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Chave

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

Chave had 1.270 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 8,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Arouca.

Population (inh.)
  • 171 – 550
  • 900 – 1.064
  • 1.086 – 1.126
  • 1.261 – 1.491
  • 2.111 – 5.120
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3,9 – 29,8
  • 32,2 – 60,9
  • 78,1 – 92,0
  • 113,5 – 117,4
  • 134,2 – 336,0
Area (km²)
  • 1,8 – 11,1
  • 14,1 – 15,2
  • 17,1 – 18,0
  • 23,1 – 31,2
  • 35,7 – 44,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Arouca

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvarenga1.05738,7727,3
2Chave1.27010,91116,4
3Escariz2.11117,98117,4
4Fermedo1.26111,11113,5
5Mansores1.10014,0878,1
6Moldes1.12628,0140,2
7Rossas1.49111,11134,2
8Santa Eulália2.12023,0592,0
9São Miguel do Mato55017,1032,2
10Tropeço1.08617,8460,9
11União das freguesias de Arouca e Burgo5.12015,24336,0
12União das freguesias de Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra18531,235,9
13União das freguesias de Canelas e Espiunca1.06435,7329,8
14União das freguesias de Covelo de Paivó e Janarde17144,383,9
15Urrô90010,7983,4
16Várzea5341,79298,3
Code (DTMNFR)
010407
Resident population (2021)
1.270
Area
10,91 km²
Density
116,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 16

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
610 (48,0%)
Women
660 (52,0%)
Portuguese nationality
1.263 (99,4%)
Foreign nationality
7 (0,6%)
Ageing index
211,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
455
Average household size *
2,73 people
Dwellings
667
Classic family dwellings
666
Buildings
648
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,2% (124)
Unemployment rate *
3,50% (H 2,74% · M 4,41%)
Active / employed population
600 / 579

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 158 (12,4%); 15-24 years: 126 (9,9%); 25-64 years: 652 (51,3%); 65+ years: 334 (26,3%)0-14158 · 12,4%15-24126 · 9,9%25-64652 · 51,3%65+334 · 26,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.270).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1587682
15-24 years1266561
25-64 years652323329
65+ years334146188

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

Macieira de Cambra (Vale de Cambra) · Rossas · Mansores · Tropeço · Escariz · Roge (Vale de Cambra) · União das freguesias de Vila Chã, Codal e Vila Cova de Perrinho (Vale de Cambra)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Arouca
8,7 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
1.164
Voters
826
Turnout
70,96% (2021: 81,50%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.IL
PRIMEIRO AROUCA		67481,60%9
Blank votes11113,44%
Null votes414,96%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.IL.

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de azul, com uma chave de prata e uma palma de ouro passadas em aspa; campanha diminuta ondada de prata e azul de três tiras. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro "CHAVE"

Flag: amarela. Cordão e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda "Junta de Freguesia de Chave - Arouca".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 578/2007, Diário da República n.º 134/2007, Série II de 2007-07-13 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Chave). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Lugar Barbeito
Chave (AROUCA)
4540-264 CHAVE
Telephone
256464411
Email
chave@aroucanet.com
Website
www.chave.aroucanet.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,90917, -8,35111
Wikipedia
Chave (Arouca)
Wikidata
Q664802

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