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União das freguesias de Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães

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

União das freguesias de Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães had 20.590 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 19,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 3,1 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)
131437
Resident population (2021)
20.590
Area
25,22 km²
Density
816,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
30,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 14

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães”.

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
9.630 (46,8%)
Women
10.960 (53,2%)
Portuguese nationality
20.260 (98,4%)
Foreign nationality
330 (1,6%)
Ageing index
235,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
7.883
Average household size *
2,55 people
Dwellings
9.661
Classic family dwellings
9.645
Buildings
5.871
Buildings with 7 or more floors
78
With higher education (15+)
19,0% (3.483)
Unemployment rate *
7,62% (H 6,47% · M 8,74%)
Active / employed population
9.766 / 9.022

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.238 (10,9%); 15-24 years: 1.972 (9,6%); 25-64 years: 11.110 (54,0%); 65+ years: 5.270 (25,6%)0-142.238 · 10,9%15-241.972 · 9,6%25-6411.110 · 54,0%65+5.270 · 25,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (20.590).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.2381.1301.108
15-24 years1.972993979
25-64 years11.1105.2665.844
65+ years5.2702.2413.029

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 Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira · Monte Córdova · Rebordões · União das freguesias de Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago) (Trofa) · União das freguesias de Lamelas e Guimarei · União das freguesias de Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave · Lousado (Vila Nova de Famalicão)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santo Tirso
3,1 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
18.836
Voters
11.371
Turnout
60,37% (2021: 49,34%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		5.57349,01%7
PPD/PSD.IL
JUNTOS POR SANTO TIRSO		3.49530,74%5
CH
CHEGA		1.0439,17%1
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		3683,24%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2672,35%0
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		2282,01%0
Blank votes2492,19%
Null votes1481,30%

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
Avenida Sousa Cruz, N.º 749
Santo Tirso
4780-365 SANTO TIRSO
Telephone
252860970
Fax
252860979
Email
secretaria@jf-santotirso.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,36300, -8,47700
Wikipedia
Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães
Wikidata
Q17492646

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