Paul

Parish of the municipality of Covilhã (Covilhã), district of Castelo Branco.

Paul had 1.363 residents in the 2021 Census, 36,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 8,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Covilhã.

Population (inh.)

277 – 373
489 – 616
617 – 817
1.018 – 1.554
1.851 – 18.220

Density (inh./km²)

7,8 – 15,7
21,9 – 32,6
35,0 – 50,5
56,8 – 137,1
194,8 – 702,1

Area (km²)

5,0 – 9,9
10,0 – 16,3
17,8 – 23,9
24,0 – 30,8
36,5 – 47,4

Quantile classes · current parish

Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 25 parishes of Covilhã

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis	489	16,08	30,4
2	Barco	373	14,07	26,5
3	Boidobra	3.167	16,26	194,8
4	Cantar-Galo	1.851	5,87	315,3
5	Casegas	321	41,15	7,8
6	Cortes do Meio	746	47,40	15,7
7	Coutada	350	9,96	35,1
8	Dominguizo	1.018	4,95	205,7
9	Erada	575	43,40	13,3
10	Ferro	1.554	30,76	50,5
11	Orjais	663	18,90	35,1
12	Ourondo	277	7,09	39,1
13	Paul	1.363	23,99	56,8
14	Peraboa	817	27,20	30,0
15	Peso	617	10,77	57,3
16	Sobral de São Miguel	294	23,94	12,3
17	São Jorge da Beira	504	23,05	21,9
18	Tortosendo	5.216	17,75	293,9
19	Unhais da Serra	1.048	29,93	35,0
20	União das freguesias de Covilhã e Canhoso	18.220	25,95	702,1
21	União das freguesias de Teixoso e Sarzedo	3.876	46,69	83,0
22	União das freguesias de Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto	616	18,90	32,6
23	Vales do Rio	639	5,12	124,8
24	Verdelhos	500	36,49	13,7
25	Vila do Carvalho	1.361	9,93	137,1

Code (DTMNFR): 050314
Resident population (2021): 1.363
Area: 23,99 km²
Density: 56,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 2,9%
Rank in the municipality (population): 7th of 25

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: 642 (47,1%)
Women: 721 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.345 (98,7%)
Foreign nationality: 18 (1,3%)
Ageing index: 441,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 588
Average household size *: 2,21 people
Dwellings: 1.174
Classic family dwellings: 1.172
Buildings: 1.080
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 13,3% (167)
Unemployment rate *: 5,77% (H 3,94% · M 7,75%)
Active / employed population: 537 / 506

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.363).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	112	60	52
15-24 years	90	55	35
25-64 years	667	328	339
65+ years	494	199	295

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

Erada · Barco · Coutada · Cortes do Meio · Casegas · Ourondo · Peso · Unhais da Serra

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Covilhã: 8,0 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: 1.325
Voters: 887
Turnout: 66,94% (2021: 64,38%)
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD Partido Social Democrata	249	28,07%	3
CDS-PP/IL + COVILHÃ	232	26,16%	3
PS Partido Socialista	213	24,01%	2
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	114	12,85%	1
MIPP Movimento Independente Pelas Pessoas	54	6,09%	0
Blank votes	14	1,58%
Null votes	11	1,24%

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 azul, faixa ondada de prata, aguada de azul, acompanhada em chefe de rosa heráldica de ouro, botoada de vermelho e apontada de verde e, em ponta, de mó de prata. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «PAUL - COVILHÃ».
Flag: esquartelada de amarelo e azul. Cordão e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.
Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Paul - Covilhã».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital, Diário da República n.º 147/2006, Parte Especial, Série II de 2006-08-01 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Paul). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Rua de Cima, N.º 17
Paul (COVILHÃ)
6215-380 PAUL
Telephone: 275961660
Fax: 275961660
Email: geral.jfpaul@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 40,20222, -7,63611
Wikipedia: Paul (Covilhã)
Wikidata: Q2058612

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 37 schools in the municipality of Covilhã. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 37.

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1 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Universidade da Beira Interior — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Convento de Santo António 6201-001 · 275319700

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Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Paúl — Horário: 2ªa 6ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 17:00 · Rua de Cima Nº17 6215-380 Covilhã 6215-380
Espaço Cidadão de Cantar Galo — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 18:00; Localidade na fonte: Cantar Galo · Rua da Fonte S/N, Cantar Galo 6200- 445 Covilhã 6200- 445

There are 15 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Fundão (IPMA no. 698), 12,8 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	7,3	11,9	2,7	100,1
Feb	8,4	13,5	3,4	71,8
Mar	11,2	16,8	5,7	83,7
Apr	13,1	18,7	7,6	76,6
May	16,6	22,8	10,3	59,3
Jun	20,9	28,1	13,7	17,9
Jul	23,9	31,9	16,0	5,7
Aug	23,9	31,8	16,1	8,3
Sep	20,3	27,3	13,4	38,7
Oct	15,6	21,0	10,2	122,1
Nov	10,5	14,9	6,1	115,5
Dec	7,8	12,3	3,4	121,8
Year	15,0	—	—	821,5

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Beira Baixa e Alto Alentejo. Station altitude: 493,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Covilhã the median value in 2025 is 6,20 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 6215-380 (Rua de Cima, N.º 17, Paul (COVILHÃ), 6215-380 PAUL).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Castelo Branco): 272. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 275961660.

Public bodies

Junta de Paul — Rua de Cima, N.º 17, Paul (COVILHÃ), 6215-380 PAUL · 6215-380 · 275961660 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Covilhã — Presidente: Hélio Jorge Simões Fazendeiro · Praça do Município, 6200-151 Covilhã · 6200-151 · 275330600 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-covilha.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Covilhã

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026