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São Simão de Gouveia

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Country
  
Intermunic. comm.
  
Population
  
633 (2011)

Region
  
Norte Region, Portugal

Subregion
  
Tâmega

Area
  
12.79 km²

District
  
Municipality
  
Amarante, Portugal

São Simão de Gouveia

São Simão de Gouveia, or simply São Simão, is a parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Amarante in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 633, in an area of 12.49 km².

Situated in the extreme south of the municipality, São Simão is bordered to the south by the municipalities of Marco de Canaveses and Baião, to the west by Carvalho de Rei, to the north by Lomba and Jazente, and to the east by Salvador do Monte.

São Simão was a town and the center of a municipality until the early 19th century. This municipality was constituted by the following parishes: Aliviada, Cepelos, Folhada, Gouveia, Lomba, Monte (São Salvador) and Várzea. It had, in 1801, a population of 3 015.

References

São Simão de Gouveia Wikipedia


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