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União das freguesias de Teixeira e Teixeiró

Parish of the municipality of Baião (Baião), district of Porto.

União das freguesias de Teixeira e Teixeiró had 723 residents in the 2021 Census, 30,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 4,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 9 parishes and its centroid is 8,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Baião.

Population (inh.)
  • 301 – 472
  • 580 – 723
  • 731 – 1.013
  • 1.654 – 2.334
  • 2.469 – 3.686
Density (inh./km²)
  • 27,5 – 63,6
  • 71,2 – 79,5
  • 85,3 – 102,7
  • 115,9 – 162,5
  • 200,0 – 231,0
Area (km²)
  • 2,9 – 6,2
  • 7,2 – 8,8
  • 9,9 – 11,5
  • 14,2 – 16,1
  • 26,3 – 31,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 14 parishes of Baião

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Frende5802,90200,0
2Gestaçô1.01314,2271,2
3Gove1.74211,53151,1
4Grilo4725,9479,5
5Loivos do Monte3018,7534,4
6Santa Marinha do Zêzere2.46910,69231,0
7União das freguesias de Ancede e Ribadouro2.33414,36162,5
8União das freguesias de Baião (Santa Leocádia) e Mesquinhata7318,5785,3
9União das freguesias de Campelo e Ovil3.68631,81115,9
10União das freguesias de Loivos da Ribeira e Tresouras7007,1797,6
11União das freguesias de Santa Cruz do Douro e São Tomé de Covelas1.65416,11102,7
12União das freguesias de Teixeira e Teixeiró72326,3027,5
13Valadares7339,9373,8
14Viariz3966,2363,6
Code (DTMNFR)
130226
Resident population (2021)
723
Area
26,30 km²
Density
27,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th of 14

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Teixeira e Teixeiró”.

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
336 (46,5%)
Women
387 (53,5%)
Portuguese nationality
718 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality
5 (0,7%)
Ageing index
312,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
284
Average household size *
2,55 people
Dwellings
668
Classic family dwellings
668
Buildings
665
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
4,4% (29)
Unemployment rate *
6,22% (H 5,51% · M 7,58%)
Active / employed population
193 / 181

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 70 (9,7%); 15-24 years: 74 (10,2%); 25-64 years: 360 (49,8%); 65+ years: 219 (30,3%)0-1470 · 9,7%15-2474 · 10,2%25-64360 · 49,8%65+219 · 30,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (723).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years703634
15-24 years743341
25-64 years360167193
65+ years219100119

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

Gestaçô · Ansiães (Amarante) · Candemil (Amarante) · Sedielos (Peso da Régua) · Mesão Frio (Santo André) (Mesão Frio) · União das freguesias de Moura Morta e Vinhós (Peso da Régua) · Fontes (Santa Marta de Penaguião) · Vila Marim (Mesão Frio) · União das freguesias de Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei (Amarante)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Baião
8,8 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
783
Voters
586
Turnout
74,84% (2021: 69,84%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		31353,41%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
FAZER ACONTECER		23139,42%3
CH
CHEGA		254,27%0
Blank votes20,34%
Null votes152,56%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Pelourinho, 57
Teixeira (BAIÃO)
5040-030 TEIXEIRA
Telephone
254090580
Email
uniaoteixeirateixeiro@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,21090, -7,91460
Wikipedia
Teixeira e Teixeiró
Wikidata
Q18469197

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