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Ardegão, Freixo e Mato

Parish of the municipality of Ponte de Lima (Ponte de Lima), district of Viana do Castelo.

Ardegão, Freixo e Mato had 1.551 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 11,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ponte de Lima.

Population (inh.)
  • 117 – 401
  • 406 – 597
  • 602 – 930
  • 969 – 1.544
  • 1.551 – 3.925
Density (inh./km²)
  • 25,2 – 70,3
  • 72,0 – 109,7
  • 113,5 – 137,1
  • 142,5 – 209,1
  • 219,0 – 978,8
Area (km²)
  • 1,5 – 3,3
  • 3,5 – 4,8
  • 5,3 – 8,1
  • 8,5 – 12,1
  • 13,0 – 27,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 41 parishes of Ponte de Lima

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Anais1.0278,06127,4
2Arca e Ponte de Lima3.9254,01978,8
3Arcozelo3.56212,08294,9
4Ardegão, Freixo e Mato1.55110,72144,7
5Beiral do Lima5768,0072,0
6Bertiandos3602,27158,6
7Boalhosa1172,1953,4
8Brandara4202,58162,8
9Bárrio e Cepões7869,7181,0
10Cabaços e Fojo Lobal8189,2788,2
11Cabração e Moreira do Lima89927,3432,9
12Calheiros9308,50109,4
13Calvelo6175,26117,3
14Correlhã2.7878,66321,8
15Estorãos40816,2125,2
16Facha1.39015,3190,8
17Feitosa1.8652,69693,3
18Fontão1.0904,83225,7
19Fornelos e Queijada1.86913,01143,7
20Friastelas4303,92109,7
21Gaifar2022,2988,2
22Gandra1.0653,48306,0
23Gemieira5974,19142,5
24Gondufe3615,4666,1
25Labruja38314,0327,3
26Labrujó, Rendufe e Vilar do Monte31511,7926,7
27Navió e Vitorino dos Piães1.54413,60113,5
28Poiares7377,4499,1
29Rebordões (Santa Maria)9697,07137,1
30Rebordões (Souto)1.0117,41136,4
31Refóios do Lima1.97816,45120,2
32Ribeira1.8468,83209,1
33Sandiães4063,31122,7
34Santa Comba5911,50394,0
35Santa Cruz do Lima4012,23179,8
36Seara6943,63191,2
37Serdedelo4185,9570,3
38Sá3432,80122,5
39São Pedro d'Arcos60215,0540,0
40Vilar das Almas2954,6763,2
41Vitorino das Donas9794,47219,0
Code (DTMNFR)
160753
Resident population (2021)
1.551
Area
10,72 km²
Density
144,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th of 41

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
726 (46,8%)
Women
825 (53,2%)
Portuguese nationality
1.533 (98,8%)
Foreign nationality
18 (1,2%)
Ageing index
259,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
568
Average household size *
2,65 people
Dwellings
973
Classic family dwellings
971
Buildings
946
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,3% (143)
Unemployment rate *
5,48% (H 4,23% · M 6,80%)
Active / employed population
693 / 655

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 159 (10,3%); 15-24 years: 163 (10,5%); 25-64 years: 817 (52,7%); 65+ years: 412 (26,6%)0-14159 · 10,3%15-24163 · 10,5%25-64817 · 52,7%65+412 · 26,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.551).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1598079
15-24 years1639172
25-64 years817383434
65+ years412172240

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 Ponte de Lima
11,3 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
1.584
Voters
1.126
Turnout
71,09% (2021: 68,91%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular
64156,93%5
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
43738,81%4
Blank votes322,84%
Null votes161,42%

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

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 azul, torre de prata, aberta e frestada de vermelho, lavrada de negro, entre dois ramos de carvalho de ouro landados de vermelho; em chefe águia de ouro, estendida; campanha diminuta ondada de três tiras ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata, com três torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas, "FREGUESIA DE ARDEGÃO, FREIXO E MATO".

Flag: branca. Cordões e borlas de azul e prata. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "Ardegão, Freixo e Mato".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 462/2016, Diário da República n.º 106/2016, Série II de 2016-06-02 (issuer: Freguesia de Ardegão, Freixo e Mato). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua das Figueiras, nº 70
Freixo (PONTE DE LIMA)
4990-445 FREIXO PTL
Telephone
258761608
Email
geral@ardegaofreixomato.pt
Website
www.ardegaofreixomato.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,65416, -8,58533
Official website
ardegaofreixomato.pt
Wikipedia
Ardegão, Freixo e Mato
Wikidata
Q25439087

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