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União das freguesias de Amedo e Zedes

Parish of the municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães (Carrazeda de Ansiães), district of Bragança.

União das freguesias de Amedo e Zedes had 401 residents in the 2021 Census, 36,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 3,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães.

Population (inh.)
  • 151 – 214
  • 230 – 263
  • 293 – 348
  • 362 – 401
  • 403 – 1.706
Density (inh./km²)
  • 9,2 – 10,3
  • 12,2 – 12,8
  • 13,7 – 17,1
  • 18,1 – 19,2
  • 19,5 – 190,4
Area (km²)
  • 9,0 – 13,7
  • 14,7 – 16,8
  • 16,8 – 20,7
  • 23,4 – 28,3
  • 28,6 – 36,1
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 Carrazeda de Ansiães

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carrazeda de Ansiães1.7068,96190,4
2Fonte Longa26313,6819,2
3Linhares34828,6412,2
4Marzagão29316,2218,1
5Parambos18211,1816,3
6Pereiros15114,7010,3
7Pinhal do Norte21416,8112,7
8Pombal23016,8213,7
9Seixo de Ansiães24123,9910,1
10União das freguesias de Amedo e Zedes40123,4317,1
11União das freguesias de Belver e Mogo de Malta36419,8018,4
12União das freguesias de Castanheiro do Norte e Ribalonga40320,7019,5
13União das freguesias de Lavandeira, Beira Grande e Selores33236,059,2
14Vilarinho da Castanheira36228,2612,8
Code (DTMNFR)
040320
Resident population (2021)
401
Area
23,43 km²
Density
17,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 14

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Amedo e Zedes”.

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
198 (49,4%)
Women
203 (50,6%)
Portuguese nationality
395 (98,5%)
Foreign nationality
6 (1,5%)
Ageing index
337,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
185
Average household size *
2,17 people
Dwellings
393
Classic family dwellings
371
Buildings
370
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
3,9% (14)
Unemployment rate *
30,00% (H 29,73% · M 30,56%)
Active / employed population
110 / 77

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 43 (10,7%); 15-24 years: 37 (9,2%); 25-64 years: 176 (43,9%); 65+ years: 145 (36,2%)0-1443 · 10,7%15-2437 · 9,2%25-64176 · 43,9%65+145 · 36,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (401).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years432122
15-24 years372314
25-64 years1769284
65+ years1456283

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 Carrazeda de Ansiães
5,2 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
474
Voters
287
Turnout
60,55% (2021: 62,80%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
23280,84%7
Blank votes3913,59%
Null votes165,57%

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 verde, busto de moura de carnação, toucado de prata e coroado com coroa antiga de ouro com sua pedraria, circundado por ramo de amieiro de ouro, frutado de prata e por ramo de carvalho de ouro, folhado do mesmo e landado de prata, com os pés passados em aspa e atados de prata. Coroa mural de prata, com três torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas, "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE AMEDO E ZEDES".

Flag: amarela. Cordões e borlas de verde e ouro. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Amedo e Zedes"

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 838/2015, Diário da República n.º 178/2015, Série II de 2015-09-11 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Amedo e Zedes). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Lages, N.º 87
Amedo (CARRAZEDA DE ANSIÃES)
5140-011 AMEDO
Telephone
278618155
Email
freguesia.amedo.zedes@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,27470, -7,30558
Wikipedia
Amedo e Zedes
Wikidata
Q18467980

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