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Refóios do Lima

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

Refóios do Lima had 1.978 residents in the 2021 Census, 30,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 6,2 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)
160737
Resident population (2021)
1.978
Area
16,45 km²
Density
120,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th 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
910 (46,0%)
Women
1.068 (54,0%)
Portuguese nationality
1.940 (98,1%)
Foreign nationality
38 (1,9%)
Ageing index
310,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
743
Average household size *
2,59 people
Dwellings
1.313
Classic family dwellings
1.311
Buildings
1.275
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,1% (180)
Unemployment rate *
6,53% (H 5,02% · M 8,20%)
Active / employed population
796 / 744

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 196 (9,9%); 15-24 years: 206 (10,4%); 25-64 years: 968 (48,9%); 65+ years: 608 (30,7%)0-14196 · 9,9%15-24206 · 10,4%25-64968 · 48,9%65+608 · 30,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.978).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years19610591
15-24 years20611492
25-64 years968460508
65+ years608231377

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

Calheiros · Ribeira · Miranda (Arcos de Valdevez) · União das freguesias de Jolda (Madalena) e Rio Cabrão (Arcos de Valdevez) · Gemieira · Brandara · Labrujó, Rendufe e Vilar do Monte

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ponte de Lima
6,2 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
2.082
Voters
1.212
Turnout
58,21% (2021: 55,12%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PLMT
Ponte de Lima Minha Terra		53744,31%4
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		46838,61%4
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		17614,52%1
Blank votes211,73%
Null votes100,83%

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

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 D. Mendo Afonso, N.º 20
Refóios do Lima (PONTE DE LIMA)
4990-706 REFÓIOS DO LIMA
Telephone
258947757
Email
refoioslima@sapo.pt
Website
www.freguesiaderefoios.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,79500, -8,55528
Wikipedia
Refoios do Lima
Wikidata
Q2095582

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