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Amarante

Municipality of the district of Porto (District of Porto), region Norte (NUTS III: Tâmega e Sousa).

Amarante had 52.116 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 22,2% were aged 65 or over; 13,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

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52.116inhabitants (2021 Census)
22district-seat telephone code
1town hall26parish councils25schools

Mayor: António Jorge Vieira Ricardo · Tel. 255420200 · Email: geral@cm-amarante.pt · www.cm-amarante.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.)
  • 267 – 586
  • 630 – 825
  • 827 – 1.594
  • 1.663 – 2.849
  • 3.451 – 11.564
Density (inh./km²)
  • 17,1 – 47,5
  • 48,8 – 137,7
  • 154,3 – 231,5
  • 233,2 – 304,0
  • 334,4 – 760,3
Area (km²)
  • 2,5 – 6,7
  • 7,5 – 8,7
  • 8,8 – 12,0
  • 12,1 – 15,2
  • 15,7 – 30,5
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 26 parishes of Amarante

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

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1União das freguesias de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão11.56415,21760,3
2Vila Meã4.55710,96415,8
3Telões3.93914,47272,2
4União das freguesias de Figueiró (Santiago e Santa Cristina)3.6348,11448,1
5União das freguesias de Freixo de Cima e de Baixo3.4518,82391,3
6Vila Caiz2.8498,52334,4
7Mancelos2.82912,13233,2
8Fregim2.73010,37263,3
9Travanca2.0128,69231,5
10União das freguesias de Vila Garcia, Aboim e Chapa1.66312,08137,7
11Lufrei1.5946,45247,1
12Gondar1.5369,64159,3
13União das freguesias de Aboadela, Sanche e Várzea1.44730,4547,5
14Salvador do Monte8947,48119,5
15União das freguesias de Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei82723,4335,3
16Vila Chã do Marão8256,71123,0
17Lomba8203,63225,9
18Padronelo7542,48304,0
19Fridão6647,8784,4
20Louredo6303,60175,0
21Candemil58612,0148,8
22Gouveia (São Simão)57712,4946,2
23Jazente5173,35154,3
24Ansiães51627,1919,0
25União das freguesias de Olo e Canadelo43419,5122,3
26Rebordelo26715,6617,1
INE code (DTMN)
1301
Resident population
52.116
Area
301,33 km²
Density
173,0 inh./km²
Parishes
26
Share of district population
2,9%
Rank in the district (population)
14th of 18
National rank (population)
54th of 308
National rank (density)
79th of 308
National rank (area)
104th of 308

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

2021 Census in detail

Men
24.740 (47,5%)
Women
27.376 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
51.554 (98,9%)
Foreign nationality
562 (1,1%)
Ageing index
187,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
19.646
Average household size
2,63 people
Dwellings
29.443
Buildings
23.609
With higher education (15+)
13,1% (6.025)
Unemployment rate
9,42%

Population by age group

0-146.172 · 11,8%15-246.053 · 11,6%25-6428.311 · 54,3%65+11.580 · 22,2%
Residents by age group (52.116 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
49.914
Voters
33.389 (66,89%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP (elected council president)18.22154,57%4
PS11.78035,28%3
CH1.8665,59%0
PCP-PEV3891,17%0
B.E.3421,02%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
49.914
Voters
33.390 (66,90%)
Seats
27
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP16.96650,81%15
PS12.31736,89%10
CH2.2416,71%2
PCP-PEV5071,52%0
B.E.5021,50%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
António Jorge Vieira Ricardo
Address
Alameda Teixeira de Pascoaes, 4600-011 Amarante
Telephone
255420200
Email
geral@cm-amarante.pt
Website
www.cm-amarante.pt

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

On the web

Q454875 · Wikipedia · www.cm-amarante.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Baião (13,5 km) · Celorico de Basto (14,3 km) · Felgueiras (15,9 km) · Lousada (19,5 km) · Marco de Canaveses (16,2 km) · Mondim de Basto (17,8 km) · Penafiel (25,0 km) · Santa Marta de Penaguião (20,6 km) · Vila Real (25,7 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Porto: 32,0 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.)
  • 17.534 – 49.541
  • 52.116 – 64.255
  • 67.709 – 80.825
  • 84.354 – 164.257
  • 172.557 – 303.824
Density (inh./km²)
  • 100,5 – 328,1
  • 482,5 – 535,4
  • 538,1 – 781,6
  • 783,1 – 1.627,2
  • 1.803,5 – 5.596,3
Area (km²)
  • 41,4 – 72,0
  • 75,1 – 96,1
  • 115,7 – 136,6
  • 149,0 – 174,5
  • 201,9 – 301,3
Quantile classes · current municipality
Amarante highlighted. Click a neighbouring municipality to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

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Other municipalities of the district of Porto

Baião · Felgueiras · Gondomar · Lousada · Maia · Marco de Canaveses · Matosinhos · Paredes · Paços de Ferreira · Penafiel · Porto · Póvoa de Varzim · Santo Tirso · Trofa · Valongo · Vila Nova de Gaia · Vila do Conde

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