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União das freguesias de Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira

Parish of the municipality of Santo Tirso (Santo Tirso), district of Porto.

União das freguesias de Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira had 6.369 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 5,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santo Tirso.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.427 – 1.567
  • 2.040 – 3.130
  • 3.308 – 3.755
  • 3.848 – 6.369
  • 7.946 – 20.590
Density (inh./km²)
  • 126,3 – 212,6
  • 215,0 – 285,4
  • 536,1 – 618,4
  • 657,8 – 743,5
  • 816,4 – 1.300,5
Area (km²)
  • 4,2 – 5,3
  • 6,1 – 6,2
  • 7,0 – 9,6
  • 10,3 – 12,9
  • 16,8 – 25,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 14 parishes of Santo Tirso

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Agrela1.4866,99212,6
2Aves7.9466,111.300,5
3Monte Córdova3.84816,80229,1
4Negrelos (São Tomé)3.7556,12613,6
5Rebordões3.1304,21743,5
6Reguenga1.4275,00285,4
7Roriz3.3086,17536,1
8União das freguesias de Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira6.36910,30618,4
9União das freguesias de Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave2.0409,49215,0
10União das freguesias de Lamelas e Guimarei1.56712,41126,3
11União das freguesias de Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães20.59025,22816,4
12Vila Nova do Campo6.3159,60657,8
13Vilarinho3.5875,27680,7
14Água Longa2.34112,87181,9
Code (DTMNFR)
131433
Resident population (2021)
6.369
Area
10,30 km²
Density
618,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
9,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 14

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira”.

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
3.003 (47,2%)
Women
3.366 (52,8%)
Portuguese nationality
6.257 (98,2%)
Foreign nationality
112 (1,8%)
Ageing index
266,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.336
Average household size *
2,68 people
Dwellings
2.865
Classic family dwellings
2.861
Buildings
2.426
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
13,4% (764)
Unemployment rate *
9,50% (H 8,56% · M 10,50%)
Active / employed population
2.957 / 2.676

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 653 (10,3%); 15-24 years: 642 (10,1%); 25-64 years: 3.337 (52,4%); 65+ years: 1.737 (27,3%)0-14653 · 10,3%15-24642 · 10,1%25-643.337 · 52,4%65+1.737 · 27,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (6.369).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years653323330
15-24 years642321321
25-64 years3.3371.6071.730
65+ years1.737752985

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 Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães · Landim (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Cabeçudos (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · União das freguesias de Carreira e Bente (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Avidos (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Lousado (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Rebordões · Bairro (Vila Nova de Famalicão)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santo Tirso
5,3 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
5.733
Voters
3.713
Turnout
64,77% (2021: 56,61%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.04955,18%9
PPD/PSD.IL
JUNTOS POR SANTO TIRSO		85723,08%3
CH
CHEGA		3278,81%1
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		1774,77%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		1072,88%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		451,21%0
Blank votes992,67%
Null votes521,40%

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
Rua Luis de Camões, 807
Areias (SANTO TIRSO)
4780-038 AREIAS
Telephone
252866684
Fax
252866686
Email
geral@alemriosts.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,36300, -8,47700
Wikipedia
Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira
Wikidata
Q17492664

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