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Baguim do Monte (Rio Tinto)

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

Baguim do Monte (Rio Tinto) had 14.386 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 18,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 10,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Gondomar.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.284 – 5.295
  • 7.034
  • 14.386 – 37.753
  • 47.422
  • 51.083
Density (inh./km²)
  • 93,7 – 190,4
  • 232,6
  • 1.719,2 – 2.033,5
  • 2.634,8
  • 5.411,3
Area (km²)
  • 5,5 – 9,4
  • 13,7
  • 22,0 – 23,3
  • 27,8
  • 30,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 7 parishes of Gondomar

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Baguim do Monte (Rio Tinto)14.3865,462.634,8
2Lomba1.28413,7093,7
3Rio Tinto51.0839,445.411,3
4União das freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo7.03430,24232,6
5União das freguesias de Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova37.75321,961.719,2
6União das freguesias de Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim47.42223,322.033,5
7União das freguesias de Melres e Medas5.29527,81190,4
Code (DTMNFR)
130412
Resident population (2021)
14.386
Area
5,46 km²
Density
2.634,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 7

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
6.765 (47,0%)
Women
7.621 (53,0%)
Portuguese nationality
14.135 (98,3%)
Foreign nationality
251 (1,7%)
Ageing index
160,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
5.528
Average household size *
2,59 people
Dwellings
6.240
Classic family dwellings
6.235
Buildings
3.111
Buildings with 7 or more floors
14
With higher education (15+)
18,0% (2.258)
Unemployment rate *
10,28% (H 9,03% · M 11,51%)
Active / employed population
7.082 / 6.354

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.834 (12,7%); 15-24 years: 1.692 (11,8%); 25-64 years: 7.920 (55,1%); 65+ years: 2.940 (20,4%)0-141.834 · 12,7%15-241.692 · 11,8%25-647.920 · 55,1%65+2.940 · 20,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (14.386).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.834899935
15-24 years1.692846846
25-64 years7.9203.7304.190
65+ years2.9401.2901.650

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

Rio Tinto · União das freguesias de Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova · Ermesinde (Valongo) · Valongo (Valongo)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Gondomar
10,2 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
12.510
Voters
7.148
Turnout
57,14% (2021: 49,86%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		3.80353,20%8
PPD/PSD.IL
Despertar Gondomar		1.39119,46%3
CH
CHEGA		1.07915,10%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2793,90%0
PAN
PESSOAS - ANIMAIS - NATUREZA		1542,15%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		1161,62%0
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		861,20%0
Blank votes1381,93%
Null votes1021,43%

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
Rua D. António Barroso, N.º 33
Baguim do Monte (Rio Tinto) (GONDOMAR)
4435-664 BAGUIM DO MONTE
Telephone
224899666
Fax
224808840
Email
geral@jf-baguimdomonte.com
Website
www.baguimdomonte.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,19031, -8,53460
Wikipedia
Baguim do Monte
Wikidata
Q800162

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