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Maçainhas

Parish of the municipality of Guarda (Guarda), district of Guarda.

Maçainhas had 977 residents in the 2021 Census, 29,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 20,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 5,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Guarda.

Population (inh.)
  • 121 – 181
  • 186 – 243
  • 258 – 298
  • 303 – 458
  • 483 – 26.441
Density (inh./km²)
  • 7,2 – 11,5
  • 12,1 – 15,6
  • 16,2 – 24,3
  • 25,5 – 35,4
  • 35,9 – 702,1
Area (km²)
  • 2,0 – 10,0
  • 10,2 – 13,0
  • 13,2 – 16,0
  • 16,3 – 23,7
  • 24,6 – 53,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 43 parishes of Guarda

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Adão25828,329,1
2Aldeia Viçosa2677,4435,9
3Aldeia do Bispo19813,1715,0
4Alvendre18612,9414,4
5Arrifana55515,8235,1
6Avelãs da Ribeira14211,3012,6
7Benespera28118,0615,6
8Casal de Cinza48317,9726,9
9Castanheira29824,6412,1
10Cavadoude2436,6536,5
11Codesseiro1609,6216,6
12Faia18010,0018,0
13Famalicão45816,0228,6
14Fernão Joanes18625,067,4
15Gonçalo96027,1035,4
16Gonçalo Bocas2046,4431,7
17Guarda26.44137,66702,1
18Jarmelo São Miguel27617,0616,2
19Jarmelo São Pedro27631,088,9
20João Antão1268,7814,4
21Marmeleiro29729,6310,0
22Maçainhas97712,2080,1
23Meios1504,8331,1
24Panoias de Cima56811,3949,9
25Pega12110,6311,4
26Porto da Carne3381,98170,7
27Pêra do Moço79320,6038,5
28Ramela18110,1617,8
29Santana da Azinha52815,9433,1
30Sobral da Serra21311,2019,0
31União de freguesias de Avelãs de Ambom e Rocamondo15413,3411,5
32União de freguesias de Corujeira e Trinta40812,4732,7
33União de freguesias de Mizarela, Pêro Soares e Vila Soeiro20014,0214,3
34União de freguesias de Pousade e Albardo21416,8912,7
35União de freguesias de Rochoso e Monte Margarida21123,668,9
36Vale de Estrela35513,9425,5
37Valhelhas30320,1815,0
38Vela42321,0020,1
39Videmonte38853,927,2
40Vila Cortês do Mondego2834,3864,6
41Vila Fernando39616,2724,3
42Vila Franca do Deão13412,9910,3
43Vila Garcia30415,3319,8
Code (DTMNFR)
090723
Resident population (2021)
977
Area
12,20 km²
Density
80,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 43

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
479 (49,0%)
Women
498 (51,0%)
Portuguese nationality
966 (98,9%)
Foreign nationality
11 (1,1%)
Ageing index
278,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
402
Average household size *
2,43 people
Dwellings
607
Classic family dwellings
607
Buildings
576
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
20,5% (179)
Unemployment rate *
6,94% (H 7,23% · M 6,60%)
Active / employed population
432 / 402

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 103 (10,5%); 15-24 years: 83 (8,5%); 25-64 years: 504 (51,6%); 65+ years: 287 (29,4%)0-14103 · 10,5%15-2483 · 8,5%25-64504 · 51,6%65+287 · 29,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (977).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1034855
15-24 years834241
25-64 years504261243
65+ years287128159

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

Guarda · União de freguesias de Corujeira e Trinta · Faia · União de freguesias de Mizarela, Pêro Soares e Vila Soeiro · Vale de Estrela

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Guarda
5,4 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
971
Voters
690
Turnout
71,06% (2021: 73,31%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
NC.PPM
PG - PELA GUARDA		48169,71%6
CH
CHEGA		9413,62%1
Blank votes557,97%
Null votes608,70%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: NC.PPM.

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 Escola, 9
Maçainhas (GUARDA)
6300-126 MAÇAINHAS
Telephone
271214936
Email
geral.jfmacainhas@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,53667, -7,30250
Wikipedia
Maçainhas (Guarda)
Wikidata
Q32669

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