São Pedro d'Arcos

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

São Pedro d'Arcos had 602 residents in the 2021 Census, 30,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 7,0 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

Hover a row to highlight it on the map. Click a header to sort.

#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Anais	1.027	8,06	127,4
2	Arca e Ponte de Lima	3.925	4,01	978,8
3	Arcozelo	3.562	12,08	294,9
4	Ardegão, Freixo e Mato	1.551	10,72	144,7
5	Beiral do Lima	576	8,00	72,0
6	Bertiandos	360	2,27	158,6
7	Boalhosa	117	2,19	53,4
8	Brandara	420	2,58	162,8
9	Bárrio e Cepões	786	9,71	81,0
10	Cabaços e Fojo Lobal	818	9,27	88,2
11	Cabração e Moreira do Lima	899	27,34	32,9
12	Calheiros	930	8,50	109,4
13	Calvelo	617	5,26	117,3
14	Correlhã	2.787	8,66	321,8
15	Estorãos	408	16,21	25,2
16	Facha	1.390	15,31	90,8
17	Feitosa	1.865	2,69	693,3
18	Fontão	1.090	4,83	225,7
19	Fornelos e Queijada	1.869	13,01	143,7
20	Friastelas	430	3,92	109,7
21	Gaifar	202	2,29	88,2
22	Gandra	1.065	3,48	306,0
23	Gemieira	597	4,19	142,5
24	Gondufe	361	5,46	66,1
25	Labruja	383	14,03	27,3
26	Labrujó, Rendufe e Vilar do Monte	315	11,79	26,7
27	Navió e Vitorino dos Piães	1.544	13,60	113,5
28	Poiares	737	7,44	99,1
29	Rebordões (Santa Maria)	969	7,07	137,1
30	Rebordões (Souto)	1.011	7,41	136,4
31	Refóios do Lima	1.978	16,45	120,2
32	Ribeira	1.846	8,83	209,1
33	Sandiães	406	3,31	122,7
34	Santa Comba	591	1,50	394,0
35	Santa Cruz do Lima	401	2,23	179,8
36	Seara	694	3,63	191,2
37	Serdedelo	418	5,95	70,3
38	Sá	343	2,80	122,5
39	São Pedro d'Arcos	602	15,05	40,0
40	Vilar das Almas	295	4,67	63,2
41	Vitorino das Donas	979	4,47	219,0

Code (DTMNFR): 160703
Resident population (2021): 602
Area: 15,05 km²
Density: 40,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,5%
Rank in the municipality (population): 24th 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: 261 (43,4%)
Women: 341 (56,6%)
Portuguese nationality: 595 (98,8%)
Foreign nationality: 7 (1,2%)
Ageing index: 289,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 230
Average household size *: 2,62 people
Dwellings: 360
Classic family dwellings: 357
Buildings: 359
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 16,7% (90)
Unemployment rate *: 3,52% (H 2,46% · M 4,48%)
Active / employed population: 256 / 247

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (602).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	64	29	35
15-24 years	61	26	35
25-64 years	292	130	162
65+ years	185	76	109

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

Estorãos · Lanheses (Viana do Castelo) · Fontão · União das freguesias de Nogueira, Meixedo e Vilar de Murteda (Viana do Castelo) · Bertiandos · Sá · Cabração e Moreira do Lima · Montaria (Viana do Castelo)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ponte de Lima: 7,0 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: 610
Voters: 435
Turnout: 71,31% (2021: 61,10%)
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
CDS-PP CDS - Partido Popular	248	57,01%	4
PLMT Ponte de Lima Minha Terra	175	40,23%	3
Blank votes	10	2,30%
Null votes	2	0,46%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: Escudo de púrpura, em abismo duas chaves com os palhetões para cima, passadas em aspa, uma de ouro e outra de prata, atadas com torçal do mesmo; em contra-chefe, ponte de quatro arcos de ouro, lavrada de negro, movente dos flancos e da ponta. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "SÃO PEDRO d'ARCOS".
Flag: Amarela. Cordão e borlas de ouro e púrpura. Haste e lança de ouro.
Seal: Nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de São Pedro d'Arcos - Ponte de Lima".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 249/2013, Diário da República n.º 47/2013, Série II de 2013-03-07 (issuer: Freguesia de São Pedro d'Arcos). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Rua de São Pedro d'Arcos, N.º 2699
São Pedro d' Arcos (PONTE DE LIMA)
4990-530 SÃO PEDRO D' ARCOS
Telephone: 258733982
Email: junta-arcos@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,76306, -8,65667
Wikipedia: São Pedro d'Arcos
Wikidata: Q637832

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 19 schools in the municipality of Ponte de Lima. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 19.

See all schools in the municipality

2 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo - Escola Superior Agrária — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Mosteiro de Refóios 4990-706
Universidade Fernando Pessoa (unidade de Ponte de Lima) — Ensino Superior Privado - Universitário · Rua Conde de Bertiandos 4990-078

See in the catalogue

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Ponte de Lima / Escola Agrícola (IPMA no. 615), 8,2 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	9,1	14,4	3,8	223,1
Feb	9,9	15,8	4,0	138,8
Mar	12,3	18,4	6,3	145,1
Apr	13,7	19,7	7,6	136,3
May	16,4	22,6	10,2	105,9
Jun	19,2	25,8	12,7	47,2
Jul	21,1	28,1	14,0	29,9
Aug	21,1	28,6	13,6	39,4
Sep	19,2	26,3	12,0	73,3
Oct	16,2	22,0	10,3	202,6
Nov	12,0	17,2	6,9	219,5
Dec	9,9	15,1	4,8	231,4
Year	15,0	—	—	1.592,5

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 40,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Ponte de Lima the median value in 2025 is 5,91 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 4990-530 (Rua de São Pedro d'Arcos, N.º 2699, São Pedro d' Arcos (PONTE DE LIMA), 4990-530 SÃO PEDRO D' ARCOS).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Viana do Castelo): 258. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 258733982.

Public bodies

Junta de São Pedro d'Arcos — Rua de São Pedro d'Arcos, N.º 2699, São Pedro d' Arcos (PONTE DE LIMA), 4990-530 SÃO PEDRO D' ARCOS · 4990-530 · 258733982 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Ponte de Lima — Presidente: Vasco Nuno Magalhães Velho de Almeida Ferraz · Praça da República, 4990-062 Ponte de Lima · 4990-062 · 258900400 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-pontedelima.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Ponte de Lima

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