Country Portugal Local time Thursday 3:23 PM Municipality Santa Maria da Feira | Area 6.47 km² Population 4,931 (2011) | |
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Weather 18°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 55% Humidity | ||
Rio Meão is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 4,931, in an area of 6.68 km².
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History
The parish was first mentioned in the 8th century (773) as "Rius Medianus". The name of the parish comes from a small river south of the parish ("Rius Medianus") and is located between Santa Maria da Feira and Paços de Brandão. In 1220, it became a parish.
Sancho I received the parish, the Ordem do Hospitel, it later reorganized into a settlement of the Portuguese territory.
Sites of Interests
The parishes contains three historic traditional houses:
Sporting club
References
Rio Meão Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA