Merelim (São Pedro) e Frossos explained

Type:	parish
Official Name:	Merelim (São Pedro) e Frossos
Region:	Norte
Cim:	Cávado
District:	Braga
Municipality:	Braga
Area Total:	3.15
Population Total:	3726
Population As Of:	2011
Coordinates:	41.578°N -8.452°W

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]

Persons

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 26-28. 18 July 2014. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.
2. http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
3. Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . 2018-11-05 . 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_/ . 2018-11-05 . dead .