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Guifões

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

Guifões had 9.019 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 1,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Matosinhos.

Population (inh.)
  • 5.367 – 9.019
  • 10.968 – 13.311
  • 17.091 – 17.935
  • 19.000 – 22.844
  • 26.988 – 30.034
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.061,8 – 1.462,4
  • 1.538,8 – 1.876,1
  • 2.444,2 – 2.661,1
  • 2.974,3 – 4.568,8
  • 5.994,8 – 7.139,7
Area (km²)
  • 3,7 – 3,7
  • 3,8 – 5,0
  • 5,0 – 6,0
  • 7,1 – 8,7
  • 9,1 – 10,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Matosinhos

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Custóias17.9356,032.974,3
2Guifões9.0193,692.444,2
3Lavra10.96810,331.061,8
4Leça da Palmeira19.0007,142.661,1
5Leça do Balio17.0919,111.876,1
6Matosinhos30.0345,015.994,8
7Perafita13.3118,651.538,8
8Santa Cruz do Bispo5.3673,671.462,4
9Senhora da Hora26.9883,787.139,7
10São Mamede de Infesta22.8445,004.568,8
Code (DTMNFR)
130816
Resident population (2021)
9.019
Area
3,69 km²
Density
2.444,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th of 10

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
4.265 (47,3%)
Women
4.754 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
8.922 (98,9%)
Foreign nationality
97 (1,1%)
Ageing index
220,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.607
Dwellings
4.102
Classic family dwellings
4.098
Buildings
2.467
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,3% (818)
Unemployment rate †
11,55%
Active / employed population
3.828 / 3.386

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.095 (12,1%); 15-24 years: 854 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 4.654 (51,6%); 65+ years: 2.416 (26,8%)0-141.095 · 12,1%15-24854 · 9,5%25-644.654 · 51,6%65+2.416 · 26,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (9.019).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.095555540
15-24 years854441413
25-64 years4.6542.2222.432
65+ years2.4161.0471.369

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Santa Cruz do Bispo · Custóias · Matosinhos · Senhora da Hora · Leça da Palmeira

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Matosinhos
1,1 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
8.370
Voters
4.652
Turnout
55,58%
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.28649,14%7
CH
CHEGA		89719,28%3
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD MATOSINHOS - Coligação PSD/CDS		89719,28%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1773,80%0
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		1583,40%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		641,38%0
Blank votes1062,28%
Null votes671,44%

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 verde, ponte medieval de um arco, de prata, lavrada de negro e movente dos flancos, acompanhada em chefe de um maço de canteiro do mesmo metal entre duas espigas de milho de ouro, postos em roquete. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "guifões".

Flag: esquartelada de branco e verde. Cordão e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Guifões - Matosinhos".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 477/2010, Diário da República n.º 94/2010, Série II de 2010-05-14 (issuer: Freguesia de Guifões). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo Padre Joaquim Pereira dos Santos
Guifões
4460-033 Guifões
Email
geral@jf-guifoes.pt

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

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