Castro de Avelãs

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

Castro de Avelãs had 430 residents in the 2021 Census, 32,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 23,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 9,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Bragança.

Population (inh.)

139 – 175
178 – 217
227 – 276
279 – 430
460 – 22.689

Density (inh./km²)

2,1 – 5,8
6,1 – 8,6
9,2 – 11,5
11,7 – 21,7
23,9 – 635,7

Area (km²)

8,8 – 15,5
15,9 – 20,3
21,3 – 26,1
26,3 – 40,9
50,5 – 106,4

Quantile classes · current parish

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The 39 parishes of Bragança

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Alfaião	164	17,58	9,3
2	Babe	209	25,62	8,2
3	Baçal	460	28,37	16,2
4	Carragosa	162	27,77	5,8
5	Castro de Avelãs	430	13,48	31,9
6	Coelhoso	279	19,78	14,1
7	Donai	419	15,07	27,8
8	Espinhosela	227	37,03	6,1
9	França	199	53,71	3,7
10	Gimonde	358	16,50	21,7
11	Gondesende	139	12,94	10,7
12	Gostei	397	19,49	20,4
13	Grijó de Parada	248	31,19	8,0
14	Macedo do Mato	178	15,54	11,5
15	Mós	175	11,62	15,1
16	Nogueira	462	12,07	38,3
17	Outeiro	234	40,93	5,7
18	Parâmio	195	22,57	8,6
19	Pinela	227	22,65	10,0
20	Quintanilha	217	20,30	10,7
21	Quintela de Lampaças	184	19,98	9,2
22	Rabal	152	23,37	6,5
23	Rebordãos	533	26,29	20,3
24	Salsas	269	26,12	10,3
25	Samil	1.395	10,25	136,1
26	Santa Comba de Rossas	276	8,75	31,5
27	Sendas	150	19,17	7,8
28	Serapicos	187	28,25	6,6
29	Sortes	262	21,30	12,3
30	São Pedro de Sarracenos	380	15,91	23,9
31	União das freguesias de Aveleda e Rio de Onor	227	106,35	2,1
32	União das freguesias de Castrelos e Carrazedo	214	50,53	4,2
33	União das freguesias de Izeda, Calvelhe e Paradinha Nova	851	72,67	11,7
34	União das freguesias de Parada e Faílde	539	52,13	10,3
35	União das freguesias de Rebordainhos e Pombares	148	24,07	6,2
36	União das freguesias de Rio Frio e Milhão	287	63,51	4,5
37	União das freguesias de São Julião de Palácios e Deilão	319	80,62	4,0
38	União das freguesias de Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo	22.689	35,69	635,7
39	Zoio	141	24,39	5,8

Code (DTMNFR): 040209
Resident population (2021): 430
Area: 13,48 km²
Density: 31,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,2%
Rank in the municipality (population): 8th of 39

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: 211 (49,1%)
Women: 219 (50,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 416 (96,7%)
Foreign nationality: 14 (3,3%)
Ageing index: 267,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 179
Average household size *: 2,40 people
Dwellings: 309
Classic family dwellings: 309
Buildings: 277
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 23,8% (90)
Unemployment rate *: 4,37% (H 5,32% · M 3,37%)
Active / employed population: 183 / 175

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (430).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	52	27	25
15-24 years	38	22	16
25-64 years	201	91	110
65+ years	139	71	68

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

Gostei · Donai · União das freguesias de Castrelos e Carrazedo · Gondesende · União das freguesias de Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Bragança: 9,0 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: 342
Voters: 257
Turnout: 75,15% (2021: 66,28%)
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD Partido Social Democrata	141	54,86%	4
PS Partido Socialista	109	42,41%	3
Blank votes	5	1,95%
Null votes	2	0,78%

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

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, pano de muralha de negro, lavrado de prata, posto em faixa, acompanhado em chefe de cálice de vermelho tendo sainte serpente de verde, animada e linguada de vermelho e, em campanha, de uma aveleira arrancada de verde, frutada de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «CASTRO de AVELÃS»
Flag: verde. Cordão e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.
Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Castro de Avelãs - Bragança».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1046/2012, Diário da República n.º 231/2012, Série II de 2012-11-29 (issuer: Freguesia de Castro de Avelãs). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Rua do Moinho, N.º 4
Castro de Avelãs (BRAGANÇA)
5300-481 CASTRO DE AVELÃS
Telephone: 273327741
Fax: 273327741
Email: juntacastroavelas@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,79833, -6,80556
Wikipedia: Castro de Avelãs
Wikidata: Q583991

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 21 schools in the municipality of Bragança. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 21.

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5 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Campus de Santa Apolónia 5300-253
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - Escola Superior Agrária de Bragança — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Campus de Santa Apolónia 5300-253
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - Escola Superior de Educação de Bragança — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Campus de Santa Apolónia 5300-856
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Avenida D. Afonso V 5300-121
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e de Gestão de Bragança — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Campus de Santa Apolónia 5300-253

See in the catalogue

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Bragança (IPMA no. 575), 7,2 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	4,8	9,1	0,4	100,6
Feb	6,3	11,8	0,8	62,4
Mar	9,3	15,2	3,4	68,6
Apr	11,3	17,1	5,4	68,0
May	14,8	21,2	8,4	63,4
Jun	19,0	26,2	11,9	32,2
Jul	22,0	29,8	14,2	15,1
Aug	21,8	29,6	14,0	18,7
Sep	18,3	25,3	11,3	43,9
Oct	13,4	18,9	7,9	106,9
Nov	8,2	12,8	3,6	91,8
Dec	5,4	9,7	1,1	112,3
Year	12,9	—	—	783,9

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Trás-os-Montes, Alto Douro e Beira Interior. Station altitude: 690,7 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Bragança the median value in 2025 is 4,62 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 5300-481 (Rua do Moinho, N.º 4, Castro de Avelãs (BRAGANÇA), 5300-481 CASTRO DE AVELÃS).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Bragança): 273. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 273327741.

Public bodies

Junta de Castro de Avelãs — Rua do Moinho, N.º 4, Castro de Avelãs (BRAGANÇA), 5300-481 CASTRO DE AVELÃS · 5300-481 · 273327741 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Bragança — Presidente: Isabel Ferreira · Forte S. João de Deus, 5300-263 Bragança · 5300-263 · 273304200 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-braganca.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Bragança

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026