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Caldelas

Parish of the municipality of Guimarães (Guimarães), district of Braga.

Caldelas had 6.304 residents in the 2021 Census, 17,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 17,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 4,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Guimarães.

Population (inh.)
  • 699 – 1.197
  • 1.220 – 1.578
  • 1.584 – 2.447
  • 2.579 – 4.496
  • 4.651 – 9.708
Density (inh./km²)
  • 126,6 – 321,9
  • 324,0 – 501,1
  • 508,3 – 678,5
  • 703,0 – 1.007,0
  • 1.028,3 – 5.051,6
Area (km²)
  • 1,6 – 2,3
  • 2,4 – 3,0
  • 3,0 – 4,2
  • 4,5 – 5,9
  • 6,0 – 13,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 55 parishes of Guimarães

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Airão (Santa Maria)1.4252,38598,7
2Airão São João7412,78266,6
3Aldão1.2781,55824,5
4Azurém9.0892,903.134,1
5Barco1.4393,02476,5
6Brito4.7745,90809,2
7Caldelas6.3042,692.343,5
8Calvos1.0662,04522,6
9Candoso (São Martinho)1.2342,21558,4
10Conde1.4111,93731,1
11Corvite9081,85490,8
12Costa5.3964,711.145,7
13Creixomil9.7083,013.225,3
14Fermentões5.7393,761.526,3
15Gandarela1.0531,72612,2
16Gondar2.5812,511.028,3
17Gonça9547,03135,7
18Guardizela2.4473,98614,8
19Infantas1.7406,49268,1
20Longos1.3397,24184,9
21Lordelo3.9795,02792,6
22Mesão Frio4.1594,131.007,0
23Moreira de Cónegos4.6514,72985,4
24Nespereira2.5943,69703,0
25Pencelo1.2202,40508,3
26Pinheiro1.1351,93588,1
27Polvoreira3.5453,291.077,5
28Ponte6.6876,011.112,7
29Prazins (Santa Eufémia)1.2672,23568,2
30Prazins Santo Tirso1.0312,74376,3
31Ronfe4.4965,02895,6
32Sande (São Clemente)1.5784,87324,0
33Sande (São Martinho)2.2393,30678,5
34Sande (Vila Nova)1.7292,38726,5
35Selho (São Cristóvão)2.1382,66803,8
36Selho (São Jorge)5.9235,201.139,0
37Serzedelo3.4185,14665,0
38Serzedo1.1972,46486,6
39Silvares2.2504,49501,1
40São Faustino9131,96465,8
41São Torcato3.34510,39321,9
42Tabuadelo1.5023,09486,1
43União das freguesias de Abação e Gémeos2.6826,73398,5
44União das freguesias de Arosa e Castelões6995,52126,6
45União das freguesias de Atães e Rendufe2.57912,09213,3
46União das freguesias de Briteiros Santo Estêvão e Donim2.0245,94340,7
47União das freguesias de Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia1.6879,39179,7
48União das freguesias de Candoso São Tiago e Mascotelos3.8083,86986,5
49União das freguesias de Leitões, Oleiros e Figueiredo1.4378,98160,0
50União das freguesias de Oliveira, São Paio e São Sebastião7.8301,555.051,6
51União das freguesias de Sande São Lourenço e Balazar1.5846,46245,2
52União das freguesias de Selho São Lourenço e Gominhães2.2714,15547,2
53União das freguesias de Souto Santa Maria, Souto São Salvador e Gondomar2.04313,87147,3
54Urgezes5.5173,311.666,8
55Vermil1.0472,32451,3
Code (DTMNFR)
030808
Resident population (2021)
6.304
Area
2,69 km²
Density
2.343,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 55

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
3.005 (47,7%)
Women
3.299 (52,3%)
Portuguese nationality
6.202 (98,4%)
Foreign nationality
102 (1,6%)
Ageing index
127,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.326
Average household size *
2,67 people
Dwellings
2.888
Classic family dwellings
2.886
Buildings
1.171
Buildings with 7 or more floors
41
With higher education (15+)
17,6% (956)
Unemployment rate *
6,72% (H 4,81% · M 8,57%)
Active / employed population
3.258 / 3.039

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 886 (14,1%); 15-24 years: 699 (11,1%); 25-64 years: 3.594 (57,0%); 65+ years: 1.125 (17,8%)0-14886 · 14,1%15-24699 · 11,1%25-643.594 · 57,0%65+1.125 · 17,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (6.304).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years886462424
15-24 years699359340
25-64 years3.5941.7051.889
65+ years1.125479646

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 Guimarães
4,2 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
5.857
Voters
4.022
Turnout
68,67% (2021: 64,24%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
1.88346,82%7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
JUNTOS POR GUIMARÃES
1.47136,57%5
CH
CHEGA
2937,28%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
1473,65%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1132,81%0
Blank votes771,91%
Null votes380,94%

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
Avenida da República - Ap. 4038
Caldas das Taipas (GUIMARÃES)
4805-155 CALDELAS
Telephone
253576884
Fax
253570013
Email
geral@caldasdastaipas.com
Website
www.caldasdastaipas.com

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
São Tomé
Coordinates
41,49122, -8,34436
Official website
caldasdastaipas.com
Wikipedia
Caldelas (Guimarães)
Wikidata
Q1009474

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