TodoPortugal.pt

and if more World there had been, there would they have gone

Polvoreira

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

Polvoreira had 3.545 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 5,6 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

Hover a row to highlight it on the map. Click a header to sort.

#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)
030837
Resident population (2021)
3.545
Area
3,29 km²
Density
1.077,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
16th 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
1.713 (48,3%)
Women
1.832 (51,7%)
Portuguese nationality
3.523 (99,4%)
Foreign nationality
22 (0,6%)
Ageing index
219,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.261
Average household size *
2,70 people
Dwellings
1.477
Classic family dwellings
1.475
Buildings
1.131
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,1% (289)
Unemployment rate *
7,59% (H 6,45% · M 8,82%)
Active / employed population
1.765 / 1.631

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 368 (10,4%); 15-24 years: 389 (11,0%); 25-64 years: 1.980 (55,9%); 65+ years: 808 (22,8%)0-14368 · 10,4%15-24389 · 11,0%25-641.980 · 55,9%65+808 · 22,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.545).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years368188180
15-24 years389193196
25-64 years1.980981999
65+ years808351457

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
5,6 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
3.070
Voters
2.165
Turnout
70,52% (2021: 66,81%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
1.44466,70%7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
JUNTOS POR GUIMARÃES
58627,07%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
683,14%0
Blank votes502,31%
Null votes170,79%

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 do Formigoso, N.º 103
Polvoreira (GUIMARÃES)
4835-168 Guimarães
Telephone
253523896
Fax
253557129
Email
geral@jf-polvoreira.pt
Website
www.jf-polvoreira.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,40944, -8,29972
Wikipedia
Polvoreira
Wikidata
Q1022722

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