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Recarei

Parish of the municipality of Paredes (Paredes), district of Porto.

Recarei had 4.479 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 4,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Paredes.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.067 – 1.761
  • 1.792 – 2.497
  • 3.091 – 4.122
  • 4.479 – 6.966
  • 8.496 – 20.586
Density (inh./km²)
  • 70,7 – 450,4
  • 478,9 – 552,9
  • 592,4 – 637,0
  • 660,5 – 933,0
  • 957,0 – 1.012,6
Area (km²)
  • 1,9 – 3,3
  • 3,5 – 4,7
  • 4,7 – 7,4
  • 9,8 – 14,6
  • 21,5 – 22,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 18 parishes of Paredes

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aguiar de Sousa1.58222,3870,7
2Astromil1.0671,93552,9
3Baltar4.7207,41637,0
4Beire2.0113,31607,6
5Cete3.0914,68660,5
6Cristelo1.7612,02871,8
7Duas Igrejas3.6493,78965,3
8Gandra6.96611,76592,4
9Lordelo9.1069,76933,0
10Louredo1.3842,89478,9
11Parada de Todeia1.7923,49513,5
12Paredes20.58621,51957,0
13Rebordosa8.49610,76789,6
14Recarei4.47914,60306,8
15Sobreira4.12221,96187,7
16Sobrosa2.4974,70531,3
17Vandoma2.3065,12450,4
18Vilela4.7394,681.012,6
Code (DTMNFR)
131019
Resident population (2021)
4.479
Area
14,60 km²
Density
306,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th of 18

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
2.170 (48,4%)
Women
2.309 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality
4.424 (98,8%)
Foreign nationality
55 (1,2%)
Ageing index
165,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.565
Average household size *
2,83 people
Dwellings
1.782
Classic family dwellings
1.780
Buildings
1.514
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,1% (474)
Unemployment rate *
9,33% (H 7,19% · M 11,81%)
Active / employed population
2.101 / 1.905

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 558 (12,5%); 15-24 years: 526 (11,7%); 25-64 years: 2.472 (55,2%); 65+ years: 923 (20,6%)0-14558 · 12,5%15-24526 · 11,7%25-642.472 · 55,2%65+923 · 20,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.479).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years558285273
15-24 years526266260
25-64 years2.4721.2251.247
65+ years923394529

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

Aguiar de Sousa · Campo (Valongo) · Sobreira · Gandra · Parada de Todeia · Baltar

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Paredes
4,0 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
3.998
Voters
2.919
Turnout
73,01% (2021: 65,92%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		1.56953,75%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
VIVER MELHOR EM PAREDES		1.18040,42%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1103,77%0
Blank votes301,03%
Null votes301,03%

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 Padre Bernardino Moreira Lopes, N.º 625
Recarei (PAREDES)
4580-592 RECAREI
Telephone
224334262
Email
freguesiarecarei@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,16028, -8,42472
Wikipedia
Recarei
Wikidata
Q2135181

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