Place:Paços de Brandão, Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro, Portugal

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NamePaços de Brandão
TypeFreguesia
Coordinates40.966667°N 8.583333°W
Located inSanta Maria da Feira, Aveiro, Portugal
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Paços de Brandão is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, and Aveiro District. The population in 2011 was 4,867, in an area of 3.56 km². It is 22 km from Porto, and is part of the Porto Metropolitan Area.

Its foundation dates back to more than 900 years ago, associated with the Norman Fernand Blandon. It became a town in 1985.

Among its highlights is the Festa dos Arcos, which occurs every August in the center of the town, and Inês Lopo, a notable nuclear medicine resident and marathon runner.

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