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União das freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz

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

União das freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz had 21.250 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 44,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 10 parishes and its centroid is 5,3 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)
010517
Resident population (2021)
21.250
Area
45,48 km²
Density
467,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
26,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 10

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Glória e Vera Cruz”.

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
9.792 (46,1%)
Women
11.458 (53,9%)
Portuguese nationality
19.203 (90,4%)
Foreign nationality
2.047 (9,6%)
Ageing index
178,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
9.562
Dwellings
13.525
Classic family dwellings
13.480
Buildings
3.304
Buildings with 7 or more floors
253
With higher education (15+)
44,5% (8.331)
Unemployment rate †
6,43%
Active / employed population
10.879 / 10.179

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.532 (11,9%); 15-24 years: 2.326 (10,9%); 25-64 years: 11.873 (55,9%); 65+ years: 4.519 (21,3%)0-142.532 · 11,9%15-242.326 · 10,9%25-6411.873 · 55,9%65+4.519 · 21,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (21.250).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.5321.2971.235
15-24 years2.3261.1631.163
25-64 years11.8735.5426.331
65+ years4.5191.7902.729

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Aveiro
5,3 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
17.751
Voters
9.905
Turnout
55,80% (2021: 48,78%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
3.71037,46%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM
ALIANÇA COM AVEIRO
3.23132,62%5
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
7227,29%1
CH
CHEGA
7127,19%1
L
LIVRE
4764,81%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
3033,06%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda
2952,98%0
Blank votes3393,42%
Null votes1171,18%

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

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 vermelho, cruz apontada de alvenaria de prata, lavrada do campo, filetada de ouro e firmada em ponta; no cantão dextro do chefe, estrela de cinco pontas de ouro. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas «UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE GLÓRIA E VERA CRUZ».

Flag: esquartelada de branco e vermelho. Cordões e borlas de prata e vermelho. Haste e lanças douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda «União das Freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 309/2015, Diário da República n.º 71/2015, Série II de 2015-04-13 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo Capitão Maia Magalhães - Apartado 84
Vera Cruz (AVEIRO)
3811-902 AVEIRO
Telephone
234427065
Fax
234382015
Email
geral.fgloriavcruz@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,64350, -8,65197
Wikipedia
Glória e Vera Cruz
Wikidata
Q18468239

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