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Reguenga

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

Reguenga had 1.427 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 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)
131418
Resident population (2021)
1.427
Area
5,00 km²
Density
285,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
14th of 14

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
667 (46,7%)
Women
760 (53,3%)
Portuguese nationality
1.411 (98,9%)
Foreign nationality
16 (1,1%)
Ageing index
258,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
532
Average household size *
2,68 people
Dwellings
669
Classic family dwellings
669
Buildings
564
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,5% (160)
Unemployment rate *
5,99% (H 3,99% · M 8,12%)
Active / employed population
634 / 596

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 146 (10,2%); 15-24 years: 142 (10,0%); 25-64 years: 762 (53,4%); 65+ years: 377 (26,4%)0-14146 · 10,2%15-24142 · 10,0%25-64762 · 53,4%65+377 · 26,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.427).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1466680
15-24 years1427369
25-64 years762361401
65+ years377167210

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 Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave · União das freguesias de Lamelas e Guimarei · Seroa (Paços de Ferreira) · Agrela · Penamaior (Paços de Ferreira)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santo Tirso
5,2 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
1.305
Voters
936
Turnout
71,72% (2021: 70,72%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		52856,41%5
PPD/PSD.IL
JUNTOS POR SANTO TIRSO		36338,78%4
Blank votes313,31%
Null votes141,50%

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 do Bom Sucesso, N.º 84
Reguenga (SANTO TIRSO)
4825-373 REGUENGA
Telephone
229684064
Fax
229684064
Email
freguesia.reguenga@gmail.com
Website
www.jf-reguenga.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,27333, -8,46556
Wikipedia
Reguenga
Wikidata
Q2138757

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