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Medrões

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

Medrões had 433 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 2,6 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)
171106
Resident population (2021)
433
Area
5,15 km²
Density
84,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th 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
207 (47,8%)
Women
226 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
423 (97,7%)
Foreign nationality
10 (2,3%)
Ageing index
405,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
180
Average household size *
2,38 people
Dwellings
353
Classic family dwellings
352
Buildings
351
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,3% (29)
Unemployment rate *
5,63% (H 4,65% · M 7,14%)
Active / employed population
142 / 134

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 34 (7,9%); 15-24 years: 56 (12,9%); 25-64 years: 205 (47,3%); 65+ years: 138 (31,9%)0-1434 · 7,9%15-2456 · 12,9%25-64205 · 47,3%65+138 · 31,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (433).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years341618
15-24 years563323
25-64 years205101104
65+ years1385781

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 Moura Morta e Vinhós (Peso da Régua) · Fontes · Sanhoane · Loureiro (Peso da Régua) · Sever · Lobrigos (São Miguel)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião
2,6 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
467
Voters
335
Turnout
71,73% (2021: 70,79%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PMS
Por Medrões Sempre		19157,01%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
A FORÇA DA MUDANÇA		12938,51%3
Blank votes72,09%
Null votes82,39%

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

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 prata, com três fontes heráldicas e, em chefe, cacho de uvas de púrpura, folhado de verde. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "MEDRÕES".

Flag: púrpura. Cordão e borlas de prata e púrpura. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Medrões - Santa Marta de Penaguião".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 991/2009, Diário da República n.º 184/2009, Série II de 2009-09-22 (issuer: Freguesia de Medrões). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Central de Medrões Nº 1567
Medrões (SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO)
5030-312 MEDRÕES
Email
freguesiamedroes@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,20972, -7,82167
Wikipedia
Medrões
Wikidata
Q1916708

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