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Freamunde

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

Freamunde had 7.557 residents in the 2021 Census, 17,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 3,2 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)
130908
Resident population (2021)
7.557
Area
5,15 km²
Density
1.467,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
13,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd 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
3.707 (49,1%)
Women
3.850 (50,9%)
Portuguese nationality
7.524 (99,6%)
Foreign nationality
33 (0,4%)
Ageing index
136,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.636
Average household size *
2,85 people
Dwellings
3.036
Classic family dwellings
3.032
Buildings
1.767
Buildings with 7 or more floors
19
With higher education (15+)
9,7% (642)
Unemployment rate *
9,15% (H 8,88% · M 9,45%)
Active / employed population
3.947 / 3.586

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 958 (12,7%); 15-24 years: 963 (12,7%); 25-64 years: 4.325 (57,2%); 65+ years: 1.311 (17,3%)0-14958 · 12,7%15-24963 · 12,7%25-644.325 · 57,2%65+1.311 · 17,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (7.557).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years958507451
15-24 years963499464
25-64 years4.3252.1072.218
65+ years1.311594717

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 Figueiras e Covas (Lousada) · Carvalhosa · Ferreira · Figueiró · Sousela (Lousada)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira
3,2 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
6.843
Voters
4.498
Turnout
65,73% (2021: 63,47%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.06445,89%7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
MAIS - Coligação PSD/CDS		1.42831,75%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		47210,49%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		2295,09%0
L
LIVRE		1543,42%0
Blank votes1002,22%
Null votes511,13%

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, ramo de oliveira de verde, frutado de negro e posto em pala, entre dois capões da sua cor, o da dextra volvido; em chefe, livro aberto de prata, encadernado e guarnecido de azul e, em campanha, roda dentada de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de cinco torres. Listel branco, com a legenda, a negro, "FREAMUNDE"

Flag: gironada de oito peças de azul e branco. Cordão e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda "Junta de Freguesia de Freamunde - Paços de Ferreira".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 260/2007, Diário da República n.º 64/2007, Série II de 2007-03-30 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Freamunde). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua da Cultura, N.º 14
Freamunde (PAÇOS DE FERREIRA)
4590-323 FREAMUNDE
Telephone
255870066
Fax
255-870066
Email
geral@jf-freamunde.pt
Website
www.jf-freamunde.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,28861, -8,33917
Official website
www.jf-freamunde.pt
Wikipedia
Freamunde
Wikidata
Q1020833

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