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Sobrosa

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

Sobrosa had 2.497 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 8,4 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)
131021
Resident population (2021)
2.497
Area
4,70 km²
Density
531,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
11th 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
1.168 (46,8%)
Women
1.329 (53,2%)
Portuguese nationality
2.476 (99,2%)
Foreign nationality
21 (0,8%)
Ageing index
153,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
872
Average household size *
2,81 people
Dwellings
1.007
Classic family dwellings
1.004
Buildings
806
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,4% (182)
Unemployment rate *
7,14% (H 6,03% · M 8,29%)
Active / employed population
1.205 / 1.119

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 320 (12,8%); 15-24 years: 331 (13,3%); 25-64 years: 1.354 (54,2%); 65+ years: 492 (19,7%)0-14320 · 12,8%15-24331 · 13,3%25-641.354 · 54,2%65+492 · 19,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.497).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years320139181
15-24 years331159172
25-64 years1.354643711
65+ years492227265

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

Ferreira (Paços de Ferreira) · Louredo · Vilela · Duas Igrejas · Cristelo

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Paredes
8,4 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
2.403
Voters
1.818
Turnout
75,66% (2021: 76,07%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
SSMI
Sentir Sobrosa Movimento Independente		1.43078,66%8
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
VIVER MELHOR EM PAREDES		33218,26%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		00,00%0
Blank votes160,88%
Null votes402,20%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: SSMI.

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, um sobreiro arrancado, de sua cor, descarnado de vermelho e landado de ouro, entre uma aspa de púrpura e uma roda dentada de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «VILA DE SOBROSA».

Flag: verde. Cordão e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Sobrosa - Paredes».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 796/2013, Diário da República n.º 150/2013, Série II de 2013-08-06 (issuer: Freguesia de Sobrosa). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Padre António Moreira de Meireles, N.º 99
Sobrosa (PAREDES)
4580-622 SOBROSA
Telephone
255963859
Email
junta@sobrosa.pt
Website
www.sobrosa.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,24876, -8,35352
Wikipedia
Sobrosa
Wikidata
Q1705876

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