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Lamosa

Parish of the municipality of Sernancelhe (Sernancelhe), district of Viseu.

Lamosa had 179 residents in the 2021 Census, 44,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 10,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Sernancelhe.

Population (inh.)
  • 160 – 187
  • 249 – 282
  • 323 – 364
  • 420 – 468
  • 614 – 1.755
Density (inh./km²)
  • 8,8 – 18,1
  • 19,0 – 20,5
  • 21,3 – 23,6
  • 25,7 – 36,7
  • 39,2 – 44,1
Area (km²)
  • 3,6 – 12,8
  • 13,2 – 13,8
  • 14,1 – 17,0
  • 19,9 – 21,3
  • 22,4 – 44,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 13 parishes of Sernancelhe

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Arnas18721,258,8
2Carregal42020,7720,2
3Chosendo26711,3023,6
4Cunha32317,0219,0
5Faia1603,6344,1
6Granjal28213,7320,5
7Lamosa17913,2213,5
8Quintela24913,7718,1
9União das freguesias de Ferreirim e Macieira61422,3727,5
10União das freguesias de Fonte Arcada e Escurquela42419,8721,3
11União das freguesias de Penso e Freixinho36414,1425,7
12União das freguesias de Sernancelhe e Sarzeda1.75544,7839,2
13Vila da Ponte46812,7736,7
Code (DTMNFR)
181811
Resident population (2021)
179
Area
13,22 km²
Density
13,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
12th of 13

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
89 (49,7%)
Women
90 (50,3%)
Portuguese nationality
170 (95,0%)
Foreign nationality
9 (5,0%)
Ageing index
571,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
72
Average household size *
2,18 people
Dwellings
175
Classic family dwellings
173
Buildings
175
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,9% (13)
Unemployment rate *
4,17% (H 0,00% · M 8,70%)
Active / employed population
48 / 46

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 14 (7,8%); 15-24 years: 3 (1,7%); 25-64 years: 82 (45,8%); 65+ years: 80 (44,7%)0-1414 · 7,8%15-243 · 1,7%25-6482 · 45,8%65+80 · 44,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (179).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1486
15-24 years303
25-64 years824141
65+ years804040

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 Peva e Segões (Moimenta da Beira) · Carregal · Caria (Moimenta da Beira) · Quintela · União das freguesias de Águas Boas e Forles (Sátão)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Sernancelhe
10,3 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
215
Voters
197
Turnout
91,63% (2021: 79,01%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		10452,79%4
DL
DINAMIZAR LAMOSA		9146,19%3
Blank votes00,00%
Null votes21,02%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

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 verde, burela ondada de azul, perfilada de prata, em faixa, acompanhada em chefe de armação de moinho de prata, armada e cordoada de ouro, entre duas espigas de trigo de ouro e, em campanha, de três espigas de trigo do mesmo. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "LAMOSA".

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

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda «Junta de Freguesia de Lamosa - Sernancelhe».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 132/2011, Diário da República n.º 24/2011, Série II de 2011-02-03 (issuer: Freguesia de Lamosa). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Freguesia de Lamosa
Lamosa
3640-140 LAMOSA
Email
freguesiadelamosa@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,88528, -7,62028
Wikipedia
Lamosa
Wikidata
Q111491

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