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Aradas

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

Aradas had 10.132 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 32,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 3,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Aveiro.

Population (inh.)
  • 758 – 4.361
  • 4.734 – 5.273
  • 6.159 – 6.830
  • 8.035 – 10.132
  • 13.422 – 21.250
Density (inh./km²)
  • 54,8 – 134,8
  • 191,1 – 274,3
  • 393,5 – 467,2
  • 784,5 – 1.161,9
  • 1.338,3 – 1.361,9
Area (km²)
  • 3,9 – 5,9
  • 8,7 – 12,0
  • 13,8 – 17,1
  • 22,5 – 32,4
  • 35,8 – 45,5
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 Aveiro

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aradas10.1328,721.161,9
2Cacia6.83035,75191,1
3Eixo e Eirol6.15922,45274,3
4Esgueira13.42217,11784,5
5Oliveirinha4.73412,03393,5
6Requeixo, Nossa Senhora de Fátima e Nariz4.36132,36134,8
7Santa Joana8.0355,901.361,9
8São Bernardo5.2733,941.338,3
9São Jacinto75813,8454,8
10União das freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz21.25045,48467,2
Code (DTMNFR)
010501
Resident population (2021)
10.132
Area
8,72 km²
Density
1.161,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd 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
4.813 (47,5%)
Women
5.319 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
9.464 (93,4%)
Foreign nationality
668 (6,6%)
Ageing index
148,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
4.136
Dwellings
5.183
Classic family dwellings
5.146
Buildings
3.010
Buildings with 7 or more floors
51
With higher education (15+)
32,0% (2.810)
Unemployment rate †
5,33%
Active / employed population
5.275 / 4.994

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.363 (13,5%); 15-24 years: 1.043 (10,3%); 25-64 years: 5.700 (56,3%); 65+ years: 2.026 (20,0%)0-141.363 · 13,5%15-241.043 · 10,3%25-645.700 · 56,3%65+2.026 · 20,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (10.132).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.363722641
15-24 years1.043487556
25-64 years5.7002.7172.983
65+ years2.0268871.139

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Ílhavo (São Salvador) (Ílhavo) · União das freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz · São Bernardo · Oliveirinha

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Aveiro
3,8 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
8.388
Voters
4.453
Turnout
53,09% (2021: 47,17%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM
ALIANÇA COM AVEIRO		1.54834,76%6
SA
Sentir Aradas - SA		97421,87%3
PS
Partido Socialista		95521,45%3
CH
CHEGA		3948,85%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		2395,37%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		781,75%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		561,26%0
Blank votes1483,32%
Null votes611,37%

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

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 Acácio Rosa
Verdemilho (AVEIRO)
3810-604 VERDEMILHO
Telephone
234426751
Fax
234481829
Email
geral@jf-aradas.pt
Website
www.jf-aradas.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,61750, -8,64778
Wikipedia
Aradas
Wikidata
Q1921552

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