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Cabeça Santa

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

Cabeça Santa had 2.354 residents in the 2021 Census, 17,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 2,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Penafiel.

Population (inh.)
  • 823 – 1.364
  • 1.459 – 1.579
  • 1.682 – 1.954
  • 2.100 – 2.584
  • 2.780 – 15.676
Density (inh./km²)
  • 72,8 – 175,1
  • 218,6 – 278,4
  • 301,0 – 323,2
  • 326,0 – 481,3
  • 525,3 – 696,1
Area (km²)
  • 3,1 – 4,3
  • 4,6 – 5,2
  • 6,1 – 6,9
  • 7,3 – 10,2
  • 10,6 – 22,5
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 28 parishes of Penafiel

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Abragão2.3119,53242,5
2Boelhe1.5325,09301,0
3Bustelo1.6826,86245,2
4Cabeça Santa2.3546,93339,7
5Canelas1.57911,82133,6
6Capela96413,2572,8
7Castelões1.3644,22323,2
8Croca1.7926,64269,9
9Duas Igrejas2.2558,10278,4
10Eja8634,93175,1
11Fonte Arcada1.4594,82302,7
12Galegos2.5844,57565,4
13Guilhufe e Urrô3.8457,32525,3
14Irivo2.1003,17662,5
15Lagares e Figueira2.78016,64167,1
16Luzim e Vila Cova1.53910,60145,2
17Oldrões1.9544,06481,3
18Paço de Sousa3.8388,60446,3
19Penafiel15.67622,52696,1
20Perozelo1.3173,99330,1
21Rans1.8043,05591,5
22Recezinhos (São Mamede)1.3644,25320,9
23Recezinhos (São Martinho)1.7085,24326,0
24Rio Mau1.3406,13218,6
25Rio de Moinhos2.5368,21308,9
26Sebolido8235,15159,8
27Termas de São Vicente4.75810,21466,0
28Valpedre1.5086,33238,2
Code (DTMNFR)
131104
Resident population (2021)
2.354
Area
6,93 km²
Density
339,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th of 28

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
1.152 (48,9%)
Women
1.202 (51,1%)
Portuguese nationality
2.339 (99,4%)
Foreign nationality
15 (0,6%)
Ageing index
128,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
782
Average household size *
3,01 people
Dwellings
949
Classic family dwellings
949
Buildings
781
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,4% (130)
Unemployment rate *
8,03% (H 3,42% · M 13,74%)
Active / employed population
1.058 / 973

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 313 (13,3%); 15-24 years: 315 (13,4%); 25-64 years: 1.325 (56,3%); 65+ years: 401 (17,0%)0-14313 · 13,3%15-24315 · 13,4%25-641.325 · 56,3%65+401 · 17,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.354).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years313151162
15-24 years315176139
25-64 years1.325637688
65+ years401188213

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

Termas de São Vicente · Rio de Moinhos · Oldrões · Perozelo · Valpedre

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Penafiel
2,1 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
2.111
Voters
1.577
Turnout
74,70% (2021: 74,03%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
MIPCS
Movimento Independente Primeiro Cabeça Santa		1.04466,20%6
PS
Partido Socialista		44828,41%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		422,66%0
Blank votes110,70%
Null votes322,03%

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

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 do Assento, N.º 19
Cabeça Santa (PENAFIEL)
4575-123 CABEÇA SANTA
Telephone
255630411
Fax
255630411
Email
freg.cabecasanta2013@hotmail.com
Website
www.jf-cabecasanta.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,13526, -8,28084
Wikipedia
Cabeça Santa
Wikidata
Q186002

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