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União das freguesias de Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim

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

União das freguesias de Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim had 47.422 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 19,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 4,9 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)
130415
Resident population (2021)
47.422
Area
23,32 km²
Density
2.033,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
28,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 7

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim”.

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
22.638 (47,7%)
Women
24.784 (52,3%)
Portuguese nationality
46.913 (98,9%)
Foreign nationality
509 (1,1%)
Ageing index
175,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
18.456
Average household size *
2,55 people
Dwellings
21.214
Classic family dwellings
21.196
Buildings
10.890
Buildings with 7 or more floors
101
With higher education (15+)
19,1% (7.920)
Unemployment rate *
10,49% (H 9,67% · M 11,33%)
Active / employed population
23.004 / 20.590

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 5.914 (12,5%); 15-24 years: 5.011 (10,6%); 25-64 years: 26.120 (55,1%); 65+ years: 10.377 (21,9%)0-145.914 · 12,5%15-245.011 · 10,6%25-6426.120 · 55,1%65+10.377 · 21,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (47.422).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years5.9143.0442.870
15-24 years5.0112.6092.402
25-64 years26.12012.41613.704
65+ years10.3774.5695.808

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 Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova · Avintes (Vila Nova de Gaia) · União das freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo · Campanhã (Porto) · Oliveira do Douro (Vila Nova de Gaia)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Gondomar
4,9 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
41.757
Voters
23.519
Turnout
56,32% (2021: 50,00%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		7.77233,05%9
PPD/PSD.IL
Despertar Gondomar		6.77028,79%7
CH
CHEGA		3.22413,71%3
JPP
Juntos pelo Povo		1.3235,63%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1.3185,60%1
L
LIVRE		8053,42%0
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		5032,14%0
PAN
PESSOAS - ANIMAIS - NATUREZA		4561,94%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		3971,69%0
Blank votes5852,49%
Null votes3661,56%

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 da Igreja, 71
São Cosme (GONDOMAR)
4420-164 SÃO COSME
Telephone
224833552
Fax
224647838
Email
geral@uf-gvj.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,13900, -8,53200
Wikipedia
Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim
Wikidata
Q15950910

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