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Casas do Soeiro

Parish of the municipality of Celorico da Beira (Celorico da Beira), district of Guarda.

Casas do Soeiro had 468 residents in the 2021 Census, 29,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 2 parishes and its centroid is 2,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Celorico da Beira.

Population (inh.)
  • 142 – 180
  • 194 – 213
  • 242 – 328
  • 362 – 468
  • 597 – 2.067
Density (inh./km²)
  • 9,5 – 13,2
  • 13,6 – 15,9
  • 16,2 – 28,8
  • 31,7 – 36,2
  • 50,3 – 78,0
Area (km²)
  • 5,6 – 9,1
  • 10,8 – 12,5
  • 14,2 – 15,7
  • 16,2 – 20,8
  • 20,9 – 41,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Celorico da Beira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Baraçal19412,2215,9
2Carrapichana1805,6032,1
3Casas do Soeiro4686,0078,0
4Forno Telheiro59720,7628,8
5Lajeosa do Mondego62712,4650,3
6Linhares21315,7113,6
7Maçal do Chão14315,129,5
8Mesquitela20317,0111,9
9Minhocal14210,7513,2
10Prados14614,2310,3
11Ratoeira2457,7431,7
12União das freguesias de Açores e Velosa42620,9420,3
13União das freguesias de Celorico (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Vila Boa do Mondego2.06741,1050,3
14União das freguesias de Cortiçô da Serra, Vide entre Vinhas e Salgueirais36222,3416,2
15União das freguesias de Rapa e Cadafaz24216,1715,0
16Vale de Azares3289,0536,2
Code (DTMNFR)
090322
Resident population (2021)
468
Area
6,00 km²
Density
78,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 16

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
232 (49,6%)
Women
236 (50,4%)
Portuguese nationality
459 (98,1%)
Foreign nationality
9 (1,9%)
Ageing index
323,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
184
Average household size *
2,54 people
Dwellings
288
Classic family dwellings
288
Buildings
281
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
15,5% (66)
Unemployment rate *
6,16% (H 6,54% · M 5,77%)
Active / employed population
211 / 198

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 42 (9,0%); 15-24 years: 59 (12,6%); 25-64 years: 231 (49,4%); 65+ years: 136 (29,1%)0-1442 · 9,0%15-2459 · 12,6%25-64231 · 49,4%65+136 · 29,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (468).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years421824
15-24 years593128
25-64 years231113118
65+ years1367066

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

União das freguesias de Cortiçô da Serra, Vide entre Vinhas e Salgueirais · União das freguesias de Celorico (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Vila Boa do Mondego

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Celorico da Beira
2,2 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
482
Voters
341
Turnout
70,75% (2021: 72,53%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		18052,79%4
PS
Partido Socialista		15043,99%3
Blank votes82,35%
Null votes30,88%

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, torre coberta, de vermelho, com portas e frestas gradeadas de negro e iluminada de prata, entre duas ovelhas de negro, realçadas de prata e animadas de vermelho, a da dextra volvida; nos cantões do chefe, dois ramos de oliveira de verde, frutados de negro. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «CASAS DO SOEIRO».

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

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda «Junta de Freguesia de Casas do Soeiro - Celorico da Beira».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1278/2010, Diário da República n.º 251/2010, Série II de 2010-12-29 (issuer: Freguesia de Casas do Soeiro). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo do Terreiro
Casas do Soeiro (CELORICO DA BEIRA)
6360-220 CASAS DO SOEIRO
Telephone
271743626
Email
fcasasdosoeiro@hotmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,61889, -7,40639
Wikipedia
Casas do Soeiro
Wikidata
Q24207

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