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Cortiçada

Parish of the municipality of Aguiar da Beira (Aguiar da Beira), district of Guarda.

Cortiçada had 314 residents in the 2021 Census, 45,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 4,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 2,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Aguiar da Beira.

Population (inh.)
  • 181 – 208
  • 231 – 314
  • 345 – 363
  • 423 – 666
  • 715 – 1.785
Density (inh./km²)
  • 14,4 – 14,6
  • 16,7 – 19,6
  • 21,6 – 24,3
  • 24,5 – 24,8
  • 28,0 – 41,2
Area (km²)
  • 9,2 – 9,6
  • 12,7 – 15,9
  • 17,3 – 21,7
  • 23,8 – 23,9
  • 29,4 – 43,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Aguiar da Beira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carapito42317,2624,5
2Cortiçada31412,6524,8
3Dornelas66623,7528,0
4Eirado1819,2419,6
5Forninhos2089,6221,6
6Pena Verde71529,4024,3
7Pinheiro23115,8814,6
8União das freguesias de Aguiar da Beira e Coruche1.78543,3641,2
9União das freguesias de Sequeiros e Gradiz34523,9214,4
10União das freguesias de Souto de Aguiar da Beira e Valverde36321,6816,7
Code (DTMNFR)
090103
Resident population (2021)
314
Area
12,65 km²
Density
24,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th of 10

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
156 (49,7%)
Women
158 (50,3%)
Portuguese nationality
311 (99,0%)
Foreign nationality
3 (1,0%)
Ageing index
1.787,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
147
Average household size *
2,14 people
Dwellings
481
Classic family dwellings
481
Buildings
471
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
4,2% (13)
Unemployment rate *
3,16% (H 3,64% · M 2,50%)
Active / employed population
95 / 92

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 8 (2,5%); 15-24 years: 23 (7,3%); 25-64 years: 140 (44,6%); 65+ years: 143 (45,5%)0-148 · 2,5%15-2423 · 7,3%25-64140 · 44,6%65+143 · 45,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (314).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years862
15-24 years231310
25-64 years1407466
65+ years1436380

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 Aguiar da Beira e Coruche · Dornelas · União das freguesias de Romãs, Decermilo e Vila Longa (Sátão) · União das freguesias de Souto de Aguiar da Beira e Valverde · Pinheiro · Pena Verde · Eirado

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Aguiar da Beira
2,7 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
446
Voters
314
Turnout
70,40% (2021: 67,81%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
UPNT
Movimento Independente Unidos Pela Nossa Terra		16853,50%4
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		14044,59%3
Blank votes20,64%
Null votes41,27%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: UPNT.

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
Largo do Eitão, N.º 6
Cortiçada (AGUIAR DA BEIRA)
3570-110 CORTIÇADA
Telephone
232599121
Email
jf.corticada@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,76500, -7,54222
Wikipedia
Cortiçada
Wikidata
Q1135623

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