Lobão, Gião, Louredo e Guisande

Lobão, Gião, Louredo e Guisande
Civil parish
Lobão, Gião, Louredo e Guisande Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40.987°N 8.484°W / 40.987; -8.484
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Metropolitan area	Porto
District	Aveiro
Municipality	Santa Maria da Feira
Area
• Total	23.58 km^2 (9.10 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,860
• Density	420/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Lobão, Gião, Louredo e Guisande is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Lobão, Gião, Louredo and Guisande.^[1] The population in 2011 was 9,860,^[2] in an area of 23.58 km².^[3]

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.

References

1. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 106-107" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 July 2014.
2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
3. Eurostat Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine