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União das freguesias de Moura Morta e Vinhós

Parish of the municipality of Peso da Régua (Peso da Régua), district of Vila Real.

União das freguesias de Moura Morta e Vinhós had 750 residents in the 2021 Census, 30,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 7,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Peso da Régua.

Population (inh.)
  • 517 – 630
  • 675 – 705
  • 729 – 737
  • 750 – 892
  • 8.905
Density (inh./km²)
  • 34,1 – 44,5
  • 54,9 – 57,7
  • 58,6 – 93,3
  • 183,5 – 195,1
  • 879,1
Area (km²)
  • 3,2 – 4,9
  • 7,9 – 10,1
  • 12,3 – 12,6
  • 12,8 – 15,2
  • 15,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 9 parishes of Peso da Régua

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Canelas51715,1634,1
2Fontelas6303,23195,1
3Loureiro8924,86183,5
4Poiares67512,3054,9
5Sedielos72912,6357,7
6União das freguesias de Galafura e Covelinhas70515,8544,5
7União das freguesias de Moura Morta e Vinhós75012,8058,6
8União das freguesias de Peso da Régua e Godim8.90510,13879,1
9Vilarinho dos Freires7377,9093,3
Code (DTMNFR)
170814
Resident population (2021)
750
Area
12,80 km²
Density
58,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 9

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Moura Morta e Vinhós”.

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
369 (49,2%)
Women
381 (50,8%)
Portuguese nationality
747 (99,6%)
Foreign nationality
3 (0,4%)
Ageing index
340,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
312
Average household size *
2,40 people
Dwellings
648
Classic family dwellings
648
Buildings
644
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,6% (45)
Unemployment rate *
9,02% (H 8,43% · M 10,00%)
Active / employed population
266 / 242

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 66 (8,8%); 15-24 years: 73 (9,7%); 25-64 years: 386 (51,5%); 65+ years: 225 (30,0%)0-1466 · 8,8%15-2473 · 9,7%25-64386 · 51,5%65+225 · 30,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (750).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years663333
15-24 years734033
25-64 years386196190
65+ years225100125

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Peso da Régua
7,7 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
803
Voters
473
Turnout
58,90% (2021: 51,42%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
34372,52%6
PS
Partido Socialista
11323,89%1
Blank votes102,11%
Null votes71,48%

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

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, águia de negro, bicada de ouro e animada de vermelho, e com voo abatido, assente em ninho do mesmo; em chefe cruz da Ordem de Cristo e Cruz da Ordem de Malta perfilada de vermelho, alinhadas em faixa; em campanha monte de dois cômoros de verde movente de ponta ondada de prata e azul de quatro tiras ondadas. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com legenda em letras a negro maiúsculas - "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE MOURA MORTA E VINHÓS".

Flag: esquartelada de vermelho e branco. Cordão e borlas de vermelho e prata. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Moura Morta e Vinhós".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1049/2014, Diário da República n.º 223/2014, Série II de 2014-11-18 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Moura Morta e Vinhós). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Campo da Bola, N.º 367
Moura Morta
5050-322 MOURA MORTA
Telephone
254813639
Email
jf.mouramorta.vinhos@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,21465, -7,85670
Wikipedia
Moura Morta e Vinhós
Wikidata
Q25438946

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