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Minhocal

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

Minhocal had 142 residents in the 2021 Census, 35,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 8,2 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)
090311
Resident population (2021)
142
Area
10,75 km²
Density
13,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
16th 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
70 (49,3%)
Women
72 (50,7%)
Portuguese nationality
139 (97,9%)
Foreign nationality
3 (2,1%)
Ageing index
714,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
61
Average household size *
2,33 people
Dwellings
159
Classic family dwellings
159
Buildings
159
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,9% (8)
Unemployment rate *
1,64% (H 3,57% · M 0,00%)
Active / employed population
61 / 60

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 7 (4,9%); 15-24 years: 11 (7,7%); 25-64 years: 74 (52,1%); 65+ years: 50 (35,2%)0-147 · 4,9%15-2411 · 7,7%25-6474 · 52,1%65+50 · 35,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (142).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years761
15-24 years1147
25-64 years743341
65+ years502723

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

Baraçal · Forno Telheiro · União das freguesias de Freches e Torres (Trancoso) · Maçal do Chão · Fiães (Trancoso) · União das freguesias de Vilares e Carnicães (Trancoso)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Celorico da Beira
8,2 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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Travessa da Amieira, nº2
Minhocal
6360-110 MINHOCAL
Telephone
271878790
Fax
271878790
Email
jf-minhocal@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,68944, -7,34667
Wikipedia
Minhocal
Wikidata
Q24023

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