Lobão is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Lobão, Gião, Louredo e Guisande.[1] It has a population of 5,761 inhabitants and a total area of 7.91 km².

Lobão
Civil parish
Lobão Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40°59′N 8°29′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Metropolitan area	Porto
District	Aveiro
Municipality	Santa Maria da Feira
Disbanded	2013
Area
• Total	7.91 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	5,761
• Density	730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Origin of the name

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.

Economy

Its principal economical activities are civil construction, iron, wood, textile, metallurgy and a few others, the commercial, services and agriculture dominates the remainder of the parish's economy.

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[ru] Лобан (Санта-Мария-да-Фейра)