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Lamoso

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

Lamoso had 1.581 residents in the 2021 Census, 16,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 4,1 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)
130923
Resident population (2021)
1.581
Area
2,16 km²
Density
731,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,8%
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
783 (49,5%)
Women
798 (50,5%)
Portuguese nationality
1.575 (99,6%)
Foreign nationality
6 (0,4%)
Ageing index
122,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
558
Dwellings
672
Classic family dwellings
672
Buildings
571
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,7% (78)
Unemployment rate †
5,76%
Active / employed population
834 / 786

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 211 (13,3%); 15-24 years: 222 (14,0%); 25-64 years: 889 (56,2%); 65+ years: 259 (16,4%)0-14211 · 13,3%15-24222 · 14,0%25-64889 · 56,2%65+259 · 16,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.581).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years211108103
15-24 years222122100
25-64 years889435454
65+ years259118141

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

Sanfins de Ferreira · Codessos · Figueiró · Raimonda

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira
4,1 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
1.451
Voters
1.153
Turnout
79,46%
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
MAIS - Coligação PSD/CDS		39734,43%3
MIL
MOVIMENTO INDEPENDENTE POR LAMOSO		39634,35%3
PS
Partido Socialista		32027,75%3
CH
CHEGA		191,65%0
Blank votes40,35%
Null votes171,47%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.

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 azul, cruzeiro de ouro entre uma goiva e um serrote, passados em aspa, à dextra, uma tesoura, à sinistra um dólmen, em ponta, tudo de prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "LAMOSO".

Flag: branca. Cordão e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

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

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 689/2009, Diário da República n.º 137/2009, Série II de 2009-07-17 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Lamoso). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
RUA DA IGREJA N.º 288
LAMOSO
4590-419 LAMOSO
Email
geral@jf-lamoso.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