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União das freguesias de Melres e Medas

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

União das freguesias de Melres e Medas had 5.295 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 7,1 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)
130416
Resident population (2021)
5.295
Area
27,81 km²
Density
190,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 7

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Melres e Medas”.

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
2.620 (49,5%)
Women
2.675 (50,5%)
Portuguese nationality
5.230 (98,8%)
Foreign nationality
65 (1,2%)
Ageing index
207,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.815
Average household size *
2,92 people
Dwellings
2.234
Classic family dwellings
2.231
Buildings
1.958
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,8% (557)
Unemployment rate *
8,76% (H 7,61% · M 10,27%)
Active / employed population
2.386 / 2.177

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 568 (10,7%); 15-24 years: 610 (11,5%); 25-64 years: 2.939 (55,5%); 65+ years: 1.178 (22,2%)0-14568 · 10,7%15-24610 · 11,5%25-642.939 · 55,5%65+1.178 · 22,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.295).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years568295273
15-24 years610308302
25-64 years2.9391.4851.454
65+ years1.178532646

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

Lomba · Sobreira (Paredes) · União das freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo · Rio Mau (Penafiel) · Canedo (Santa Maria da Feira) · Aguiar de Sousa (Paredes) · Lever (Vila Nova de Gaia) · Pedorido (Castelo de Paiva)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Gondomar
7,1 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
4.826
Voters
3.334
Turnout
69,08% (2021: 63,49%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		1.70751,20%5
PPD/PSD.IL
Despertar Gondomar		86325,88%3
CH
CHEGA		34110,23%1
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		1895,67%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1073,21%0
Blank votes742,22%
Null votes531,59%

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 Padre Jerónimo, N.º 100
Melres (GONDOMAR)
4515-552 MELRES
Telephone
224760275
Fax
224760334
Email
ufmelresmedas@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,07200, -8,40200
Wikipedia
Melres e Medas
Wikidata
Q18343676

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