Lamego (Almacave e Sé)

Parish of the municipality of Lamego (Lamego), district of Viseu.

Lamego (Almacave e Sé) had 12.071 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 23,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 10 parishes and its centroid is 2,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Lamego.

Population (inh.)

172 – 407
426 – 659
728 – 804
811 – 970
1.406 – 12.071

Density (inh./km²)

24,6 – 56,2
61,3 – 82,8
88,5 – 103,1
109,7 – 162,4
165,0 – 597,6

Area (km²)

2,7 – 4,6
4,8 – 5,9
7,2 – 10,1
11,0 – 12,9
16,5 – 20,2

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Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 18 parishes of Lamego

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Avões	502	4,87	103,1
2	Britiande	792	4,80	165,0
3	Cambres	1.592	11,28	141,1
4	Ferreirim	898	5,53	162,4
5	Ferreiros de Avões	426	2,65	160,8
6	Figueira	279	4,55	61,3
7	Lalim	659	7,22	91,3
8	Lamego (Almacave e Sé)	12.071	20,20	597,6
9	Lazarim	407	16,54	24,6
10	Penajóia	804	10,13	79,4
11	Penude	1.406	12,82	109,7
12	Samodães	172	3,09	55,7
13	Sande	811	3,13	259,1
14	União das freguesias de Bigorne, Magueija e Pretarouca	575	20,14	28,6
15	União das freguesias de Cepões, Meijinhos e Melcões	970	10,96	88,5
16	União das freguesias de Parada do Bispo e Valdigem	891	12,89	69,1
17	Vila Nova de Souto d'El-Rei	728	8,79	82,8
18	Várzea de Abrunhais	329	5,85	56,2

Code (DTMNFR): 180525
Resident population (2021): 12.071
Area: 20,20 km²
Density: 597,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 49,7%
Rank in the municipality (population): 1st of 18

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: 5.654 (46,8%)
Women: 6.417 (53,2%)
Portuguese nationality: 11.988 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality: 83 (0,7%)
Ageing index: 187,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 4.781
Average household size *: 2,45 people
Dwellings: 7.122
Classic family dwellings: 7.103
Buildings: 3.135
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 36
With higher education (15+): 23,9% (2.529)
Unemployment rate *: 10,17% (H 8,80% · M 11,49%)
Active / employed population: 5.546 / 4.982

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (12.071).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	1.482	764	718
15-24 years	1.305	645	660
25-64 years	6.509	3.079	3.430
65+ years	2.775	1.166	1.609

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

Vila Nova de Souto d'El-Rei · Várzea de Abrunhais · União das freguesias de Cepões, Meijinhos e Melcões · Penude · Sande · Avões · Figueira · Ferreiros de Avões · União das freguesias de Parada do Bispo e Valdigem · Cambres

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Lamego: 2,5 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: 11.165
Voters: 6.980
Turnout: 62,52% (2021: 58,45%)
Seats: 13

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	4.274	61,23%	9
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP TODOS JUNTOS POR LAMEGO	1.910	27,36%	4
CH CHEGA	433	6,20%	0
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	157	2,25%	0
Blank votes	87	1,25%
Null votes	119	1,70%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: de verde, castelo de prata, lavrado de negro, aberto e iluminado de vermelho; em chefe, coroa aberta de ouro; campanha ondada de três tiras ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro: "Lamego (Almacave e Sé)"
Flag: esquartelada de branco e verde; cordões e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança douradas.
Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "Freguesia de Lamego (Almacave e Sé)".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 301/2016, Diário da República n.º 62/2016, Série II de 2016-03-30 (issuer: Freguesia de Lamego (Almacave e Sé)). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Praceta Dr. António Manuel Pintado, Bl. 16 - R/C
Lamego
5100-078 LAMEGO
Telephone: 254613311
Fax: 254611511
Email: geral.freguesialamego@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,09853, -7,81055
Wikipedia: Lamego (Almacave e Sé)
Wikidata: Q18469763

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 12 schools in the municipality of Lamego. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

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1 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico de Viseu - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Lamego — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Avenida Visconde Guedes Teixeira 5100-074

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Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Lamego — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 08:30 às 17:00 · Avenida Padre Alfredo Pinto Teixeira 5100-150 Lamego 5100-150
Espaço Cidadão de Vila Nova de Souto D´El Rei — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Vila Nova Souto D´El Rei · Rua Visconde de Arneirós 5100-895 Lamego 5100-895

There are 4 in the municipality in total.

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Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Vila Real (IPMA no. 567), 20,9 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	6,3	9,9	2,8	129,4
Feb	7,9	12,2	3,5	83,6
Mar	10,6	15,6	5,6	91,1
Apr	12,2	17,4	7,1	84,8
May	15,4	21,2	9,7	63,4
Jun	18,9	25,3	12,6	29,2
Jul	21,8	28,8	14,7	12,7
Aug	21,9	29,0	14,9	21,5
Sep	19,1	25,2	13,0	48,9
Oct	14,7	19,3	10,1	120,9
Nov	9,6	13,2	6,0	122,8
Dec	7,0	10,4	3,6	142,8
Year	13,8	—	—	951,2

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Trás-os-Montes, Alto Douro e Beira Interior. Station altitude: 561,5 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Lamego the median value in 2025 is 4,86 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 5100-078 (Praceta Dr. António Manuel Pintado, Bl. 16 - R/C, Lamego, 5100-078 LAMEGO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Viseu): 232. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 254613311.

Public bodies

Junta de Lamego (Almacave e Sé) — Praceta Dr. António Manuel Pintado, Bl. 16 - R/C, Lamego, 5100-078 LAMEGO · 5100-078 · 254613311 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Lamego — Presidente: Francisco Manuel Lopes · Av. Padre Alfredo Pinto Teixeira, 5100-150 Lamego · 5100-150 · 254609600 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-lamego.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Lamego

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026