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Oliveira do Douro

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

Oliveira do Douro had 1.257 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 6,7 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)
180410
Resident population (2021)
1.257
Area
14,13 km²
Density
89,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 14

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
635 (50,5%)
Women
622 (49,5%)
Portuguese nationality
1.247 (99,2%)
Foreign nationality
10 (0,8%)
Ageing index
273,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
484
Average household size *
2,60 people
Dwellings
912
Classic family dwellings
911
Buildings
883
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,0% (57)
Unemployment rate *
11,75% (H 5,67% · M 23,84%)
Active / employed population
451 / 398

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 126 (10,0%); 15-24 years: 132 (10,5%); 25-64 years: 654 (52,0%); 65+ years: 345 (27,4%)0-14126 · 10,0%15-24132 · 10,5%25-64654 · 52,0%65+345 · 27,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.257).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1266462
15-24 years1327260
25-64 years654340314
65+ years345159186

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 Ancede e Ribadouro (Baião) · Ferreiros de Tendais · Cinfães · União das freguesias de Freigil e Miomães (Resende) · União das freguesias de Alhões, Bustelo, Gralheira e Ramires

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Cinfães
6,7 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
1.085
Voters
769
Turnout
70,88% (2021: 59,60%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		42655,40%5
JPO
Juntos por Oliveira		31941,48%4
Blank votes50,65%
Null votes192,47%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Edifício Junta de Freguesia
Oliveira do Douro (CINFÃES)
4690-420 OLIVEIRA DO DOURO
Telephone
255562887
Fax
255562887
Email
geral@jf-oliveiradodouro.pt
Website
www.jf-oliveiradodouro.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,07656, -8,04993
Wikipedia
Oliveira do Douro (Cinfães)
Wikidata
Q64706

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