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Santa Cruz do Lima

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

Santa Cruz do Lima had 401 residents in the 2021 Census, 30,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 9,3 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)
160743
Resident population (2021)
401
Area
2,23 km²
Density
179,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
33rd 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
194 (48,4%)
Women
207 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality
396 (98,8%)
Foreign nationality
5 (1,2%)
Ageing index
420,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
148
Average household size *
2,60 people
Dwellings
249
Classic family dwellings
248
Buildings
248
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,8% (29)
Unemployment rate *
6,94% (H 6,67% · M 7,23%)
Active / employed population
173 / 161

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 29 (7,2%); 15-24 years: 42 (10,5%); 25-64 years: 208 (51,9%); 65+ years: 122 (30,4%)0-1429 · 7,2%15-2442 · 10,5%25-64208 · 51,9%65+122 · 30,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (401).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years29236
15-24 years422121
25-64 years208103105
65+ years1224775

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

Gandra · Lavradas (Ponte da Barca) · Jolda (São Paio) (Arcos de Valdevez) · União das freguesias de Padreiro (Salvador e Santa Cristina) (Arcos de Valdevez)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ponte de Lima
9,3 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
405
Voters
310
Turnout
76,54% (2021: 62,85%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
JSC
JUNTOS POR SANTA CRUZ		17757,10%4
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		12540,32%3
Blank votes51,61%
Null votes30,97%

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

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 Ardega Nº 41
Santa Cruz do Lima (PONTE DE LIMA)
4990-745 SANTA CRUZ DO LIMA
Telephone
258948937
Email
jf-santacruz@sapo.pt
Website
www.jf-santacruzdolima.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,78944, -8,48000
Wikipedia
Santa Cruz do Lima
Wikidata
Q1022191

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