How can I get a count from a related table in Hibernate

Question

I have 2 simple POJOs placed in a many to one relation

@Entity
public class Meeting {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private int meetingId;
    private String title;
    @ManyToOne
    private Location location;
    ...

and

@Entity
public class Location {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private int locationId;
    private String name;
    ...

I'm wondering what do I need to do to get the count of meetings inside the locationList below

    Session session = HibernateHelper.getSessionFactory().openSession();
    session.beginTransaction();
    List<Location> locationList = session.createCriteria(Location.class).list();

I've thinked of definig a @Transient meetingsCount inside the Location POJO but I don't know how to go on in order to tell Hibernate to retrieve it for me.

I do know how to get this information by making an explicit query but this is not what I'm looking for