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Fornelos e Queijada

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

Fornelos e Queijada had 1.869 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 4,8 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)
160758
Resident population (2021)
1.869
Area
13,01 km²
Density
143,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th 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
884 (47,3%)
Women
985 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
1.858 (99,4%)
Foreign nationality
11 (0,6%)
Ageing index
167,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
619
Average household size *
2,97 people
Dwellings
890
Classic family dwellings
889
Buildings
831
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,9% (161)
Unemployment rate *
4,35% (H 3,98% · M 4,80%)
Active / employed population
827 / 791

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 243 (13,0%); 15-24 years: 213 (11,4%); 25-64 years: 1.005 (53,8%); 65+ years: 408 (21,8%)0-14243 · 13,0%15-24213 · 11,4%25-641.005 · 53,8%65+408 · 21,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.869).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years243128115
15-24 years213103110
25-64 years1.005487518
65+ years408166242

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
4,8 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
1.719
Voters
1.224
Turnout
71,20% (2021: 68,37%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
JFQ
Juntos por Fornelos e Queijada
55645,42%4
PLMT
Ponte de Lima Minha Terra
37330,47%3
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
24520,02%2
Blank votes322,61%
Null votes181,47%

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

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 com pendão farpado de prata, carregado com cruz de vermelho, tendo nos cantões do chefe dois corvos de negro, animados de prata, postos em cortesia; haste, travessa, cordões e borlas de ouro; o pendão entre dois escudetes, um de prata à dextra carregado por uma cruz da ordem de cristo e outro de vermelho, perfilado de ouro, à sinistra, carregado com uma cruz da ordem de malta; em campanha capitel clássico de prata, guarnecido de negro. Coroa mural de prata de três torres, listel de prata ondulado com a legenda em letras maiúsculas de negro: «FORNELOS E QUEIJADA».

Flag: de branco, Cordão e borlas de branco e azul. Haste e lança douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda: «Freguesia de Fornelos e Queijada - Ponte de Lima».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 832/2014, Diário da República n.º 172/2014, Série II de 2014-09-08 (issuer: Freguesia de Fornelos e Queijada). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Lugar da Igreja
Fornelos (PONTE DE LIMA)
4990-620 FORNELOS
Telephone
258749543
Fax
258749543
Email
geral@fornelos-queijada.com
Website
www.fornelos-queijada.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,73020, -8,53820
Wikipedia
Fornelos e Queijada
Wikidata
Q25439105

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