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Pedraça

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

Pedraça had 694 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 4,3 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)
030413
Resident population (2021)
694
Area
12,17 km²
Density
57,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th 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
346 (49,9%)
Women
348 (50,1%)
Portuguese nationality
676 (97,4%)
Foreign nationality
18 (2,6%)
Ageing index
244,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
255
Average household size *
2,72 people
Dwellings
462
Classic family dwellings
462
Buildings
435
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,3% (58)
Unemployment rate *
14,81% (H 13,94% · M 15,91%)
Active / employed population
297 / 253

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 68 (9,8%); 15-24 years: 88 (12,7%); 25-64 years: 372 (53,6%); 65+ years: 166 (23,9%)0-1468 · 9,8%15-2488 · 12,7%25-64372 · 53,6%65+166 · 23,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (694).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years683533
15-24 years885236
25-64 years372181191
65+ years1667888

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

Refojos de Basto · União das freguesias de Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune · Cavez · Rio Douro · Atei (Mondim de Basto) · Basto

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto
4,3 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
741
Voters
529
Turnout
71,39% (2021: 67,76%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
IPC-P
Independentes por Cabeceiras - Pedraça		27852,55%4
SP
SERVIR PEDRAÇA		12323,25%2
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Coligação Fazer Diferente		10519,85%1
CH
CHEGA		81,51%0
Blank votes30,57%
Null votes122,27%

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

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, um feixe de pés de linho, de ouro, floridos de prata e atados de azul; em campanha, ponte de um arco de prata, lavrada de negro, firmada nos flancos e movente de um pé ondado de prata e azul de três tiras. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "PEDRAÇA".

Flag: amarela. Cordão e borlas de ouro e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Pedraça - Cabeceiras de Basto".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 841/2016, Diário da República n.º 173/2016, Série II de 2016-09-08 (issuer: Freguesia de Pedraça). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Lugar de Torre
Pedraça (CABECEIRAS DE BASTO)
4860-298 PEDRAÇA
Telephone
253768052
Email
juntafreguesiapedraca@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,49937, -7,94897
Wikipedia
Pedraça
Wikidata
Q1023406

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