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Vilar

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

Vilar had 316 residents in the 2021 Census, 33,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 4,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 7,6 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)
180720
Resident population (2021)
316
Area
8,54 km²
Density
37,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
10th 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
148 (46,8%)
Women
168 (53,2%)
Portuguese nationality
312 (98,7%)
Foreign nationality
4 (1,3%)
Ageing index
338,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
134
Average household size *
2,36 people
Dwellings
297
Classic family dwellings
297
Buildings
296
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
4,6% (13)
Unemployment rate *
6,32% (H 3,92% · M 9,09%)
Active / employed population
95 / 89

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 31 (9,8%); 15-24 years: 27 (8,5%); 25-64 years: 153 (48,4%); 65+ years: 105 (33,2%)0-1431 · 9,8%15-2427 · 8,5%25-64153 · 48,4%65+105 · 33,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (316).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years311912
15-24 years271413
25-64 years1536687
65+ years1054956

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

União das freguesias de Fonte Arcada e Escurquela (Sernancelhe) · Baldos · Arcozelos · Vila da Rua · Cabaços · Faia (Sernancelhe)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira
7,6 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
375
Voters
218
Turnout
58,13% (2021: 65,19%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		16977,52%7
Blank votes2611,93%
Null votes2310,55%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua das Nogueiras
Vilar (MOIMENTA DA BEIRA)
3620-521 VILAR
Telephone
254586781
Email
freg.vilar@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,97874, -7,55046
Wikipedia
Vilar (Moimenta da Beira)
Wikidata
Q74791

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