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Faia

Parish of the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto (Cabeceiras de Basto), district of Braga.

Faia had 555 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 7,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto.

Population (inh.)
  • 347 – 472
  • 555 – 694
  • 777 – 893
  • 1.039 – 1.133
  • 1.950 – 4.726
Density (inh./km²)
  • 8,4 – 25,1
  • 26,4 – 42,3
  • 57,0 – 105,7
  • 107,8 – 160,0
  • 215,7 – 336,9
Area (km²)
  • 5,2 – 7,4
  • 7,6 – 12,2
  • 12,2 – 15,1
  • 17,8 – 26,8
  • 41,4 – 43,1
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 Cabeceiras de Basto

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Abadim47215,1431,2
2Basto8935,58160,0
3Bucos46917,8026,4
4Cabeceiras de Basto61624,5225,1
5Cavez1.13326,7942,3
6Faia5555,15107,8
7Outeiro1.0717,58141,3
8Painzela7777,35105,7
9Pedraça69412,1757,0
10Refojos de Basto4.72614,03336,9
11Rio Douro81643,1118,9
12União das freguesias de Alvite e Passos1.03912,1985,2
13União das freguesias de Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune1.9509,04215,7
14União das freguesias de Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas34741,388,4
Code (DTMNFR)
030408
Resident population (2021)
555
Area
5,15 km²
Density
107,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
11th of 14

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
278 (50,1%)
Women
277 (49,9%)
Portuguese nationality
550 (99,1%)
Foreign nationality
5 (0,9%)
Ageing index
213,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
198
Average household size *
2,71 people
Dwellings
286
Classic family dwellings
284
Buildings
260
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,8% (33)
Unemployment rate *
8,47% (H 7,80% · M 9,47%)
Active / employed population
236 / 216

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 67 (12,1%); 15-24 years: 65 (11,7%); 25-64 years: 280 (50,5%); 65+ years: 143 (25,8%)0-1467 · 12,1%15-2465 · 11,7%25-64280 · 50,5%65+143 · 25,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (555).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years673730
15-24 years653827
25-64 years280146134
65+ years1435786

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

Basto · União das freguesias de Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune · União das freguesias de Canedo de Basto e Corgo (Celorico de Basto) · Vale de Bouro (Celorico de Basto)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto
7,9 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
535
Voters
393
Turnout
73,46% (2021: 75,04%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		24662,60%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Coligação Fazer Diferente		13634,61%2
Blank votes61,53%
Null votes51,27%

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
Lugar do Ribeiro
Faia (CABECEIRAS DE BASTO)
4860-202 FAIA
Telephone
253665605
Email
juntafaia2017@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,48094, -7,96931
Wikipedia
Faia (Cabeceiras de Basto)
Wikidata
Q2451222

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