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Serrazes

Parish of the municipality of São Pedro do Sul (São Pedro do Sul), district of Viseu.

Serrazes had 890 residents in the 2021 Census, 34,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 8,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of São Pedro do Sul.

Population (inh.)
  • 258 – 466
  • 508 – 654
  • 660 – 872
  • 878 – 1.384
  • 1.413 – 5.497
Density (inh./km²)
  • 4,8 – 16,8
  • 23,9 – 32,3
  • 47,8 – 49,1
  • 67,3 – 85,4
  • 114,4 – 243,8
Area (km²)
  • 3,2 – 11,9
  • 13,2 – 14,7
  • 20,8 – 23,9
  • 28,9 – 43,7
  • 52,4 – 53,7
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 São Pedro do Sul

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Bordonhos5085,9585,4
2Figueiredo de Alva72114,6949,1
3Manhouce46640,4111,5
4Pindelo dos Milagres57123,9023,9
5Pinho65413,6448,0
6Serrazes89013,2367,3
7Sul87852,4116,8
8São Félix3653,19114,4
9União das freguesias de Carvalhais e Candal1.41343,7332,3
10União das freguesias de Santa Cruz da Trapa e São Cristóvão de Lafões1.38428,9447,8
11União das freguesias de São Martinho das Moitas e Covas do Rio25853,684,8
12União das freguesias de São Pedro do Sul, Várzea e Baiões5.49722,55243,8
13Valadares66020,7631,8
14Vila Maior87211,8773,5
Code (DTMNFR)
181615
Resident population (2021)
890
Area
13,23 km²
Density
67,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th 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
412 (46,3%)
Women
478 (53,7%)
Portuguese nationality
883 (99,2%)
Foreign nationality
7 (0,8%)
Ageing index
327,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
368
Average household size *
2,42 people
Dwellings
688
Classic family dwellings
687
Buildings
686
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,4% (75)
Unemployment rate *
8,96% (H 5,58% · M 13,13%)
Active / employed population
357 / 325

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 94 (10,6%); 15-24 years: 78 (8,8%); 25-64 years: 410 (46,1%); 65+ years: 308 (34,6%)0-1494 · 10,6%15-2478 · 8,8%25-64410 · 46,1%65+308 · 34,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (890).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years944351
15-24 years783345
25-64 years410202208
65+ years308134174

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 Santa Cruz da Trapa e São Cristóvão de Lafões · União das freguesias de São Pedro do Sul, Várzea e Baiões · União das freguesias de Vouzela e Paços de Vilharigues (Vouzela) · Bordonhos · União das freguesias de Oliveira de Frades, Souto de Lafões e Sejães (Oliveira de Frades) · São Vicente de Lafões (Oliveira de Frades)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of São Pedro do Sul
8,0 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
884
Voters
595
Turnout
67,31% (2021: 66,30%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		39065,55%5
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		18831,60%2
Blank votes91,51%
Null votes81,34%

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 prata, polvilhado de memorias de negro, com eucalipto arrancado de verde. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "Serrazes".

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

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Serrazes - S. Pedro do Sul".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 780/2007, Diário da República n.º 182/2007, Série II de 2007-09-20 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Serrazes). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Estrada Principal, N.º 327
Serrazes (SÃO PEDRO DO SUL)
3660-606 SERRAZES
Telephone
232724312
Fax
232738495
Email
freguesiaserrazes@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,74889, -8,11778
Wikipedia
Serrazes
Wikidata
Q111944

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