Rio Meão

Rio Meão is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 4,931,^[1] in an area of 6.68 km².^[2]

Rio Meão
Civil parish
Rio Meão Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40.958°N 8.581°W / 40.958; -8.581
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Metropolitan area	Porto
District	Aveiro
Municipality	Santa Maria da Feira
Area
• Total	6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,931
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

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 interest

The parishes contains three historic traditional houses:

• Casa dos Brandões de Tabuaça de Anta
• Casa do Mourão
• Casa da Peredinha

Sporting club

• Juventude Atlética de Rio Meão - football