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Aver-o-Mar

Parish of the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim (Póvoa de Varzim), district of Porto.

Aver-o-Mar had 8.886 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 21,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 4,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.371 – 2.249
  • 2.287 – 2.472
  • 2.482 – 2.873
  • 3.949 – 4.018
  • 8.886 – 29.237
Density (inh./km²)
  • 177,8 – 213,8
  • 227,1 – 371,7
  • 409,3 – 791,9
  • 810,9 – 992,1
  • 1.725,4 – 5.978,9
Area (km²)
  • 2,8 – 4,1
  • 4,8 – 4,9
  • 4,9 – 6,7
  • 8,5 – 11,5
  • 11,6 – 13,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 12 parishes of Póvoa de Varzim

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aguçadoura4.0184,05992,1
2Amorim2.8734,78601,1
3Argivai2.2492,84791,9
4Aver-o-Mar8.8865,151.725,4
5Balazar2.48211,61213,8
6Beiriz3.9494,87810,9
7Estela2.28711,54198,2
8Laundos1.9378,53227,1
9Navais1.3713,35409,3
10Póvoa de Varzim29.2374,895.978,9
11Rates2.47213,90177,8
12Terroso2.4946,71371,7
Code (DTMNFR)
131319
Resident population (2021)
8.886
Area
5,15 km²
Density
1.725,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
13,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 12

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
4.209 (47,4%)
Women
4.677 (52,6%)
Portuguese nationality
8.556 (96,3%)
Foreign nationality
330 (3,7%)
Ageing index
142,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.453
Dwellings
6.686
Classic family dwellings
6.684
Buildings
2.441
Buildings with 7 or more floors
43
With higher education (15+)
21,6% (1.653)
Unemployment rate †
8,01%
Active / employed population
4.368 / 4.018

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.222 (13,8%); 15-24 years: 997 (11,2%); 25-64 years: 4.930 (55,5%); 65+ years: 1.737 (19,5%)0-141.222 · 13,8%15-24997 · 11,2%25-644.930 · 55,5%65+1.737 · 19,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (8.886).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.222646576
15-24 years997542455
25-64 years4.9302.2642.666
65+ years1.737757980

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

Amorim · Póvoa de Varzim · Aguçadoura · Beiriz · Navais

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim
4,7 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
8.419
Voters
4.598
Turnout
54,61%
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS-PAN-L
ALIANÇA POVEIRA		1.71637,32%6
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.63935,65%5
CH
CHEGA		65514,25%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		2325,05%0
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		1192,59%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		541,17%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		340,74%0
Blank votes911,98%
Null votes581,26%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS-PAN-L.

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
Largo Dr. João Amorim, nº 62
Póvoa de Varzim
4490-021 Aver-o-Mar
Email
junta.averomar@gmail.com

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