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União das freguesias de Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago)

Parish of the municipality of Trofa (Trofa), district of Porto.

União das freguesias de Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago) had 21.374 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 10 parishes and its centroid is 2,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Trofa.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.463 – 1.642
  • 1.838
  • 3.127
  • 9.147
  • 21.374
Density (inh./km²)
  • 96,1 – 347,2
  • 364,0
  • 426,0
  • 745,0
  • 833,8
Area (km²)
  • 4,7 – 5,1
  • 7,3
  • 11,0
  • 15,2
  • 28,7
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 6 parishes of Trofa

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvarelhos3.1277,34426,0
2Covelas1.46315,2296,1
3Guidões1.6424,73347,2
4Muro1.8385,05364,0
5União das freguesias de Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago)21.37428,69745,0
6União das freguesias de Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede)9.14710,97833,8
Code (DTMNFR)
131810
Resident population (2021)
21.374
Area
28,69 km²
Density
745,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
55,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 6

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago)”.

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
10.156 (47,5%)
Women
11.218 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
20.724 (97,0%)
Foreign nationality
650 (3,0%)
Ageing index
164,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
7.929
Average household size *
2,68 people
Dwellings
9.014
Classic family dwellings
9.007
Buildings
5.011
Buildings with 7 or more floors
116
With higher education (15+)
15,3% (2.875)
Unemployment rate *
7,86% (H 5,43% · M 10,39%)
Active / employed population
11.047 / 10.179

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.601 (12,2%); 15-24 years: 2.346 (11,0%); 25-64 years: 12.150 (56,8%); 65+ years: 4.277 (20,0%)0-142.601 · 12,2%15-242.346 · 11,0%25-6412.150 · 56,8%65+4.277 · 20,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (21.374).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.6011.2811.320
15-24 years2.3461.1901.156
25-64 years12.1505.7786.372
65+ years4.2771.9072.370

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

Covelas · União das freguesias de Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães (Santo Tirso) · Ribeirão (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Fradelos (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Lousado (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Muro · Alvarelhos · Guidões · União das freguesias de Bagunte, Ferreiró, Outeiro Maior e Parada (Vila do Conde) · União das freguesias de Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Trofa
2,1 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
18.430
Voters
12.387
Turnout
67,21% (2021: 61,48%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Unidos pela Trofa		3.94431,84%5
PS-PAN-L
TROFA EM PRIMEIRO		3.50728,31%4
TDT
A Trofa é de Todos		3.04824,61%3
CH
CHEGA		9487,65%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		3662,95%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1981,60%0
Blank votes2271,83%
Null votes1491,20%

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

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 de Paradela, N.º 294
S. Martinho de Bougado (TROFA)
4785-342 TROFA
Telephone
252409090
Fax
252409099
Email
geral@jfbougado-trofa.pt
Website
www.jfbougado.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,35000, -8,55000
Wikipedia
Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago)
Wikidata
Q17488180

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