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União das freguesias da Madalena e Samaiões

Parish of the municipality of Chaves (Chaves), district of Vila Real.

União das freguesias da Madalena e Samaiões had 2.416 residents in the 2021 Census, 36,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 9 parishes and its centroid is 4,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Chaves.

Population (inh.)
  • 164 – 254
  • 260 – 431
  • 444 – 515
  • 543 – 850
  • 1.323 – 11.408
Density (inh./km²)
  • 5,9 – 20,8
  • 21,1 – 25,4
  • 25,7 – 35,6
  • 36,7 – 70,3
  • 83,4 – 2.026,3
Area (km²)
  • 5,6 – 8,7
  • 9,2 – 12,5
  • 13,1 – 16,4
  • 16,7 – 20,2
  • 21,9 – 31,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 39 parishes of Chaves

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Anelhe44412,4935,6
2Bustelo4499,3548,0
3Cimo de Vila da Castanheira33816,4220,6
4Curalha4167,8253,2
5Ervededo59520,2129,4
6Faiões8318,09102,7
7Lama de Arcos29113,6921,3
8Mairos27111,6723,2
9Moreiras2169,2323,4
10Nogueira da Montanha46116,6727,7
11Oura51514,5135,5
12Outeiro Seco84915,2155,8
13Paradela2168,2226,3
14Planalto de Monforte (União das freguesias de Oucidres e Bobadela)26018,9813,7
15Redondelo45518,7124,3
16Sanfins20017,6911,3
17Santa Leocádia25413,1019,4
18Santa Maria Maior11.4085,632.026,3
19Santo António de Monforte39711,7833,7
20Santo Estêvão5438,6762,6
21São Pedro de Agostém1.32326,7049,6
22São Vicente18531,265,9
23Tronco2028,5423,7
24União das freguesias da Madalena e Samaiões2.41613,99172,7
25União das freguesias das Eiras, São Julião de Montenegro e Cela85022,7937,3
26União das freguesias de Calvão e Soutelinho da Raia43128,3615,2
27União das freguesias de Loivos e Póvoa de Agrações58619,0130,8
28União das freguesias de Santa Cruz/Trindade e Sanjurge3.38113,38252,7
29União das freguesias de Soutelo e Seara Velha46118,1225,4
30União das freguesias de Travancas e Roriz45421,8620,8
31Vale de Anta1.62510,18159,6
32Vidago (União das freguesias de Vidago, Arcossó, Selhariz e Vilarinho das Paranheiras)1.72824,5770,3
33Vila Verde da Raia8159,7783,4
34Vilar de Nantes1.8987,28260,7
35Vilarelho da Raia46418,0325,7
36Vilas Boas1646,8623,9
37Vilela Seca23814,0117,0
38Vilela do Tâmega3539,6136,7
39Águas Frias60728,7821,1
Code (DTMNFR)
170354
Resident population (2021)
2.416
Area
13,99 km²
Density
172,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 39

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Madalena e Samaiões”.

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
1.111 (46,0%)
Women
1.305 (54,0%)
Portuguese nationality
2.375 (98,3%)
Foreign nationality
41 (1,7%)
Ageing index
396,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.025
Average household size *
2,29 people
Dwellings
1.764
Classic family dwellings
1.761
Buildings
1.351
Buildings with 7 or more floors
3
With higher education (15+)
15,4% (337)
Unemployment rate *
8,88% (H 8,05% · M 9,69%)
Active / employed population
901 / 821

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 224 (9,3%); 15-24 years: 190 (7,9%); 25-64 years: 1.115 (46,2%); 65+ years: 887 (36,7%)0-14224 · 9,3%15-24190 · 7,9%25-641.115 · 46,2%65+887 · 36,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.416).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years22499125
15-24 years1909397
25-64 years1.115519596
65+ years887400487

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 Chaves
4,2 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
2.849
Voters
1.569
Turnout
55,07% (2021: 51,03%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
96261,31%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Chaves Mais
40425,75%2
CH
CHEGA
1459,24%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
261,66%0
Blank votes161,02%
Null votes161,02%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo verde, vaso de perfume, cesta de vime e gavela de espigas de centeio, tudo de ouro realçado de negro e a gavela atada de vermelho, disposto em roquete, a encimar ponte de três arcos de prata lavrada de negro firmada nos flancos e movente de campanha ondada de quatro tiras ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a maiúsculas de negro - "União das Freguesias de Madalena e Samaiões".

Flag: esquartelada de amarelo e verde. 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 de Madalena e Samaiões".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 112/2017, Diário da República n.º 39/2017, Série II de 2017-02-23 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Madalena e Samaiões). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo de São Roque
Madalena (CHAVES)
5400-504 MADALENA
Telephone
276327614
Fax
276327614
Email
jfmadalenasamaioes@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,71822, -7,46162
Official website
madalenasamaioes.freguesias.pt
Wikipedia
Madalena e Samaiões
Wikidata
Q20059049

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