{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision | type = municipality | official_name = Mêda | image_flag = Flag of Mêda.svg | image_shield = Crest of Mêda.svg | image_skyline =Mêda cidade.JPG | image_caption = |coordinates = {{coord|40|58|N|7|16|W|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:100000|display=inline,title}} | image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=280|frame-align=center|zoom=9|type=shape-inverse|stroke-width=2|stroke-color=#5f5f5f}} | map_caption = Interactive map of Mêda |region = Centro |CIM = Beiras e Serra da Estrela |district = Guarda | leader_party = PSD | leader_name = João Leal Pinto | area_total_km2 = 286.05 | population_total = 5,202 | population_as_of = 2011 | parishes = 11 | holiday = November 11 | website = http://www.cm-meda.pt }} '''Mêda''' ({{IPA|pt-PT|ˈmeðɐ|-|Pt-pt Mêda FF.ogg}}) is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,202,<ref name=ine>[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística]</ref> in an area of 286.05 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=dgt>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city of Mêda proper had a population of 2,004 in 2001.<ref>[http://dev.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006143612/http://dev.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html |date=2014-10-06 }} Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)</ref> It was promoted to city in December 2004.
==Municipality== The municipality is located in Guarda District, Centro Region, Beira Interior Norte Subregion. The present Mayor is Anselmo Sousa. The municipal holiday is November 11.
Main monument: *Marialva Castle/Castelo de Marialva.
Also nearby in the municipalities of Foz Côa and Pinhel is the: Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley, a World Heritage site.
==Parishes== Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (''freguesias''):<ref>{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 69|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=28 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese|format=pdf}}</ref> * Aveloso * Barreira * Coriscada * Dipsy * Marialva * Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa * Poço do Canto * Prova e Casteição * Rabaçal * Ranhados * Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela
==See also== * Cancelos de Baixo
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.cm-meda.pt/ Municipality official website] *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitor107/sets/1419484/ Photos from Meda]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meda}} Category:Municipalities of Guarda District Category:Cities in Portugal
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