Fão

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Fão

Total population

3,103

Coordinates41.51°, -8.77°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Apúlia e Fão is a civil parish in the municipality of Esposende, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Apúlia and Fão. The population in 2011 was 7,301, in an area of 16.29 km².

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

João Cabreira

Portuguese bicycle racer

António Rodrigues Sampaio

President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal (1806-1882)

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João Benta

Portuguese cyclist

C

Chico Faria

Portuguese association football player

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Teresa Portela

Portuguese canoeist

Arsénio Martins Lafuente Nunes

Portuguese footballer

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Hugo Marques

association football player from Angola

J

João Patrão

Portuguese footballer

João Ribeiro

Portuguese canoeist

Rafael Lopes

Portuguese footballer

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Abel Vinha dos Santos

Portuguese poet

Fonseca Lima

politician

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Franklin Vilas Boas

Portuguese sculptor

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José Gonçalo da Cunha Sottomayor Correia de Oliveira

Portuguese politician

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João Maria de Oliveira Martins

Portuguese politician (1934-2011)

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Manuel de Barros

Portuguese mathematician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Braga

• Ksar El Hirane
  841 mi away
• Hassi Delaa
  875.8 mi away · pop. 11,204
• Hassi R'Mel
  887 mi away · pop. 22,133
• Malička
  1258 mi away · pop. 43
• Stipan
  1259.8 mi away · pop. 50
• Dugo Selo Lasinjsko
  1260.5 mi away · pop. 46
• Šljivovac
  1261.2 mi away · pop. 32
• Katinovac
  1261.6 mi away · pop. 90
• Kozarac
  1261.7 mi away
• Vorkapić
  1261.8 mi away · pop. 26
• Čremušnica
  1262.4 mi away · pop. 72
• Staro Selo Topusko
  1262.6 mi away · pop. 154

Browse all places in Braga →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fão

Manual for Training of Extension Workers and Farmers

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · 2001

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

sea fig

Carpobrotus edulis

Seen 2026-09-22

Sea Campion

Silene uniflora

Seen 2026-09-22

Furbelows

Saccorhiza polyschides

Seen 2026-09-22

Netted Dogwhelk

Tritia reticulata

Seen 2026-09-22

European Sting Winkle

Ocenebra erinaceus

Seen 2026-09-22

Purple Topshell

Steromphala umbilicalis

Seen 2026-09-22

Atlantic Dogwhelk

Nucella lapillus

Seen 2026-09-22

Keeled Skimmer

Orthetrum coerulescens

Seen 2026-09-22

Sea Daffodil

Pancratium maritimum

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).