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Sandiães

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

Sandiães had 406 residents in the 2021 Census, 30,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 13,3 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)
160762
Resident population (2021)
406
Area
3,31 km²
Density
122,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
32nd 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
201 (49,5%)
Women
205 (50,5%)
Portuguese nationality
405 (99,8%)
Foreign nationality
1 (0,2%)
Ageing index
277,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
153
Dwellings
259
Classic family dwellings
259
Buildings
257
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,7% (35)
Unemployment rate †
4,76%
Active / employed population
168 / 160

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 44 (10,8%); 15-24 years: 37 (9,1%); 25-64 years: 203 (50,0%); 65+ years: 122 (30,0%)0-1444 · 10,8%15-2437 · 9,1%25-64203 · 50,0%65+122 · 30,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (406).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years442816
15-24 years372611
25-64 years20395108
65+ years1225270

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Ardegão, Freixo e Mato · Vilar das Almas · Gaifar · União das freguesias de Alheira e Igreja Nova (Barcelos) · Panque (Barcelos)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ponte de Lima
13,3 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
455
Voters
301
Turnout
66,15%
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		16956,15%4
PLMT
Ponte de Lima Minha Terra		12842,52%3
Blank votes31,00%
Null votes10,33%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Avenida de Sandiães, 1659
Sandiães
4990-735 Sandiães
Email
geral@jf-sandiaes.pt

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

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026