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União das freguesias de Louredo e Fornelos

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

União das freguesias de Louredo e Fornelos had 520 residents in the 2021 Census, 36,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 3,0 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)
171112
Resident population (2021)
520
Area
12,17 km²
Density
42,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 9

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Louredo e Fornelos”.

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
248 (47,7%)
Women
272 (52,3%)
Portuguese nationality
515 (99,0%)
Foreign nationality
5 (1,0%)
Ageing index
545,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
222
Average household size *
2,34 people
Dwellings
485
Classic family dwellings
484
Buildings
482
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,4% (36)
Unemployment rate *
10,81% (H 14,02% · M 6,41%)
Active / employed population
185 / 165

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 35 (6,7%); 15-24 years: 39 (7,5%); 25-64 years: 255 (49,0%); 65+ years: 191 (36,7%)0-1435 · 6,7%15-2439 · 7,5%25-64255 · 49,0%65+191 · 36,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (520).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years351718
15-24 years392613
25-64 years255122133
65+ years19183108

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

Torgueda (Vila Real) · Fontes · Sever · Cumieira

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião
3,0 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
651
Voters
405
Turnout
62,21% (2021: 67,81%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		29973,83%7
Blank votes7618,77%
Null votes307,41%

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, forno de negro lavrado de prata aceso de púrpura, circundado por capela de ramos de loureiro de verde, tudo encimado ponte de um arco de negro lavrada de prata firmada e movente dos flancos. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro: «união das freguesias de louredo e fornelos».

Flag: púrpura; cordões e borlas de ouro e púrpura. Haste e lança douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda: «União das Freguesias de Louredo e Fornelos».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 417/2015, Diário da República n.º 93/2015, Série II de 2015-05-14 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Louredo e Fornelos). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Central, N.º 3
Fornelos (SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO)
5030-219 FORNELOS
Telephone
254312010
Email
geral@uniao-louredo-fornelos.pt
Website
www.uniao-louredo-fornelos.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,25240, -7,82208
Official website
www.uniao-louredo-fornelos.pt
Wikipedia
Louredo e Fornelos
Wikidata
Q25439578

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