TodoPortugal.pt

and if more World there had been, there would they have gone

Alijó

Municipality of the district of Vila Real (District of Vila Real), region Norte (NUTS III: Douro).

Alijó had 10.486 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 32,9% were aged 65 or over; 9,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

10.486inhabitants (2021 Census)
259district-seat telephone code
1town hall14parish councils8schools

Mayor: José Rodrigues Paredes · Tel. 259957100 · Email: geral@cm-alijo.pt · www.cm-alijo.pt more contacts

Summary for arrivals. The telephone code is that of the district/region seat (ANACOM numbering plan), not exclusive to this municipality. School, parish-council and town-hall counts come from the official lists already on this site. Hospitals are NHS institutions whose official name includes the municipality.

Population (inh.)
  • 278 – 409
  • 445 – 536
  • 547 – 622
  • 627 – 937
  • 1.256 – 2.584
Density (inh./km²)
  • 13,0 – 19,0
  • 19,2 – 22,0
  • 29,1 – 34,7
  • 40,4 – 73,5
  • 88,0 – 207,3
Area (km²)
  • 3,0 – 12,9
  • 17,1 – 20,1
  • 20,2 – 21,3
  • 21,5 – 29,4
  • 33,0 – 42,1
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 14 parishes of Alijó

Sorted by resident population (2021 Census, 2025 geography). Click a header to sort; hover a row to highlight it on the map.

Download CSV parish list (UTF-8)

#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alijó2.58429,3688,0
2Sanfins do Douro1.25617,0973,5
3Favaios93721,4543,7
4Vilar de Maçada81620,1940,4
5União das freguesias de Carlão e Amieiro62733,0119,0
6Pinhão6223,00207,3
7São Mamede de Ribatua58620,1129,1
8Vila Verde54742,0913,0
9União das freguesias de Castedo e Cotas53628,9118,5
10União das freguesias de Vale de Mendiz, Casal de Loivos e Vilarinho de Cotas44912,9434,7
11Vila Chã44520,2322,0
12União das freguesias de Pópulo e Ribalonga40921,3019,2
13Pegarinhos39418,7821,0
14Santa Eugénia2789,1430,4
INE code (DTMN)
1701
Resident population
10.486
Area
297,60 km²
Density
35,2 inh./km²
Parishes
14
Share of district population
5,6%
Rank in the district (population)
6th of 14
National rank (population)
184th of 308
National rank (density)
205th of 308
National rank (area)
107th of 308

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente, ind. 0014525, via dados.gov.pt); DGT, CAOP2025 (área e freguesias)

2021 Census in detail

Men
5.116 (48,8%)
Women
5.370 (51,2%)
Portuguese nationality
10.393 (99,1%)
Foreign nationality
93 (0,9%)
Ageing index
360,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
4.395
Average household size
2,34 people
Dwellings
8.681
Buildings
8.088
With higher education (15+)
9,1% (871)
Unemployment rate
8,15%

Population by age group

0-14957 · 9,1%15-24915 · 8,7%25-645.160 · 49,2%65+3.454 · 32,9%
Residents by age group (10.486 in total).

Source: INE, Censos 2021 (API de indicadores) — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012328, 0012481, 0014632, licence CC BY 4.0.

2025 local elections

Municipal council

Registered
10.935
Voters
7.146 (65,35%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP (elected council president)3.41147,73%4
PS2.57536,03%3
CH4926,88%0
MPT2493,48%0
PCP-PEV630,88%0
ADN500,70%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
10.935
Voters
7.146 (65,35%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP3.37047,16%11
PS2.54235,57%9
CH5037,04%1
MPT2333,26%0
PCP-PEV710,99%0
ADN570,80%0

Source: SGMAI — resultados oficiais das Autárquicas 2025. Official results; only the list that elects the council president is marked (the person’s name is not in these results).

Contacts

Mayor
José Rodrigues Paredes
Address
Rua General Alves Pedrosa, N.º 13, 5070-051 Alijó
Telephone
259957100
Email
geral@cm-alijo.pt
Website
www.cm-alijo.pt

Source: DGAL — Portal Autárquico, Lista de Presidentes e contactos dos Municípios (atualizada 04/09/2026).

On the web

Q712064 · Wikipedia · www.cm-alijo.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Carrazeda de Ansiães (17,1 km) · Murça (13,7 km) · Sabrosa (11,0 km) · São João da Pesqueira (21,0 km) · Vila Pouca de Aguiar (25,7 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Vila Real: 21,2 km.

Source: DGT, CAOP2025 (CC BY 4.0) — adjacência de limites; distância em linha reta entre centróides (licence CC BY 4.0).

Location in the district

Population (inh.)
  • 3.547 – 5.245
  • 5.548 – 6.100
  • 6.410 – 10.486
  • 11.812 – 14.701
  • 37.590 – 49.571
Density (inh./km²)
  • 11,5 – 26,8
  • 27,0 – 27,7
  • 35,2 – 37,3
  • 63,6 – 130,9
  • 133,1 – 153,3
Area (km²)
  • 26,7 – 94,9
  • 156,9 – 189,4
  • 217,5 – 322,0
  • 378,8 – 548,7
  • 591,2 – 805,5
Quantile classes · current municipality
Alijó highlighted. Click a neighbouring municipality to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

Compare Alijó with other municipalities… · Compare parishes…

Other municipalities of the district of Vila Real

Boticas · Chaves · Mesão Frio · Mondim de Basto · Montalegre · Murça · Peso da Régua · Ribeira de Pena · Sabrosa · Santa Marta de Penaguião · Valpaços · Vila Pouca de Aguiar · Vila Real

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026