Rio Mau is a Portuguese parish located in the municipality of Penafiel. The population in 2011 was 1,407, in an area of 6.13 km2. It was created in 1984 by Law nº 42/84, of December 31, with places disannexed from the parish of Sebolido. Rio Mau is situated 3½ km southeast of Melres.

Lever

Town

Lever is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Sandim, Olival, Lever e Crestuma. The population in 2011 was 2,794, in an area of 7.84 km2. Lever is situated 6 km west of Melres.

Covelo

Village

Covelo is a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Foz do Sousa e Covelo. It has a population of 1,755 inhabitants and a total area of 8.36 km2. Covelo is situated 7 km northwest of Melres.

Melres

Type: Town with 3,690 residents
Description: former civil parish in Portugal
Categories: former freguesia of Portugal, third-level administrative division, and locality
Location: Melres e Medas, Gondomar Municipality, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.0677° or 41° 4′ 4″ north

Longitude

-8.40118° or 8° 24′ 4″ west

Population

3,690

Elevation

44 metres (144 feet)

Open location code

8CHH3H9X+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2420296604

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

2737737

Wikidata ID

Q1432562

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Melres” goes by many names.

Asturian: “Melres”
Cebuano: “Melres”
Chechen: “Мелреш”
Chinese: “梅尔里什”
Dutch: “Melres”
French: “Melres”
German: “Melres”
Hebrew: “מלרש”
Irish: “Melres”
Kazakh: “Мелреш”
Portuguese: “Freguesia de Melres”
Portuguese: “Melres”
Russian: “Мелреш”
Spanish: “Melres”
Tatar: “Мелреш”
Turkish: “Melres e Medas”
Turkish: “Melres”

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