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Louredo

Parish of the municipality of Vieira do Minho (Vieira do Minho), district of Braga.

Louredo had 394 residents in the 2021 Census, 36,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 5,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vieira do Minho.

Population (inh.)
  • 343 – 394
  • 400 – 565
  • 577 – 688
  • 740 – 887
  • 898 – 2.372
Density (inh./km²)
  • 17,6 – 41,0
  • 42,3 – 51,8
  • 51,9 – 63,6
  • 64,1 – 80,0
  • 91,6 – 329,9
Area (km²)
  • 5,6 – 7,7
  • 8,2 – 8,7
  • 9,0 – 10,3
  • 10,8 – 11,5
  • 25,0 – 44,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Vieira do Minho

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Cantelães74011,5464,1
2Eira Vedra6165,59110,2
3Guilhofrei89811,2380,0
4Louredo3947,6151,8
5Mosteiro68810,8263,6
6Parada de Bouro4007,7151,9
7Pinheiro37210,2736,2
8Rossas1.46831,5746,5
9Salamonde3438,3741,0
10Tabuaças8879,6891,6
11União das freguesias de Anissó e Soutelo3458,1542,3
12União das freguesias de Anjos e Vilar do Chão56524,9922,6
13União das freguesias de Caniçada e Soengas5178,9957,5
14União das freguesias de Ruivães e Campos77344,0317,6
15União das freguesias de Ventosa e Cova5778,7066,3
16Vieira do Minho2.3727,19329,9
Code (DTMNFR)
031109
Resident population (2021)
394
Area
7,61 km²
Density
51,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
13th of 16

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
199 (50,5%)
Women
195 (49,5%)
Portuguese nationality
392 (99,5%)
Foreign nationality
2 (0,5%)
Ageing index
313,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
171
Average household size *
2,30 people
Dwellings
287
Classic family dwellings
287
Buildings
283
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,2% (18)
Unemployment rate *
12,38% (H 4,84% · M 23,26%)
Active / employed population
105 / 92

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 46 (11,7%); 15-24 years: 22 (5,6%); 25-64 years: 182 (46,2%); 65+ years: 144 (36,5%)0-1446 · 11,7%15-2422 · 5,6%25-64182 · 46,2%65+144 · 36,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (394).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years462818
15-24 years221210
25-64 years18210082
65+ years1445985

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

Salamonde · Vilar da Veiga (Terras de Bouro) · União das freguesias de Ventosa e Cova · Cantelães · Cabril (Montalegre) · Eira Vedra

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vieira do Minho
5,3 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
415
Voters
278
Turnout
66,99% (2021: 68,98%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		20674,10%7
Blank votes5419,42%
Null votes186,47%

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, dois loureiros arrancados, de prata, alinhados em faixa; em chefe, rosa de ouro, botoada e realçada de vermelho; campanha diminuta de três tiras ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "Louredo - Vieira Do Minho".

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

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Louredo - Vieira do Minho".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 234/2008, Diário da República n.º 51/2008, Série II de 2008-03-12 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Louredo). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Lugar do Cubo, Cx. N.º 40
Louredo (VIEIRA DO MINHO)
4850-214 LOUREDO
Email
juntaf.louredo@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,67944, -8,12806
Wikipedia
Louredo (Vieira do Minho)
Wikidata
Q1812861

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