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União das freguesias de Alhões, Bustelo, Gralheira e Ramires

Parish of the municipality of Cinfães (Cinfães), district of Viseu.

União das freguesias de Alhões, Bustelo, Gralheira e Ramires had 517 residents in the 2021 Census, 33,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 3,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 11 parishes and its centroid is 9,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Cinfães.

Population (inh.)
  • 356 – 540
  • 590 – 712
  • 1.041 – 1.257
  • 1.607 – 1.695
  • 2.839 – 3.080
Density (inh./km²)
  • 13,8 – 33,8
  • 47,1 – 58,5
  • 89,0 – 91,4
  • 121,2 – 156,8
  • 219,1 – 309,6
Area (km²)
  • 5,0 – 6,5
  • 6,6 – 10,1
  • 14,1 – 17,6
  • 18,2 – 31,8
  • 36,0 – 37,5
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 Cinfães

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Cinfães3.08025,42121,2
2Espadanedo1.1615,30219,1
3Ferreiros de Tendais54016,0033,8
4Fornelos59010,0858,5
5Moimenta3566,5454,4
6Nespereira1.69535,9947,1
7Oliveira do Douro1.25714,1389,0
8Santiago de Piães1.60717,5991,4
9Souselo2.8399,17309,6
10São Cristóvão de Nogueira1.63818,1590,3
11Tarouquela1.0416,64156,8
12Tendais69731,7721,9
13Travanca7124,97143,3
14União das freguesias de Alhões, Bustelo, Gralheira e Ramires51737,5213,8
Code (DTMNFR)
180418
Resident population (2021)
517
Area
37,52 km²
Density
13,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
13th of 14

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Alhões, Bustelo, Gralheira e Ramires”.

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
260 (50,3%)
Women
257 (49,7%)
Portuguese nationality
517 (100,0%)
Foreign nationality
0 (0,0%)
Ageing index
328,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
226
Average household size *
2,29 people
Dwellings
700
Classic family dwellings
700
Buildings
699
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
3,9% (18)
Unemployment rate *
8,39% (H 6,93% · M 11,11%)
Active / employed population
155 / 142

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 52 (10,1%); 15-24 years: 40 (7,7%); 25-64 years: 254 (49,1%); 65+ years: 171 (33,1%)0-1452 · 10,1%15-2440 · 7,7%25-64254 · 49,1%65+171 · 33,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (517).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years523418
15-24 years402218
25-64 years254130124
65+ years1717497

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 Ovadas e Panchorra (Resende) · Tendais · Ferreiros de Tendais · União das freguesias de Parada de Ester e Ester (Castro Daire) · Pinheiro (Castro Daire) · Gosende (Castro Daire) · São Cipriano (Resende) · Oliveira do Douro · União das freguesias de Freigil e Miomães (Resende) · União das freguesias de Picão e Ermida (Castro Daire) · Cabril (Castro Daire)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Cinfães
9,6 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
511
Voters
373
Turnout
72,99% (2021: 80,34%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
UPS
Unidos Pela Serra		25367,83%7
Blank votes5815,55%
Null votes6216,62%

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

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Bustelo, Caixa Postal, N.º 37
Bustelo (CINFÃES)
4690-010 CINFÃES
Telephone
255571051
Fax
255571051
Email
ufabgr@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,00000, -7,96667
Wikipedia
Alhões, Bustelo, Gralheira e Ramires
Wikidata
Q18467958

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