Mozelos (Santa Maria da Feira)

Weather
  
12°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 80% Humidity

Mozelos is a Portuguese town and a parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 7,142, in an area of 5.81 km². Its postal code is 4535.

Map of Mozelos, Portugal

The parish is located 8 km from the city of Espinho and around 20 km from Porto. The district capital Aveiro is approximately 50 km from the town.

In 1097, the settlement was known as Moazellus. There is a Roman road nearby the church. It declared itself a town on June 24, 1989 and it celebrates the transition to a town every June 24. It is the place where Américo Amorim lived for some years.

References

Mozelos (Santa Maria da Feira) Wikipedia