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União das freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)

Parish of the municipality of Lousada (Lousada), district of Porto.

União das freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida) had 2.140 residents in the 2021 Census, 17,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 2,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Lousada.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.049 – 1.789
  • 2.063 – 2.140
  • 2.145 – 2.451
  • 3.434 – 3.800
  • 4.766 – 7.552
Density (inh./km²)
  • 245,1 – 343,5
  • 360,0 – 409,8
  • 494,2 – 558,3
  • 628,6 – 712,5
  • 729,0 – 829,0
Area (km²)
  • 1,6 – 3,8
  • 3,8 – 4,3
  • 4,3 – 6,7
  • 6,7 – 9,3
  • 10,4 – 11,6
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Lousada

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aveleda2.1273,81558,3
2Barrosas (Santo Estêvão)1.0494,28245,1
3Caíde de Rei2.4236,73360,0
4Lodares2.0633,88531,7
5Lustosa4.76611,63409,8
6Macieira1.2851,55829,0
7Meinedo3.8009,31408,2
8Nevogilde2.4513,44712,5
9Sousela1.7896,72266,2
10Torno2.4513,75653,6
11União das freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)2.1407,34291,6
12União das freguesias de Cristelos, Boim e Ordem7.55210,36729,0
13União das freguesias de Figueiras e Covas2.1454,34494,2
14União das freguesias de Nespereira e Casais3.4344,67735,3
15União das freguesias de Silvares, Pias, Nogueira e Alvarenga6.59410,49628,6
16Vilar do Torno e Alentém1.2953,77343,5
Code (DTMNFR)
130527
Resident population (2021)
2.140
Area
7,34 km²
Density
291,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
10th of 16

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)”.

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
989 (46,2%)
Women
1.151 (53,8%)
Portuguese nationality
2.118 (99,0%)
Foreign nationality
22 (1,0%)
Ageing index
131,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
770
Average household size *
2,77 people
Dwellings
962
Classic family dwellings
961
Buildings
789
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
7,7% (142)
Unemployment rate *
8,68% (H 5,17% · M 12,26%)
Active / employed population
1.072 / 979

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 286 (13,4%); 15-24 years: 261 (12,2%); 25-64 years: 1.216 (56,8%); 65+ years: 377 (17,6%)0-14286 · 13,4%15-24261 · 12,2%25-641.216 · 56,8%65+377 · 17,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.140).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years286130156
15-24 years261124137
25-64 years1.216578638
65+ years377157220

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 Lousada
2,9 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
1.958
Voters
1.496
Turnout
76,40% (2021: 67,08%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
LOUSADA NO CORAÇÃO
83655,88%5
PS
Partido Socialista
57338,30%4
CH
CHEGA
604,01%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
100,67%0
Blank votes70,47%
Null votes100,67%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL.

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: escudo de vermelho, parreira arrancada de prata, folhada do mesmo e frutada com quatro cachos de uvas de ouro, dois em cada vara, acompanhada em chefe por um sol heráldico de ouro e em campanha por um feixe de duas espigas de trigo de ouro e uma de milho de ouro folhada de prata, unidas pelos pés. Coroa mural de prata de três torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CERNADELO E LOUSADA (SÃO MIGUEL E SANTA MARGARIDA)".

Flag: de branco. Cordões e borlas de vermelho e prata. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1048/2014, Diário da República n.º 223/2014, Série II de 2014-11-18 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Padre Assis, N.º 66
São Miguel (LOUSADA)
4620-620 LOUSADA
Telephone
255814615
Fax
255813054
Email
geral@uf-cernadeloelousada.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,30160, -8,25210
Wikipedia
Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)
Wikidata
Q25445091

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