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Vila Franca do Deão

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

Vila Franca do Deão had 134 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 15,3 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)
090752
Resident population (2021)
134
Area
12,99 km²
Density
10,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
0,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
41st 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
70 (52,2%)
Women
64 (47,8%)
Portuguese nationality
134 (100,0%)
Foreign nationality
0 (0,0%)
Ageing index
284,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
54
Average household size *
2,48 people
Dwellings
111
Classic family dwellings
111
Buildings
110
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,3% (10)
Unemployment rate *
2,99% (H 5,26% · M 0,00%)
Active / employed population
67 / 65

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 13 (9,7%); 15-24 years: 13 (9,7%); 25-64 years: 71 (53,0%); 65+ years: 37 (27,6%)0-1413 · 9,7%15-2413 · 9,7%25-6471 · 53,0%65+37 · 27,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (134).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years13103
15-24 years1358
25-64 years714031
65+ years371522

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Guarda
15,3 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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de prata, bordão de peregrino de azul, posto em pala, sustendo cabaça de vermelho, atada do mesmo, entre dois pés de batateira de verde, com tubérculos de vermelho; movente da campanha, monte de dois cômoros de verde. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «VILA FRANCA do DEÃO».

Flag: vermelha. Cordão e borlas de prata e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Vila Franca do Deão - Guarda».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 687/2011, Diário da República n.º 131/2011, Série II de 2011-07-11 (issuer: Freguesia de Vila Franca do Deão). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo da Igreja Matriz
Vila Franca do Deão (GUARDA)
6300-260 VILA FRANCA DO DEÃO
Telephone
271477480
Fax
271477480
Email
fvfdeao@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,65278, -7,24222
Wikipedia
Vila Franca do Deão
Wikidata
Q45899

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