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Arrifes

Parish of the municipality of Ponta Delgada (Ponta Delgada), Autonomous Region of the Azores (Ilha de São Miguel).

Arrifes had 7.294 residents in the 2021 Census, 12,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 4,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ponta Delgada.

Population (inh.)
  • 576 – 846
  • 976 – 1.557
  • 1.574 – 2.890
  • 3.293 – 4.590
  • 4.924 – 7.495
Density (inh./km²)
  • 36,5 – 97,0
  • 97,5 – 135,4
  • 144,7 – 277,0
  • 287,5 – 1.212,6
  • 1.212,8 – 3.467,5
Area (km²)
  • 1,7 – 4,1
  • 5,6 – 7,2
  • 7,7 – 9,0
  • 11,4 – 12,1
  • 16,9 – 25,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 24 parishes of Ponta Delgada

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Ajuda da Bretanha6527,0992,0
2Arrifes7.29425,37287,5
3Candelária9768,63113,1
4Capelas3.98116,85236,3
5Covoada1.2239,03135,4
6Fajã de Baixo4.9244,061.212,8
7Fajã de Cima3.29311,89277,0
8Fenais da Luz2.2277,70289,2
9Feteiras1.55723,5366,2
10Ginetes1.18412,1497,5
11Mosteiros1.0218,95114,1
12Pilar da Bretanha5766,0794,9
13Ponta Delgada (São José)5.7561,663.467,5
14Ponta Delgada (São Pedro)7.4952,892.593,4
15Ponta Delgada (São Sebastião)4.0503,341.212,6
16Relva2.89012,07239,4
17Remédios8095,59144,7
18Rosto do Cão (Livramento)4.3075,59770,5
19Rosto do Cão (São Roque)4.5907,21636,6
20Santa Bárbara8468,7297,0
21Santa Clara2.8042,241.251,8
22Santo António1.57411,75134,0
23Sete Cidades70119,1936,5
24São Vicente Ferreira2.49911,41219,0
Code (DTMNFR)
420301
Resident population (2021)
7.294
Area
25,37 km²
Density
287,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
10,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 24

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
3.506 (48,1%)
Women
3.788 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality
7.238 (99,2%)
Foreign nationality
56 (0,8%)
Ageing index
76,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.405
Average household size *
3,03 people
Dwellings
2.684
Classic family dwellings
2.682
Buildings
2.201
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
10,1% (612)
Unemployment rate *
7,67% (H 7,76% · M 7,57%)
Active / employed population
3.495 / 3.227

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.212 (16,6%); 15-24 years: 972 (13,3%); 25-64 years: 4.184 (57,4%); 65+ years: 926 (12,7%)0-141.212 · 16,6%15-24972 · 13,3%25-644.184 · 57,4%65+926 · 12,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (7.294).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.212608604
15-24 years972493479
25-64 years4.1842.0122.172
65+ years926393533

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

Covoada · Capelas · Relva · São Vicente Ferreira · Fajã de Cima · Ponta Delgada (São Sebastião) · Santa Clara · Ponta Delgada (São José)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ponta Delgada
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
6.965
Voters
2.816
Turnout
40,43% (2021: 41,46%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.21443,11%6
PS
Partido Socialista		97734,69%5
CH
CHEGA		53619,03%2
Blank votes541,92%
Null votes351,24%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Cardeal Humberto Medeiros,
Arrifes
9500-376 PONTA DELGADA
Telephone
296684734
Fax
296683510
Email
geral@arrifes.pt
Website
www.arrifes.pt

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
Virgem Maria
Coordinates
37,76667, -25,70000
Wikipedia
Arrifes
Wikidata
Q2452009

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