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Fontes

Parish of the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião (Santa Marta de Penaguião), district of Vila Real.

Fontes had 662 residents in the 2021 Census, 38,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 3,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião.

Population (inh.)
  • 295 – 405
  • 433 – 520
  • 581 – 662
  • 1.006 – 1.015
  • 1.183
Density (inh./km²)
  • 42,3 – 42,7
  • 82,2 – 84,1
  • 90,9 – 93,3
  • 94,2 – 155,2
  • 257,7
Area (km²)
  • 3,6 – 4,3
  • 4,6 – 5,2
  • 6,2 – 6,5
  • 11,1 – 12,2
  • 15,7
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 9 parishes of Santa Marta de Penaguião

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvações do Corgo4054,3493,3
2Cumieira1.00611,0790,9
3Fontes66215,6742,3
4Lobrigos (São João Baptista)1.0156,54155,2
5Lobrigos (São Miguel)1.1834,59257,7
6Medrões4335,1584,1
7Sanhoane2953,5982,2
8Sever5816,1794,2
9União das freguesias de Louredo e Fornelos52012,1742,7
Code (DTMNFR)
171103
Resident population (2021)
662
Area
15,67 km²
Density
42,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
10,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 9

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
321 (48,5%)
Women
341 (51,5%)
Portuguese nationality
654 (98,8%)
Foreign nationality
8 (1,2%)
Ageing index
430,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
279
Average household size *
2,37 people
Dwellings
705
Classic family dwellings
704
Buildings
691
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,8% (41)
Unemployment rate *
7,39% (H 6,82% · M 8,16%)
Active / employed population
230 / 213

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 59 (8,9%); 15-24 years: 58 (8,8%); 25-64 years: 291 (44,0%); 65+ years: 254 (38,4%)0-1459 · 8,9%15-2458 · 8,8%25-64291 · 44,0%65+254 · 38,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (662).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years593029
15-24 years583523
25-64 years291141150
65+ years254115139

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 Louredo e Fornelos · União das freguesias de Moura Morta e Vinhós (Peso da Régua) · Campeã (Vila Real) · Sever · Medrões · União das freguesias de Teixeira e Teixeiró (Baião) · Torgueda (Vila Real) · Ansiães (Amarante)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião
3,8 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
899
Voters
559
Turnout
62,18% (2021: 58,04%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		38268,34%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
A FORÇA DA MUDANÇA		16429,34%2
Blank votes30,54%
Null votes101,79%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Lugar da Trapa, N.º 31
Fontes (SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO)
5030-114 FONTES
Telephone
254813622
Fax
254812265
Email
fregfontes@gmail.com

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
Santiago Maior
Coordinates
41,23333, -7,81667
Wikipedia
Fontes (Santa Marta de Penaguião)
Wikidata
Q799484

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