Portugal: Viana do Castelo District

Contents: Municipalities and Parishes

The population of the municipalities (concelhos) and parishes (freguesias) of Viana do Castelo district by census years.

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-03-12	Population Census 2011-03-21	Population Census 2021-03-22
Arcos de Valdevez	Municipality	24,761	22,847	20,718	→
Aboim das Choças	Parish	354	333	295	→
Aguiã	Parish	732	705	707	→
Alvora e Loureda	Parish	532	456	378	→
Arcos de Valdevez (Salvador), Vila Fonche e Parada	Parish	2,181	2,580	2,754	→
Arcos de Valdevez (São Paio) e Giela	Parish	1,611	1,661	1,676	→
Ázere	Parish	294	247	207	→
Cabana Maior	Parish	365	239	177	→
Cabreiro	Parish	574	428	324	→
Cendufe	Parish	403	360	308	→
Couto	Parish	641	615	646	→
Eiras e Mei	Parish	462	387	322	→
Gavieira	Parish	446	298	258	→
Gondoriz	Parish	1,109	958	861	→
Grade e Carralcova	Parish	534	517	450	→
Guilhadeses e Santar	Parish	1,122	1,283	1,172	→
Jolda (Madalena) e Rio Cabrão	Parish	559	485	421	→
Jolda (São Paio)	Parish	421	360	316	→
Miranda	Parish	435	325	245	→
Monte Redondo	Parish	284	227	196	→
Oliveira	Parish	369	330	327	→
Paçô	Parish	861	933	970	→
Padreiro (Salvador e Santa Cristina)	Parish	420	377	349	→
Padroso	Parish	305	234	197	→
Portela e Extremo	Parish	464	420	323	→
Prozelo	Parish	1,020	943	815	→
Rio de Moinhos	Parish	499	438	433	→
Rio Frio	Parish	889	684	536	→
Sabadim	Parish	543	468	410	→
São Jorge e Ermelo	Parish	908	806	713	→
Senharei	Parish	347	259	164	→
Sistelo	Parish	341	273	199	→
Soajo	Parish	1,159	986	670	→
Souto e Tabaçô	Parish	994	977	913	→
Távora (Santa Maria e São Vicente)	Parish	1,043	955	848	→
Vale	Parish	891	776	662	→
Vilela, São Cosme e São Damião e Sá	Parish	649	524	476	→
Caminha	Municipality	17,069	16,684	15,797	→
Âncora	Parish	1,058	1,182	1,186	→
Arga (Baixo, Cima e São João)	Parish	258	208	159	→
Argela	Parish	435	393	375	→
Caminha (Matriz) e Vilarelho	Parish	2,537	2,471	2,373	→
Dem	Parish	462	363	309	→
Gondar e Orbacém	Parish	505	435	398	→
Lanhelas	Parish	1,080	991	897	→
Moledo e Cristelo	Parish	1,519	1,566	1,490	→
Riba de Âncora	Parish	778	723	680	→
Seixas	Parish	1,578	1,502	1,413	→
Venade e Azevedo	Parish	1,024	975	881	→
Vila Praia de Âncora	Parish	4,688	4,820	4,623	→
Vilar de Mouros	Parish	819	753	725	→
Vile	Parish	328	302	288	→
Melgaço	Municipality	9,996	9,213	7,773	→
Alvaredo	Parish	614	528	492	→
Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro	Parish	874	657	503	→
Chaviães e Paços	Parish	810	702	559	→
Cousso	Parish	361	294	239	→
Cristoval	Parish	619	528	422	→
Fiães	Parish	300	239	146	→
Gave	Parish	280	237	180	→
Paderne	Parish	1,235	1,160	1,030	→
Parada do Monte e Cubalhão	Parish	696	526	477	→
Penso	Parish	563	523	445	→
Prado e Remoães	Parish	592	550	445	→
São Paio	Parish	639	602	535	→
Vila e Roussas	Parish	2,413	2,667	2,300	→
Monção	Municipality	19,956	19,230	17,816	→
Abedim	Parish	260	205	191	→
Anhões e Luzio	Parish	347	260	196	→
Barbeita	Parish	1,057	1,016	923	→
Barroças e Taias	Parish	356	319	279	→
Bela	Parish	685	698	596	→
Cambeses	Parish	484	496	496	→
Ceivães e Badim	Parish	799	670	553	→
Lara	Parish	355	266	255	→
Longos Vales	Parish	1,101	989	863	→
Mazedo e Cortes	Parish	2,508	3,377	3,817	→
Merufe	Parish	1,237	1,097	864	→
Messegães, Valadares e Sá	Parish	780	658	553	→
Monção e Troviscoso	Parish	3,650	3,535	3,277	→
Moreira	Parish	709	615	572	→
Pias	Parish	944	854	763	→
Pinheiros	Parish	372	345	319	→
Podame	Parish	321	278	265	→
Portela	Parish	213	242	202	→
Riba de Mouro	Parish	1,111	964	802	→
Sago, Lordelo e Parada	Parish	519	448	381	→
Segude	Parish	389	356	320	→
Tangil	Parish	936	768	629	→
Troporiz e Lapela	Parish	545	497	454	→
Trute	Parish	278	277	246	→
Paredes de Coura	Municipality	9,571	9,198	8,632	→
Agualonga	Parish	284	295	263	→
Bico e Cristelo	Parish	827	783	734	→
Castanheira	Parish	642	631	637	→
Cossourado e Linhares	Parish	568	517	509	→
Coura	Parish	420	374	330	→
Cunha	Parish	542	529	459	→
Formariz e Ferreira	Parish	1,093	998	915	→
Infesta	Parish	445	450	413	→
Insalde e Porreiras	Parish	529	459	393	→
Mozelos	Parish	346	347	343	→
Padornelo	Parish	458	437	412	→
Parada	Parish	323	298	278	→
Paredes de Coura e Resende	Parish	2,025	2,099	2,011	→
Romarigães	Parish	284	246	224	→
Rubiães	Parish	548	512	493	→
Vascões	Parish	237	223	218	→
Ponte da Barca	Municipality	12,909	12,061	11,044	→
Azias	Parish	422	377	303	→
Boivães	Parish	338	289	264	→
Bravães	Parish	645	629	600	→
Britelo	Parish	614	485	379	→
Crasto, Ruivos e Grovelas	Parish	1,018	882	768	→
Cuide de Vila Verde	Parish	338	344	311	→
Entre Ambos-os-Rios, Ermida e Germil	Parish	695	612	498	→
Lavradas	Parish	929	875	826	→
Lindoso	Parish	536	427	373	→
Nogueira	Parish	430	410	374	→
Oleiros	Parish	559	466	447	→
Ponte da Barca, Vila Nova de Muía e Paço Vedro de Magalhães	Parish	4,202	4,372	4,192	→
Sampriz	Parish	407	342	307	→
Touvedo (São Lourenço e Salvador)	Parish	439	377	327	→
Vade (São Pedro)	Parish	288	264	240	→
Vade (São Tomé)	Parish	272	287	295	→
Vila Chã (São João Baptista e Santiago)	Parish	777	623	540	→
Ponte de Lima	Municipality	44,343	43,498	41,164	→
Anais	Parish	1,176	1,073	1,027	→
Arca e Ponte de Lima	Parish	3,524	3,756	3,925	→
Arcozelo	Parish	3,932	3,734	3,562	→
Ardegão, Freixo e Mato	Parish	1,783	1,754	1,551	→
Bárrio e Cepões	Parish	991	921	786	→
Beiral do Lima	Parish	767	558	500	→
Bertiandos	Parish	392	414	360	→
Boalhosa	Parish	215	163	117	→
Brandara	Parish	479	442	420	→
Cabaços e Fojo Lobal	Parish	1,005	951	818	→
Cabração e Moreira do Lima	Parish	1,048	987	899	→
Calheiros	Parish	1,047	991	930	→
Calvelo	Parish	744	685	617	→
Correlhã	Parish	3,068	2,936	2,787	→
Estorãos	Parish	513	464	408	→
Facha	Parish	1,482	1,529	1,390	→
Feitosa	Parish	828	1,363	1,865	→
Fontão	Parish	1,132	1,101	1,090	→
Fornelos e Queijada	Parish	1,863	1,912	1,869	→
Friastelas	Parish	515	450	430	→
Gandra	Parish	1,141	1,108	1,065	→
Gemieira	Parish	572	598	602	→
Gondufe	Parish	435	450	421	→
Labruja	Parish	482	439	383	→
Labrujó, Rendufe e Vilar do Monte	Parish	470	417	315	→
Navió e Vitorino dos Piães	Parish	1,861	1,768	1,544	→
Poiares	Parish	847	775	737	→
Rebordões (Santa Maria)	Parish	1,065	1,056	969	→
Rebordões (Souto)	Parish	1,253	1,127	1,011	→
Refóios do Lima	Parish	2,282	2,169	1,978	→
Ribeira	Parish	1,841	1,902	1,846	→
Sá	Parish	406	420	343	→
Santa Comba	Parish	680	661	591	→
Santa Cruz do Lima	Parish	532	480	401	→
São Pedro d'Arcos	Parish	658	640	602	→
Seara	Parish	683	714	694	→
Serdedelo	Parish	500	464	429	→
Vale do Neiva	Parish	1,072	1,075	903	→
Vitorino das Donas	Parish	1,059	1,051	979	→
Valença	Municipality	14,187	14,127	13,623	→
Boivão	Parish	247	239	185	→
Cerdal	Parish	1,744	1,693	1,550	→
Fontoura	Parish	737	751	685	→
Friestas	Parish	546	562	513	→
Gandra e Taião	Parish	1,395	1,471	1,391	→
Ganfei	Parish	1,312	1,296	1,207	→
Gondomil e Sanfins	Parish	498	464	418	→
São Julião e Silva	Parish	691	623	600	→
São Pedro da Torre	Parish	1,232	1,267	1,243	→
Valença, Cristelo Covo e Arão	Parish	5,150	5,153	5,258	→
Verdoejo	Parish	635	608	573	→
Viana do Castelo	Municipality	88,631	88,725	85,778	→
Afife	Parish	1,677	1,632	1,519	→
Alvarães	Parish	2,691	2,623	2,462	→
Amonde	Parish	344	293	231	→
Anha	Parish	2,513	2,415	2,257	→
Areosa	Parish	4,485	4,853	4,698	→
Barroselas e Carvoeiro	Parish	5,038	5,031	4,701	→
Cardielos e Serreleis	Parish	2,320	2,312	2,150	→
Carreço	Parish	1,769	1,759	1,737	→
Castelo do Neiva	Parish	3,203	2,930	2,719	→
Chafé	Parish	2,507	2,841	3,447	→
Darque	Parish	7,798	7,817	8,002	→
Freixieiro de Soutelo	Parish	560	511	465	→
Geraz do Lima (Santa Maria, Santa Leocádia e Moreira) e Deão	Parish	3,503	3,339	3,044	→
Lanheses	Parish	1,740	1,645	1,517	→
Mazarefes e Vila Fria	Parish	2,760	2,670	2,494	→
Montaria	Parish	665	549	450	→
Mujães	Parish	1,691	1,550	1,422	→
Nogueira, Meixedo e Vilar de Murteda	Parish	1,631	1,597	1,433	→
Outeiro	Parish	1,271	1,234	1,060	→
Perre	Parish	3,007	2,956	2,772	→
Santa Marta de Portuzelo	Parish	3,812	3,805	3,901	→
São Romão de Neiva	Parish	1,267	1,225	1,048	→
Subportela, Deocriste e Portela Susã	Parish	2,669	2,552	2,250	→
Torre e Vila Mou	Parish	1,224	1,181	1,092	→
Viana do Castelo (Santa Maria Maior e Monserrate) e Meadela	Parish	24,262	25,375	25,157	→
Vila de Punhe	Parish	2,400	2,273	2,064	→
Vila Franca	Parish	1,824	1,757	1,686	→
Vila Nova de Cerveira	Municipality	8,852	9,253	8,921	→
Campos e Vila Meã	Parish	1,517	1,713	1,751	→
Candemil e Gondar	Parish	400	359	313	→
Cornes	Parish	481	478	489	→
Covas	Parish	744	675	603	→
Gondarém	Parish	991	1,010	909	→
Loivo	Parish	859	885	834	→
Mentrestido	Parish	271	264	273	→
Reboreda e Nogueira	Parish	920	1,071	1,142	→
Sapardos	Parish	389	366	330	→
Sopo	Parish	576	557	497	→
Vila Nova de Cerveira e Lovelhe	Parish	1,704	1,875	1,780	→
Viana do Castelo	District	250,275	244,836	231,266

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística Portugal (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	108,355
Females	122,911

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-14 years	25,831
15-64 years	140,356
65+ years	65,079

Age Distribution (C 2021)
80+ years	20,384
70-79 years	28,124
60-69 years	33,691
50-59 years	33,071
40-49 years	32,618
30-39 years	24,385
20-29 years	22,368
10-19 years	20,552
0-9 years	16,073

Citizenship (C 2021)
Portugal	224,311
EU	1,659
Europe (other)	480
Africa	437
America	3,734
Asia & Oceania	642

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Portugal	211,895
EU	8,232
Europe (other)	1,360
Africa	3,096
America	5,989
Asia & Oceania	694