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Balazar

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

Balazar had 2.482 residents in the 2021 Census, 18,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 8,0 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)
131305
Resident population (2021)
2.482
Area
11,61 km²
Density
213,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th 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
1.156 (46,6%)
Women
1.326 (53,4%)
Portuguese nationality
2.460 (99,1%)
Foreign nationality
22 (0,9%)
Ageing index
127,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
828
Average household size *
3,00 people
Dwellings
1.103
Classic family dwellings
1.100
Buildings
902
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,3% (240)
Unemployment rate *
6,44% (H 5,44% · M 7,42%)
Active / employed population
1.258 / 1.177

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 351 (14,1%); 15-24 years: 309 (12,4%); 25-64 years: 1.374 (55,4%); 65+ years: 448 (18,0%)0-14351 · 14,1%15-24309 · 12,4%25-641.374 · 55,4%65+448 · 18,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.482).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years351190161
15-24 years309144165
25-64 years1.374648726
65+ years448174274

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

Gondifelos (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Fradelos (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Arcos (Vila do Conde) · União das freguesias de Bagunte, Ferreiró, Outeiro Maior e Parada (Vila do Conde) · Macieira de Rates (Barcelos) · União das freguesias de Negreiros e Chavão (Barcelos) · Rates

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim
8,0 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
2.374
Voters
1.553
Turnout
65,42% (2021: 70,95%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.13873,28%7
CH
CHEGA		18311,78%1
PS-PAN-L
ALIANÇA POVEIRA		16110,37%1
Blank votes422,70%
Null votes291,87%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

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 da Igreja, N.º 2
Balazar (PÓVOA DE VARZIM)
4570-033 BALAZAR
Telephone
252957334
Fax
252957336
Email
juntafreguesiabalasar@gmail.com
Website
www.juntafreguesiabalasar.pt

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
Eulália de Mérida
Coordinates
41,40107, -8,62354
Wikipedia
Balazar (Póvoa de Varzim)
Wikidata
Q804648

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