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Espinho

Municipality of the district of Aveiro (District of Aveiro), region Norte (NUTS III: Área Metropolitana do Porto).

Espinho had 31.043 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 28,3% were aged 65 or over; 19,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

31.043inhabitants (2021 Census)
234district-seat telephone code
1town hall5parish councils14schools1NHS hospital in the name

Mayor: Jorge Manuel Mengo Ratola · Tel. 227335800 · Email: geral@cm-espinho.pt · www.cm-espinho.pt more contacts

NHS: Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia / Espinho, E.P.E.

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.)
  • 1.272
  • 3.127
  • 6.108
  • 10.104
  • 10.432
Density (inh./km²)
  • 532,7
  • 652,3
  • 1.120,7
  • 1.678,4
  • 5.893,8
Area (km²)
  • 1,8
  • 2,0
  • 5,5
  • 5,9
  • 6,0
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Espinho

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
1Espinho10.4321,775.893,8
2Anta10.1046,021.678,4
3Silvalde6.1085,451.120,7
4Paramos3.1275,87532,7
5Guetim1.2721,95652,3
INE code (DTMN)
0107
Resident population
31.043
Area
21,06 km²
Density
1.474,0 inh./km²
Parishes
5
Share of district population
4,4%
Rank in the district (population)
7th of 19
National rank (population)
87th of 308
National rank (density)
14th of 308
National rank (area)
305th of 308

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

2021 Census in detail

Men
14.461 (46,6%)
Women
16.582 (53,4%)
Portuguese nationality
30.279 (97,5%)
Foreign nationality
764 (2,5%)
Ageing index
265,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
12.498
Average household size
2,46 people
Dwellings
16.040
Buildings
8.746
With higher education (15+)
19,8% (5.503)
Unemployment rate
10,07%

Population by age group

0-143.300 · 10,6%15-243.126 · 10,1%25-6415.843 · 51,0%65+8.774 · 28,3%
Residents by age group (31.043 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
29.347
Voters
18.421 (62,77%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD (elected council president)6.53235,46%4
PS4.49324,39%2
MMC2.81915,30%1
CH1.5868,61%0
IL7844,26%0
PCP-PEV6723,65%0
CDS-PP4172,26%0
B.E.3671,99%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
29.347
Voters
18.411 (62,74%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD6.20833,72%8
PS4.33923,57%6
MMC2.34412,73%3
CH1.86310,12%2
IL1.0595,75%1
PCP-PEV8944,86%1
CDS-PP5062,75%0
B.E.4102,23%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
Jorge Manuel Mengo Ratola
Address
Praça Dr. José Oliveira Salvador - Apartado 700, 4501-901 Espinho
Telephone
227335800
Email
geral@cm-espinho.pt
Website
www.cm-espinho.pt

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

On the web

Q13225053 · Wikipedia · portal.cm-espinho.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Ovar (13,2 km) · Santa Maria da Feira (10,2 km) · Vila Nova de Gaia (9,6 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Aveiro: 30,6 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.)
  • 10.476 – 19.348
  • 21.146 – 22.886
  • 23.132 – 27.532
  • 31.043 – 54.953
  • 66.175 – 136.674
Density (inh./km²)
  • 64,3 – 135,5
  • 137,6 – 144,4
  • 156,4 – 264,9
  • 372,1 – 534,0
  • 633,1 – 2.788,8
Area (km²)
  • 7,9 – 73,5
  • 87,3 – 115,0
  • 129,9 – 158,8
  • 161,1 – 215,9
  • 216,6 – 335,3
Quantile classes · current municipality
Espinho 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 Aveiro

Albergaria-a-Velha · Anadia · Arouca · Aveiro · Castelo de Paiva · Estarreja · Mealhada · Murtosa · Oliveira de Azeméis · Oliveira do Bairro · Ovar · Santa Maria da Feira · Sever do Vouga · São João da Madeira · Vagos · Vale de Cambra · Águeda · Ílhavo

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