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Castelo

Parish of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira (Moimenta da Beira), district of Viseu.

Castelo had 196 residents in the 2021 Census, 44,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 7,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira.

Population (inh.)
  • 151 – 220
  • 229 – 316
  • 389 – 429
  • 510 – 608
  • 1.027 – 2.843
Density (inh./km²)
  • 13,3 – 19,6
  • 21,1 – 30,8
  • 30,9 – 37,0
  • 51,3 – 53,2
  • 64,0 – 306,7
Area (km²)
  • 4,4 – 8,5
  • 9,3 – 9,5
  • 9,7 – 11,2
  • 12,1 – 19,3
  • 24,6 – 36,8
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 Moimenta da Beira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvite1.02719,2953,2
2Arcozelos6089,5064,0
3Baldos1514,4434,0
4Cabaços22011,2119,6
5Caria40616,7124,3
6Castelo1969,2821,1
7Leomil1.13136,7730,8
8Moimenta da Beira2.8439,27306,7
9Passô2874,3566,0
10Sarzedo1544,9930,9
11Sever51410,0351,3
12União das freguesias de Paradinha e Nagosa22912,0918,9
13União das freguesias de Peva e Segões42924,6417,4
14União das freguesias de Pêra Velha, Aldeia de Nacomba e Ariz38929,1713,3
15Vila da Rua5109,6752,7
16Vilar3168,5437,0
Code (DTMNFR)
180708
Resident population (2021)
196
Area
9,28 km²
Density
21,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
14th of 16

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
93 (47,4%)
Women
103 (52,6%)
Portuguese nationality
194 (99,0%)
Foreign nationality
2 (1,0%)
Ageing index
511,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
86
Average household size *
2,28 people
Dwellings
249
Classic family dwellings
249
Buildings
248
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,7% (12)
Unemployment rate *
11,32% (H 6,45% · M 18,18%)
Active / employed population
53 / 47

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 17 (8,7%); 15-24 years: 14 (7,1%); 25-64 years: 78 (39,8%); 65+ years: 87 (44,4%)0-1417 · 8,7%15-2414 · 7,1%25-6478 · 39,8%65+87 · 44,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (196).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1798
15-24 years14410
25-64 years784038
65+ years874047

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

São Cosmado (Armamar) · União das freguesias de Paradinha e Nagosa · Leomil · Granja do Tedo (Tabuaço)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira
7,8 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
265
Voters
129
Turnout
48,68% (2021: 62,59%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		10682,17%7
Blank votes1511,63%
Null votes86,20%

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 púrpura, com um arco pleno de cantaria, de ouro, lavrado de negro, entre faixeta ondada de prata, em chefe e, em campanha, monte de prata carregado de estrela de seis raios e de uma faixeta ondada, ambas de azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «CASTELO - MOIMENTA da BEIRA»

Flag: amarela. Cordão e borlas de ouro e púrpura. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Castelo - Moimenta da Beira».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 956/2011, Diário da República n.º 195/2011, Série II de 2011-10-11 (issuer: Freguesia de Castelo). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Calçada, N.º 1
Castelo (MOIMENTA DA BEIRA)
3620-139 CASTELO
Telephone
254529373
Email
junta.sapo@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,03639, -7,62194
Wikipedia
Castelo (Moimenta da Beira)
Wikidata
Q74838

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