Vila Fria

Parish of the municipality of Viana do Castelo (Viana do Castelo), district of Viana do Castelo.

Vila Fria had 1.242 residents in the 2021 Census, 24,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 6,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Viana do Castelo.

Population (inh.)

231 – 1.048
1.060 – 1.422
1.433 – 2.064
2.250 – 3.044
3.447 – 25.157

Density (inh./km²)

20,1 – 81,0
116,6 – 159,7
172,0 – 270,3
273,9 – 342,3
391,8 – 1.756,8

Area (km²)

3,3 – 6,2
6,3 – 7,2
7,4 – 9,6
11,8 – 14,2
14,3 – 27,4

Quantile classes · current parish

Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 30 parishes of Viana do Castelo

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Afife	1.519	13,03	116,6
2	Alvarães	2.462	9,11	270,3
3	Amonde	231	6,25	37,0
4	Anha	2.257	9,40	240,1
5	Areosa	4.698	14,11	333,0
6	Barroselas	3.723	6,59	565,0
7	Cardielos	1.208	4,41	273,9
8	Carreço	1.737	14,20	122,3
9	Carvoeiro	978	12,08	81,0
10	Castelo do Neiva	2.719	6,94	391,8
11	Chafé	3.447	7,85	439,1
12	Darque	8.002	9,01	888,1
13	Freixieiro de Soutelo	465	11,78	39,5
14	Lanheses	1.517	9,60	158,0
15	Mazarefes	1.252	4,06	308,4
16	Montaria	450	22,43	20,1
17	Mujães	1.422	4,90	290,2
18	Outeiro	1.060	18,83	56,3
19	Perre	2.772	13,09	211,8
20	Santa Marta de Portuzelo	3.901	7,41	526,5
21	Serreleis	942	3,27	288,1
22	São Romão de Neiva	1.048	7,02	149,3
23	União das freguesias de Geraz do Lima (Santa Maria, Santa Leocádia e Moreira) e Deão	3.044	19,06	159,7
24	União das freguesias de Nogueira, Meixedo e Vilar de Murteda	1.433	27,41	52,3
25	União das freguesias de Subportela, Deocriste e Portela Susã	2.250	17,10	131,6
26	União das freguesias de Torre e Vila Mou	1.092	6,35	172,0
27	União das freguesias de Viana do Castelo (Santa Maria Maior e Monserrate) e Meadela	25.157	14,32	1.756,8
28	Vila Franca	1.686	7,15	235,8
29	Vila Fria	1.242	6,23	199,4
30	Vila de Punhe	2.064	6,03	342,3

Code (DTMNFR): 160954
Resident population (2021): 1.242
Area: 6,23 km²
Density: 199,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,4%
Rank in the municipality (population): 21st of 30

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: 608 (49,0%)
Women: 634 (51,0%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.234 (99,4%)
Foreign nationality: 8 (0,6%)
Ageing index: 198,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 431
Dwellings: 607
Classic family dwellings: 606
Buildings: 601
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 8,7% (95)
Unemployment rate †: 6,42%
Active / employed population: 530 / 496

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.242).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	156	79	77
15-24 years	120	69	51
25-64 years	657	318	339
65+ years	309	142	167

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Alvarães · Mazarefes · Vila de Punhe · Vila Franca · Anha · Chafé

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Viana do Castelo: 6,2 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: 1.278
Voters: 868
Turnout: 67,92%
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	415	47,81%	5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS	348	40,09%	4
CH CHEGA	76	8,76%	0
Blank votes	14	1,61%
Null votes	15	1,73%

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, arado de vermelho com lâmina de negro, entre três espigas de milho de ouro, folhadas de verde, uma em chefe e duas nos flancos; em campanha, ponte antiga de um arco, de negro, lavrada de prata, movente dos flancos e de um pé ondado de três tiras de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "Vila Fria - Felgueiras".
Flag: vermelha. Cordão e borlas de ouro e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.
Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Vila Fria - Felgueiras".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital (extracto) n.º 996/2009, Diário da República n.º 188/2009, Série II de 2009-09-28 (issuer: Freguesia de Vila Fria). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Av. da Igreja nº 298
Vila Fria
4935-837 Vila Fria
Email: geral@jf-vilafria.pt

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 51 schools in the municipality of Viana do Castelo. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 51.

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4 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Praça General Barbosa, Apartado 51 4901-909
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo - Escola Superior de Educação — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Avenida Capitão Gaspar de Castro, Apartado 513 4901-908
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo - Escola Superior de Saúde — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua D. Moisés Alves de Pinho 4900-314
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Avenida do Atlântico, Apartado 574 4900-348

See in the catalogue

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Ponte de Lima / Escola Agrícola (IPMA no. 615), 19,4 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	9,1	14,4	3,8	223,1
Feb	9,9	15,8	4,0	138,8
Mar	12,3	18,4	6,3	145,1
Apr	13,7	19,7	7,6	136,3
May	16,4	22,6	10,2	105,9
Jun	19,2	25,8	12,7	47,2
Jul	21,1	28,1	14,0	29,9
Aug	21,1	28,6	13,6	39,4
Sep	19,2	26,3	12,0	73,3
Oct	16,2	22,0	10,3	202,6
Nov	12,0	17,2	6,9	219,5
Dec	9,9	15,1	4,8	231,4
Year	15,0	—	—	1.592,5

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 40,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Viana do Castelo the median value in 2025 is 7,51 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 4935-837 (Av. da Igreja nº 298, Vila Fria, 4935-837 Vila Fria).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Viana do Castelo): 258. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database.

Public bodies

Junta de Vila Fria — Av. da Igreja nº 298, Vila Fria, 4935-837 Vila Fria · 4935-837 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Viana do Castelo — Presidente: Luís Nobre · Passeio das Mordomas da Romaria, 4904-877 Viana do Castelo · 4904-877 · 258809300 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-viana-castelo.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Viana do Castelo

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026