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União das freguesias de Recardães e Espinhel

Parish of the municipality of Águeda (Águeda), district of Aveiro.

União das freguesias de Recardães e Espinhel had 5.755 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 7,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Águeda.

Population (inh.)
  • 314 – 573
  • 703 – 1.794
  • 2.099 – 3.028
  • 3.210 – 4.471
  • 4.648 – 11.606
Density (inh./km²)
  • 8,0 – 19,3
  • 27,8 – 107,1
  • 137,1 – 241,3
  • 275,2 – 288,9
  • 352,6 – 424,7
Area (km²)
  • 3,7 – 8,6
  • 8,7 – 15,9
  • 19,0 – 27,3
  • 28,4 – 32,0
  • 39,4 – 43,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 15 parishes of Águeda

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Agadão31439,408,0
2Aguada de Baixo1.2943,67352,6
3Aguada de Cima3.89328,39137,1
4Barrô1.7946,52275,2
5Belazaima do Chão52818,9827,8
6Borralha2.0998,70241,3
7Castanheira do Vouga57329,7119,3
8Fermentelos3.0288,58352,9
9Macinhata do Vouga3.21031,95100,5
10União das freguesias de Recardães e Espinhel5.75519,92288,9
11União das freguesias de Travassô e Óis da Ribeira2.20311,12198,1
12União das freguesias de Trofa, Segadães e Lamas do Vouga4.47115,86281,9
13União das freguesias do Préstimo e Macieira de Alcoba70341,7316,9
14Valongo do Vouga4.64843,40107,1
15Águeda11.60627,33424,7
Code (DTMNFR)
010124
Resident population (2021)
5.755
Area
19,92 km²
Density
288,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 15

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Recardães e Espinhel”.

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
2.757 (47,9%)
Women
2.998 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality
5.628 (97,8%)
Foreign nationality
127 (2,2%)
Ageing index
231,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.238
Average household size *
2,53 people
Dwellings
2.821
Classic family dwellings
2.815
Buildings
2.324
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
15,4% (788)
Unemployment rate *
4,22% (H 3,61% · M 4,84%)
Active / employed population
2.795 / 2.677

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 650 (11,3%); 15-24 years: 546 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 3.055 (53,1%); 65+ years: 1.504 (26,1%)0-14650 · 11,3%15-24546 · 9,5%25-643.055 · 53,1%65+1.504 · 26,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.755).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years650322328
15-24 years546289257
25-64 years3.0551.4561.599
65+ years1.504690814

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

União das freguesias de Travassô e Óis da Ribeira · Águeda · Barrô · Oiã (Oliveira do Bairro) · Borralha · Fermentelos · Oliveira do Bairro (Oliveira do Bairro)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Águeda
7,4 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
5.294
Voters
3.030
Turnout
57,23% (2021: 51,81%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.MPT
JUNTOS POR ÁGUEDA		1.46948,48%7
PS
Partido Socialista		1.05334,75%5
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		2849,37%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		551,82%0
Blank votes1183,89%
Null votes511,68%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.MPT.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua da Junta, N.º 105
Recardães (ÁGUEDA)
3750-726 RECARDÃES
Telephone
234623697
Email
geral@f-recardaesespinhel.pt
Website
www.f-recardaesespinhel.pt/website

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Coordinates
40,56720, -8,49222
Wikipedia
Recardães e Espinhel
Wikidata
Q15705254

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

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