Sande e São Lourenço do Douro

Parish of the municipality of Marco de Canaveses (Marco de Canaveses), district of Porto.

Sande e São Lourenço do Douro had 2.445 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Marco de Canaveses.

Population (inh.)

833 – 1.336
1.374 – 1.534
1.690 – 2.445
3.048 – 3.460
3.542 – 11.067

Density (inh./km²)

101,2 – 123,3
138,1 – 179,0
193,7 – 244,2
316,5 – 381,7
388,0 – 636,4

Area (km²)

2,8 – 4,9
6,8 – 9,6
10,8 – 12,6
13,1 – 17,4
19,3 – 24,1

Quantile classes · current parish

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

The 17 parishes of Marco de Canaveses

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Alpendorada, Várzea e Torrão	8.055	16,82	478,9
2	Avessadas e Rosém	1.374	11,14	123,3
3	Banho e Carvalhosa	1.074	4,91	218,7
4	Bem Viver	3.542	9,59	369,3
5	Constance	1.519	4,80	316,5
6	Marco	11.067	17,39	636,4
7	Paredes de Viadores e Manhuncelos	1.534	13,12	116,9
8	Paços de Gaiolo	833	7,36	113,2
9	Penha Longa	1.690	10,78	156,8
10	Sande e São Lourenço do Douro	2.445	12,62	193,7
11	Santo Isidoro e Livração	1.812	4,67	388,0
12	Soalhães	3.322	24,06	138,1
13	Sobretâmega	1.084	2,84	381,7
14	Tabuado	1.336	6,80	196,5
15	Vila Boa de Quires e Maureles	3.460	19,33	179,0
16	Vila Boa do Bispo	3.048	12,48	244,2
17	Várzea, Aliviada e Folhada	2.346	23,19	101,2

Code (DTMNFR): 130739
Resident population (2021): 2.445
Area: 12,62 km²
Density: 193,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 4,9%
Rank in the municipality (population): 7th of 17

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: 1.175 (48,1%)
Women: 1.270 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 2.435 (99,6%)
Foreign nationality: 10 (0,4%)
Ageing index: 179,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 895
Average household size *: 2,73 people
Dwellings: 1.426
Classic family dwellings: 1.426
Buildings: 1.247
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 6,8% (146)
Unemployment rate *: 10,12% (H 4,65% · M 19,45%)
Active / employed population: 988 / 888

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (2.445).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	285	148	137
15-24 years	334	174	160
25-64 years	1.314	634	680
65+ years	512	219	293

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

Penha Longa · Vila Boa do Bispo · Bem Viver · Espadanedo (Cinfães) · Paredes de Viadores e Manhuncelos · Avessadas e Rosém · Tarouquela (Cinfães)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Marco de Canaveses: 5,2 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: 2.237
Voters: 1.588
Turnout: 70,99% (2021: 64,43%)
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	905	56,99%	5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP MARCO EM PRIMEIRO	638	40,18%	4
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	16	1,01%	0
Blank votes	18	1,13%
Null votes	11	0,69%

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: escudo de prata com grelha de martírio de verde posta em faixa, tendo em chefe mitra com seus Fanhões de púrpura, forrada e realçada de ouro; campanha ondada de três tiras ondadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro: "SANDE E SÃO LOURENÇO DO DOURO".
Flag: esquartelada de verde e branco. Cordões e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.
Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda "Freguesia de Sande e São Lourenço do Douro".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 918/2015, Diário da República n.º 199/2015, Série II de 2015-10-12 (issuer: Freguesia de Sande e São Lourenço do Douro). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Rua de Sande, N.º 1498
Sande
4625-486 SANDE E SÃO LOURENÇO
Telephone: 255582312
Fax: 255589679
Email: geral@freguesiassld.pt
Website: www.sandesaolourencododouro.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,11160, -8,17550
Wikipedia: Sande e São Lourenço do Douro
Wikidata: Q20059423

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 44 schools in the municipality of Marco de Canaveses. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 44.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

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 Alpendorada, Várzea e Torrão — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 10:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 16:00; Localidade na fonte: Alpendorada e Matos · Avª S,João 892 – Alpendorada e Matos 4575-029 Marco de Canaveses 4575-029
Espaço Cidadão de Bem Viver — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 10:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 16:00; Localidade na fonte: Ariz · Rua das Quintãs, n,º 370 4625-003 Marco de Canaveses 4625-003

There are 9 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

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

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Luzim (IPMA no. 657), 7,1 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	7,3	11,0	3,6	196,0
Feb	8,5	12,8	4,1	129,3
Mar	11,0	15,7	6,3	133,2
Apr	12,4	17,3	7,6	134,2
May	15,3	20,5	10,1	93,5
Jun	18,3	24,1	12,6	37,6
Jul	20,4	26,7	14,1	15,3
Aug	20,7	27,0	14,5	29,7
Sep	18,7	24,6	12,8	72,6
Oct	15,0	19,7	10,3	162,6
Nov	10,3	14,2	6,5	183,4
Dec	8,0	11,6	4,5	194,2
Year	13,8	—	—	1.381,6

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 287,2 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 Marco de Canaveses the median value in 2025 is 4,58 €/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: 4625-486 (Rua de Sande, N.º 1498, Sande, 4625-486 SANDE E SÃO LOURENÇO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Porto): 22. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 255582312.

Public bodies

Junta de Sande e São Lourenço do Douro — Rua de Sande, N.º 1498, Sande, 4625-486 SANDE E SÃO LOURENÇO · 4625-486 · 255582312 · [email protected] · http://www.sandesaolourencododouro.pt/

Câmara Municipal de Marco de Canaveses — Presidente: Cristina Lasalete Cardoso Vieira · Largo Sacadura Cabral, 4630-219 Marco de Canaveses · 4630-219 · 255538800 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-marco-canaveses.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Marco de Canaveses

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