União das freguesias de Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge)

Parish of the municipality of Felgueiras (Felgueiras), district of Porto.

União das freguesias de Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge) had 1.105 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Felgueiras.

Population (inh.)

799 – 1.062
1.099 – 1.220
1.417 – 1.897
2.073 – 3.287
3.289 – 17.695

Density (inh./km²)

163,8 – 239,9
295,0 – 358,7
365,9 – 431,0
451,3 – 531,9
551,5 – 1.014,6

Area (km²)

2,8 – 3,1
3,1 – 3,4
3,6 – 5,0
5,2 – 7,1
7,5 – 17,4

Quantile classes · current parish

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

The 20 parishes of Felgueiras

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Airães	2.292	4,01	571,6
2	Aião	828	2,78	297,8
3	Friande	1.750	3,29	531,9
4	Idães	2.550	7,11	358,7
5	Jugueiros	1.220	7,45	163,8
6	Penacova	1.062	3,00	354,0
7	Pinheiro	1.053	3,57	295,0
8	Pombeiro de Ribavizela	2.073	4,81	431,0
9	Refontoura	1.897	3,44	551,5
10	Regilde	1.182	3,08	383,8
11	Revinhade	799	3,33	239,9
12	Sendim	1.564	7,03	222,5
13	União das freguesias de Macieira da Lixa e Caramos	3.605	8,63	417,7
14	União das freguesias de Margaride (Santa Eulália), Várzea, Lagares, Varziela e Moure	17.695	17,44	1.014,6
15	União das freguesias de Pedreira, Rande e Sernande	3.289	6,98	471,2
16	União das freguesias de Torrados e Sousa	3.287	5,21	630,9
17	União das freguesias de Unhão e Lordelo	1.099	4,96	221,6
18	União das freguesias de Vila Cova da Lixa e Borba de Godim	6.081	13,46	451,8
19	União das freguesias de Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge)	1.105	3,02	365,9
20	União das freguesias de Vila Verde e Santão	1.417	3,14	451,3

Code (DTMNFR): 130340
Resident population (2021): 1.105
Area: 3,02 km²
Density: 365,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 2,0%
Rank in the municipality (population): 15th of 20

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge)”.

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: 530 (48,0%)
Women: 575 (52,0%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.098 (99,4%)
Foreign nationality: 7 (0,6%)
Ageing index: 154,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 378
Average household size *: 2,92 people
Dwellings: 505
Classic family dwellings: 505
Buildings: 435
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 5,3% (51)
Unemployment rate *: 5,30% (H 4,17% · M 6,47%)
Active / employed population: 566 / 536

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.105).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	137	61	76
15-24 years	135	70	65
25-64 years	621	306	315
65+ years	212	93	119

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

Vizela (São Paio) (Vizela) · Penacova · Pombeiro de Ribavizela · Serzedo (Guimarães) · Calvos (Guimarães) · União das freguesias de Abação e Gémeos (Guimarães) · Regilde

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Felgueiras: 5,2 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: 1.027
Voters: 781
Turnout: 76,05% (2021: 66,79%)
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
L.PS SIM ACREDITA	535	68,50%	7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP AGORA FELGUEIRAS	217	27,78%	2
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	9	1,15%	0
Blank votes	11	1,41%
Null votes	9	1,15%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: L.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: Rua da Igreja
Vila Fria (FELGUEIRAS)
4610-851 VILA FRIA
Telephone: 255925323
Fax: 255925323
Email: freg.vilafria.sjorge@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,38500, -8,24340
Wikipedia: Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge)
Wikidata: Q18469403

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 38 schools in the municipality of Felgueiras. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 38.

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

Instituto Politécnico do Porto - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua Casa do Curral, Margaride 4610-156

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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 da Loja de Cidadão de Felgueiras — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 16:00; Localidade na fonte: Felgueiras · Mercado Municipal de Felgueiras - Rua Leonor Rosa da Silva 4610-195 Felgueiras 4610-195
Espaço Cidadão de Lixa — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 13:00 e das 14:00 às 18:00; Localidade na fonte: Lixa · Rua da Alagoa 14, 4615-581 Felgueiras 4615-581
Loja de Cidadão de Felgueiras — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 16:00 Sábado: encerrado; Localidade na fonte: Felgueiras · Mercado Municipal de Felgueiras - Rua Leonor Rosa da Silva 4610-195 Felgueiras 4610-195

There are 7 in the municipality in total.

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

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Luzim (IPMA no. 657), 26,6 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	11,0	3,6	196,0
Feb	8,5	12,8	4,1	129,3
Mar	11,0	15,7	6,3	133,2
Apr	12,4	17,3	7,6	134,2
May	15,3	20,5	10,1	93,5
Jun	18,3	24,1	12,6	37,6
Jul	20,4	26,7	14,1	15,3
Aug	20,7	27,0	14,5	29,7
Sep	18,7	24,6	12,8	72,6
Oct	15,0	19,7	10,3	162,6
Nov	10,3	14,2	6,5	183,4
Dec	8,0	11,6	4,5	194,2
Year	13,8	—	—	1.381,6

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 287,2 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 Felgueiras the median value in 2025 is 4,28 €/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: 4610-851 (Rua da Igreja, Vila Fria (FELGUEIRAS), 4610-851 VILA FRIA).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Porto): 22. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 255925323.

Public bodies

Junta de União das freguesias de Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge) — Rua da Igreja, Vila Fria (FELGUEIRAS), 4610-851 VILA FRIA · 4610-851 · 255925323 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Felgueiras — Presidente: Nuno Alexandre Martins da Fonseca · Praça da República – Margaride, 4610-116 Felgueiras · 4610-116 · 255318000 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-felgueiras.pt

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

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