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União das freguesias de Campos e Vila Meã

Parish of the municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira (Vila Nova de Cerveira), district of Viana do Castelo.

União das freguesias de Campos e Vila Meã had 1.751 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 6,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira.

Population (inh.)
  • 273 – 330
  • 489 – 497
  • 603 – 834
  • 909 – 1.142
  • 1.751 – 1.780
Density (inh./km²)
  • 21,1 – 33,5
  • 49,1 – 58,1
  • 79,4 – 127,2
  • 132,5 – 161,9
  • 199,9 – 258,0
Area (km²)
  • 4,7 – 6,2
  • 6,7 – 6,9
  • 6,9 – 8,8
  • 9,0 – 10,8
  • 14,8 – 28,6
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 11 parishes of Vila Nova de Cerveira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Cornes4896,1679,4
2Covas60328,6021,1
3Gondarém9096,86132,5
4Loivo8345,15161,9
5Mentrestido2734,7058,1
6Sapardos3306,7249,1
7Sopo49714,8233,5
8União das freguesias de Campos e Vila Meã1.7518,76199,9
9União das freguesias de Candemil e Gondar31310,8228,9
10União das freguesias de Reboreda e Nogueira1.1428,98127,2
11União das freguesias de Vila Nova de Cerveira e Lovelhe1.7806,90258,0
Code (DTMNFR)
161016
Resident population (2021)
1.751
Area
8,76 km²
Density
199,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
19,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 11

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Campos e Vila Meã”.

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
929 (53,1%)
Women
822 (46,9%)
Portuguese nationality
1.492 (85,2%)
Foreign nationality
259 (14,8%)
Ageing index
167,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
665
Average household size *
2,63 people
Dwellings
920
Classic family dwellings
919
Buildings
862
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,5% (223)
Unemployment rate *
5,09% (H 3,37% · M 7,44%)
Active / employed population
924 / 877

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 215 (12,3%); 15-24 years: 185 (10,6%); 25-64 years: 990 (56,5%); 65+ years: 361 (20,6%)0-14215 · 12,3%15-24185 · 10,6%25-64990 · 56,5%65+361 · 20,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.751).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years215112103
15-24 years18511570
25-64 years990543447
65+ years361159202

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 Reboreda e Nogueira · São Pedro da Torre (Valença) · Cornes

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira
6,4 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
1.404
Voters
954
Turnout
67,95% (2021: 69,31%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
ICVM
Independentes Campos e Vila Meã		41843,82%4
PS
Partido Socialista		39541,40%4
CH
CHEGA		949,85%1
Blank votes313,25%
Null votes161,68%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: ICVM.

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 ouro, palma de verde, posta em faixa, e duas rodas dentadas de vermelho, tudo alinhado em roquete; campanha ondada de três tiras ondadas de azul e prata, a segunda carregada de dois peixes de vermelho, animados de ouro, afrontados. Coroa mural de prata com três torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas, "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CAMPOS E VILA MEÃ".

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

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Campos e Vila Meã.

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 103/2015, Diário da República n.º 24/2015, Série II de 2015-02-04 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Campos e Vila Meã). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Av. da Escola n.º 2
Campos (VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA)
4920-002 CAMPOS
Telephone
251795204
Email
camposevilamea@gmail.com
Website
www.campos-vilamea.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,97480, -8,70150
Official website
campos-vilamea.com
Wikipedia
Campos e Vila Meã
Wikidata
Q19608468

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