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Poiares

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

Poiares had 737 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 11,2 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)
160734
Resident population (2021)
737
Area
7,44 km²
Density
99,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
21st 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
344 (46,7%)
Women
393 (53,3%)
Portuguese nationality
732 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality
5 (0,7%)
Ageing index
192,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
249
Average household size *
2,96 people
Dwellings
353
Classic family dwellings
353
Buildings
343
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,1% (58)
Unemployment rate *
3,42% (H 1,88% · M 4,94%)
Active / employed population
322 / 311

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 98 (13,3%); 15-24 years: 83 (11,3%); 25-64 years: 367 (49,8%); 65+ years: 189 (25,6%)0-1498 · 13,3%15-2483 · 11,3%25-64367 · 49,8%65+189 · 25,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (737).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years984157
15-24 years834241
25-64 years367177190
65+ years18984105

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

Navió e Vitorino dos Piães · Carvoeiro (Viana do Castelo) · Ardegão, Freixo e Mato · Balugães (Barcelos) · Cossourado (Barcelos) · União das freguesias de Geraz do Lima (Santa Maria, Santa Leocádia e Moreira) e Deão (Viana do Castelo)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ponte de Lima
11,2 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
717
Voters
493
Turnout
68,76% (2021: 75,90%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		38578,09%7
Blank votes9719,68%
Null votes112,23%

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 de S. Tiago Maior Nº 123
Ponte de Lima
4990-680 POIARES PTL
Telephone
258768036
Fax
258768038
Email
jfpoiaresptl@gmail.com
Website
www.jf-poiares.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,65583, -8,62111
Wikipedia
Poiares (Ponte de Lima)
Wikidata
Q1022611

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