Type: | parish |
Official Name: | Lobão |
Region: | Norte |
Metro: | Porto |
District: | Aveiro |
Municipality: | Santa Maria da Feira |
Coordinates: | 40.9833°N -37°W |
Area Total: | 7.91 |
Population Total: | 5761 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Dissolved: | 2013 |
Lobão is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Lobão, Gião, Louredo e Guisande.[1] It has a population of 5,761 inhabitants and a total area of 7.91 km2.
The toponym of the name is a personal name, it was named in 906 with Lupon and in 967 as Lubon. It is derived from Lupu and with a suffix -one It exists on a document in the year 1055 which mentioned a settlement as Lopone.
Its principal economical activities are civil construction, iron, wood, textile, metallurgy and a few others, the commercial, services and agriculture dominates the remainder of the parish's economy.