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Ferreira

Parish of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira (Paços de Ferreira), district of Porto.

Ferreira had 4.244 residents in the 2021 Census, 13,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 9 parishes and its centroid is 3,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.004 – 1.815
  • 2.181 – 2.491
  • 2.959 – 3.749
  • 3.756 – 4.244
  • 4.514 – 8.244
Density (inh./km²)
  • 362,3 – 533,6
  • 597,1 – 665,9
  • 722,9 – 739,2
  • 753,6 – 869,1
  • 1.043,1 – 2.092,4
Area (km²)
  • 1,7 – 2,2
  • 2,9 – 3,9
  • 4,4 – 5,6
  • 6,0 – 6,0
  • 6,3 – 6,8
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 Paços de Ferreira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Arreigada1.8151,741.043,1
2Carvalhosa4.5145,99753,6
3Codessos1.0041,94517,5
4Eiriz2.1816,02362,3
5Ferreira4.2446,75628,7
6Figueiró2.4772,85869,1
7Frazão4.0125,55722,9
8Freamunde7.5575,151.467,4
9Lamoso1.5812,16731,9
10Meixomil3.7494,38855,9
11Modelos1.4252,14665,9
12Paços de Ferreira8.2443,942.092,4
13Penamaior3.5866,72533,6
14Raimonda2.4913,37739,2
15Sanfins de Ferreira2.9596,02491,5
16Seroa3.7566,29597,1
Code (DTMNFR)
130905
Resident population (2021)
4.244
Area
6,75 km²
Density
628,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th 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
2.074 (48,9%)
Women
2.170 (51,1%)
Portuguese nationality
4.215 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality
29 (0,7%)
Ageing index
99,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.405
Average household size *
3,02 people
Dwellings
1.625
Classic family dwellings
1.624
Buildings
1.340
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,6% (315)
Unemployment rate *
7,34% (H 6,48% · M 8,29%)
Active / employed population
2.222 / 2.059

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 594 (14,0%); 15-24 years: 579 (13,6%); 25-64 years: 2.483 (58,5%); 65+ years: 588 (13,9%)0-14594 · 14,0%15-24579 · 13,6%25-642.483 · 58,5%65+588 · 13,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.244).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years594315279
15-24 years579294285
25-64 years2.4831.2001.283
65+ years588265323

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

Sobrosa (Paredes) · Paços de Ferreira · Freamunde · Nevogilde (Lousada) · União das freguesias de Figueiras e Covas (Lousada) · Carvalhosa · Modelos · Beire (Paredes) · Vilela (Paredes)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira
3,3 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
3.788
Voters
2.731
Turnout
72,10% (2021: 69,08%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		1.58057,85%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
MAIS - Coligação PSD/CDS		82730,28%3
CH
CHEGA		2408,79%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		190,70%0
Blank votes341,24%
Null votes311,14%

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 dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, N.º 38
Ferreira (PAÇOS DE FERREIRA)
4590-174 FERREIRA
Telephone
255964585
Fax
255964585
Email
secretaria@freguesiadeferreira.pt
Website
www.freguesiadeferreira.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,26472, -8,34889
Wikipedia
Ferreira (Paços de Ferreira)
Wikidata
Q1285681

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