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Palmeira

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

Palmeira had 5.700 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 22,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 5,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Braga.

Population (inh.)
  • 852 – 1.150
  • 1.231 – 1.416
  • 1.552 – 3.935
  • 4.066 – 7.265
  • 9.976 – 32.876
Density (inh./km²)
  • 131,4 – 245,8
  • 300,4 – 417,4
  • 417,7 – 641,9
  • 681,6 – 1.787,5
  • 1.811,7 – 8.057,8
Area (km²)
  • 1,3 – 2,7
  • 2,7 – 4,1
  • 4,3 – 4,7
  • 4,8 – 7,6
  • 8,0 – 10,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 37 parishes of Braga

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Adaúfe3.58710,81331,8
2Braga (São Vicente)13.9742,555.480,0
3Braga (São Vítor)32.8764,088.057,8
4Espinho1.0574,48235,9
5Esporões1.7134,74361,4
6Figueiredo1.1502,03566,5
7Gualtar6.7612,742.467,5
8Lamas8521,25681,6
9Mire de Tibães2.3444,36537,6
10Padim da Graça1.4163,39417,7
11Palmeira5.7008,88641,9
12Pedralva1.0608,07131,4
13Priscos1.2563,65344,1
14Ruilhe1.1102,20504,6
15Sequeira1.7414,35400,2
16Sobreposta1.2675,98211,9
17Tadim1.2672,68472,8
18Tebosa1.0812,59417,4
19União das freguesias de Arentim e Cunha1.4065,72245,8
20União das freguesias de Braga (Maximinos, Sé e Cividade)15.0872,575.870,4
21União das freguesias de Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto)14.7912,436.086,8
22União das freguesias de Cabreiros e Passos (São Julião)2.0824,79434,7
23União das freguesias de Celeirós, Aveleda e Vimieiro6.7427,57890,6
24União das freguesias de Crespos e Pousada1.2317,34167,7
25União das freguesias de Escudeiros e Penso (Santo Estêvão e São Vicente)1.8238,04226,7
26União das freguesias de Este (São Pedro e São Mamede)4.0669,79415,3
27União das freguesias de Ferreiros e Gondizalves9.9764,262.341,8
28União das freguesias de Guisande e Oliveira (São Pedro)1.0724,71227,6
29União das freguesias de Lomar e Arcos7.2654,011.811,7
30União das freguesias de Merelim (São Paio), Panoias e Parada de Tibães5.1685,35966,0
31União das freguesias de Merelim (São Pedro) e Frossos3.9353,161.245,3
32União das freguesias de Morreira e Trandeiras1.3644,54300,4
33União das freguesias de Nogueira, Fraião e Lamaçães15.0158,401.787,5
34União das freguesias de Nogueiró e Tenões5.9464,431.342,2
35União das freguesias de Real, Dume e Semelhe13.6828,471.615,4
36União das freguesias de Santa Lucrécia de Algeriz e Navarra9096,22146,1
37União das freguesias de Vilaça e Fradelos1.5522,80554,3
Code (DTMNFR)
030331
Resident population (2021)
5.700
Area
8,88 km²
Density
641,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
12th of 37

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
2.815 (49,4%)
Women
2.885 (50,6%)
Portuguese nationality
5.575 (97,8%)
Foreign nationality
124 (2,2%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
136,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.970
Average household size *
2,88 people
Dwellings
2.392
Classic family dwellings
2.391
Buildings
2.034
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
22,9% (1.112)
Unemployment rate *
7,14% (H 5,79% · M 8,56%)
Active / employed population
2.759 / 2.562

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 846 (14,8%); 15-24 years: 630 (11,1%); 25-64 years: 3.073 (53,9%); 65+ years: 1.151 (20,2%)0-14846 · 14,8%15-24630 · 11,1%25-643.073 · 53,9%65+1.151 · 20,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.700).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years846453393
15-24 years630339291
25-64 years3.0731.4971.576
65+ years1.151526625

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Braga
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
5.166
Voters
3.470
Turnout
67,17% (2021: 57,95%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM
JUNTOS POR BRAGA
2.13061,38%9
PS
Partido Socialista
97728,16%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1935,56%0
Blank votes1032,97%
Null votes671,93%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de ouro, palmeira arrancada de verde; em campanha, ponte de três arcos de negro, lavrada do campo, firmada nos flancos e movente de um pé ondado de azul e prata de três tiras. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro “PALMEIRA - BRAGA”.

Flag: verde; cordões e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda: “Junta de Freguesia de Palmeira - Braga”.

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 994/2025, Diário da República n.º 106/2025, Série II de 2025-06-03 (issuer: Freguesia de Palmeira). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Belo Horizonte, N.º 20
Palmeira (BRAGA)
4700-685 PALMEIRA
Telephone
253626669
Fax
253627563
Email
geral@freguesiadepalmeira.pt
Website
www.freguesiadepalmeira.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,59417, -8,42917
Wikipedia
Palmeira (Braga)
Wikidata
Q1782303

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