Lousada
Lousada (Portuguese pronunciation: [loˈzaðɐ] ⓘ) is a town and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,387, in an area of 96.08 km².
Lousada | |
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Torre de Vilar | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 41.30°N 8.24°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Tâmega e Sousa |
| District | Porto |
| Parishes | 15 |
| Government | |
| • President | Jorge Magalhães (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 96.08 km2 (37.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 47,387 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | www |
It includes the site of Ancient Magnetum (Portuguese Magneto), in the civil parish Meinedo, which briefly was a short-lived Suebi-Galician bishopric and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.
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