Merelim (São Pedro) e Frossos

Merelim (São Pedro) e Frossos is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Merelim (São Pedro) and Frossos.[1] The population in 2011 was 3,726,[2] in an area of 3.15 km².[3]

Merelim (São Pedro) e Frossos
Merelim (São Pedro) e Frossos
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 41.578°N 8.452°W / 41.578; -8.452
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Cávado
DistrictBraga
MunicipalityBraga
Area
  Total3.15 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total3,726
  Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Persons

  • Pedro de Merelim (1913-2002), pseudonym of the historian and ethnographer Joaquim Gomes da Cunha
Frossos Church

References

  1. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 26-28" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  3. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.


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