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Santa Marinha

Parish of the municipality of Ribeira de Pena (Ribeira de Pena), district of Vila Real.

Santa Marinha had 551 residents in the 2021 Census, 28,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 4,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ribeira de Pena.

Population (inh.)
  • 165
  • 275
  • 551
  • 2.285
  • 2.608
Density (inh./km²)
  • 4,9
  • 7,6
  • 15,9
  • 38,1
  • 49,4
Area (km²)
  • 33,7
  • 34,7
  • 36,2
  • 52,9
  • 60,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Ribeira de Pena

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvadia16533,744,9
2Canedo27536,167,6
3Santa Marinha55134,6815,9
4União das freguesias de Cerva e Limões2.28560,0438,1
5União das freguesias de Ribeira de Pena (Salvador) e Santo Aleixo de Além-Tâmega2.60852,8549,4
Code (DTMNFR)
170906
Resident population (2021)
551
Area
34,68 km²
Density
15,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
9,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 5

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
277 (50,3%)
Women
274 (49,7%)
Portuguese nationality
544 (98,7%)
Foreign nationality
7 (1,3%)
Ageing index
261,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
239
Average household size *
2,31 people
Dwellings
495
Classic family dwellings
495
Buildings
486
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,3% (26)
Unemployment rate *
7,18% (H 4,42% · M 10,42%)
Active / employed population
209 / 194

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 60 (10,9%); 15-24 years: 32 (5,8%); 25-64 years: 302 (54,8%); 65+ years: 157 (28,5%)0-1460 · 10,9%15-2432 · 5,8%25-64302 · 54,8%65+157 · 28,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (551).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years603426
15-24 years321913
25-64 years302153149
65+ years1577186

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

União das freguesias de Ribeira de Pena (Salvador) e Santo Aleixo de Além-Tâmega · União das freguesias de Pensalvos e Parada de Monteiros (Vila Pouca de Aguiar) · Alvão (Vila Pouca de Aguiar) · Canedo · Covas do Barroso (Boticas) · União das freguesias de Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas (Cabeceiras de Basto)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ribeira de Pena
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
959
Voters
660
Turnout
68,82% (2021: 64,37%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		53781,36%6
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		10716,21%1
Blank votes101,52%
Null votes60,91%

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

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 ouro, faixa ondada de três tiras, de azul e prata, acompanhada no cantão dextro, da cruz da Ordem de Cristo; em campanha, monte de verde, movente da ponta; brocante sobre o todo, palma de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "Santa Marinha - Ribeira de Pena"

Flag: vermelha. Cordão e borlas de ouro e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Santa Marinha - Ribeira de Pena".

Heraldic ordinance published by Declaração de Retificação n.º 2646/2009, Diário da República n.º 189/2009, Série II de 2009-09-29 (issuer: Freguesia de Santa Marinha). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua da Igreja, N.º 2
Santa Marinha (RIBEIRA DE PENA)
4870-218 SANTA MARINHA
Telephone
259493369
Email
freguesiasantamarinh@sapo.pt
Website
www.jfsantamarinha.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,52639, -7,78361
Wikipedia
Santa Marinha (Ribeira de Pena)
Wikidata
Q799406

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