Cavalões

Parish of the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão (Vila Nova de Famalicão), district of Braga.

Cavalões had 1.599 residents in the 2021 Census, 18,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 5,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão.

Population (inh.)

857 – 1.651
1.660 – 2.179
2.212 – 3.019
3.141 – 3.884
3.895 – 20.928

Density (inh./km²)

176,6 – 399,8
400,3 – 549,4
565,6 – 669,7
695,6 – 961,4
1.027,8 – 2.340,9

Area (km²)

1,5 – 2,8
2,8 – 3,5
3,6 – 4,5
4,7 – 7,9
8,4 – 16,8

Quantile classes · current parish

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

The 39 parishes of Vila Nova de Famalicão

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Avidos	1.660	2,80	592,9
2	Bairro	3.196	3,35	954,0
3	Brufe	2.294	2,49	921,3
4	Cabeçudos	1.446	3,31	436,9
5	Castelões	2.083	3,53	590,1
6	Cavalões	1.599	5,45	293,4
7	Cruz	1.651	4,13	399,8
8	Delães	3.980	2,62	1.519,1
9	Esmeriz	2.170	3,95	549,4
10	Fradelos	3.895	16,80	231,9
11	Gavião	3.884	4,04	961,4
12	Gondifelos	2.675	7,93	337,3
13	Joane	7.946	7,32	1.085,5
14	Lagoa	877	1,87	469,0
15	Landim	2.838	4,51	629,3
16	Louro	2.212	4,98	444,2
17	Lousado	3.884	5,80	669,7
18	Mogege	1.874	2,87	653,0
19	Nine	3.019	4,34	695,6
20	Novais	1.129	1,45	778,6
21	Oliveira (Santa Maria)	3.279	4,52	725,4
22	Oliveira (São Mateus)	2.418	2,02	1.197,0
23	Outiz	857	3,32	258,1
24	Pedome	1.997	2,63	759,3
25	Pousada de Saramagos	2.179	2,12	1.027,8
26	Requião	3.197	7,42	430,9
27	Riba de Ave	3.191	2,76	1.156,2
28	Ribeirão	9.061	10,31	878,9
29	Ruivães	1.678	3,10	541,3
30	União das freguesias de Antas e Abade de Vermoim	8.195	5,44	1.506,4
31	União das freguesias de Arnoso (Santa Maria e Santa Eulália) e Sezures	3.527	8,81	400,3
32	União das freguesias de Carreira e Bente	2.352	3,58	657,0
33	União das freguesias de Lemenhe, Mouquim e Jesufrei	3.141	9,83	319,5
34	União das freguesias de Seide	1.514	2,85	531,2
35	União das freguesias de Vale (São Cosme), Telhado e Portela	5.240	13,69	382,8
36	União das freguesias de Vila Nova de Famalicão e Calendário	20.928	8,94	2.340,9
37	Vale (São Martinho)	2.036	3,60	565,6
38	Vermoim	2.947	4,71	625,7
39	Vilarinho das Cambas	1.485	8,41	176,6

Code (DTMNFR): 031263
Resident population (2021): 1.599
Area: 5,45 km²
Density: 293,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,2%
Rank in the municipality (population): 33rd of 39

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: 769 (48,1%)
Women: 830 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.568 (98,1%)
Foreign nationality: 31 (1,9%)
Ageing index: 167,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 550
Dwellings: 664
Classic family dwellings: 662
Buildings: 582
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 12,3% (174)
Unemployment rate †: 7,46%
Active / employed population: 804 / 744

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.599).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	180	90	90
15-24 years	197	95	102
25-64 years	920	456	464
65+ years	302	128	174

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

Outiz · Gondifelos · União das freguesias de Viatodos, Grimancelos, Minhotães e Monte de Fralães (Barcelos) · Vilarinho das Cambas · Louro

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão: 5,8 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: 1.549
Voters: 1.122
Turnout: 72,43%
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP MAIS AÇÃO. MAIS FAMALICÃO	724	64,53%	6
PS Partido Socialista	333	29,68%	3
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	23	2,05%	0
Blank votes	22	1,96%
Null votes	20	1,78%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de ouro, dois cavalos brincões de negro, o da dextra volvida; movente dos flancos e de campanha diminuta ondada de azul, prata e azul, uma ponte românica de dois arcos, de vermelho, lavrada de prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «CAVALÕES»
Flag: azul. Cordão e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lança de ouro
Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Cavalões - Vila Nova de Famalicão».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital, Diário da República n.º 232/2006, Parte Especial, Série II de 2006-12-04 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Cavalões). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Rua Bispo D. Luis Almeida nº 375
Cavalões
4760-426 Cavalões
Email: jfcavaloes@gmail.com

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 67 schools in the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 67.

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

Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte - CESPU - Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave — Ensino Superior Privado - Politécnico · Rua José António Vidal, n.º81 4760-038
Universidade Lusíada - Centro Universitário Lusíada - Norte (campus de Vila Nova de Famalicão) — Ensino Superior Privado - Universitário · Largo Tinoco de Sousa, s/n 4760-108 · 252309200

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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

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Antas — Horário: 2ª a 5ª das 09:30 às 12:15 e das 14:30 às 18,15; 6ª das 09:30 às 12:15 e das 14:30 às 16:15; Localidade na fonte: Antas e Abade de Vermoim · R, Frei Bartolomeu dos Mártires 4760-037 Antas e Abade de Vermoim 4760-037
Espaço Cidadão de Arnoso — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 19:00; Localidade na fonte: Santa Maria de Arnoso · Avenida do Altinho, n,º 261 4770-522 Vila Nova de Famalicão 4770-522
Espaço Cidadão de Oliveira de Santa Maria — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:30; Localidade na fonte: Oliveira Santa Maria · Urbanização de Sestelo, nº 183 4765-334 Vila Nova de Famalicão 4765-334
Espaço Cidadão de Vale S, Martinho — Horário: 2ª a 5ª das 15,30 às 19,30; 6ª das 9,30 às 11,00; Localidade na fonte: Vale S, Martinho · Praceta da Escola nº 21 4770-611 Vale S, Martinho 4770-611

There are 21 in the municipality in total.

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Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Braga / Merelim (IPMA no. 622), 20,6 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	8,6	14,1	3,1	179,5
Feb	9,5	15,5	3,4	111,1
Mar	11,9	17,8	5,9	150,1
Apr	13,7	19,6	7,8	127,9
May	16,7	23,0	10,4	89,8
Jun	19,7	26,1	13,2	40,6
Jul	21,2	28,2	14,3	27,9
Aug	21,4	28,7	14,0	34,6
Sep	19,7	26,9	12,4	67,6
Oct	16,1	22,2	10,1	197,8
Nov	11,5	17,0	6,0	170,1
Dec	9,3	14,9	3,7	190,3
Year	14,9	—	—	1.387,3

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 68,4 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 Vila Nova de Famalicão the median value in 2025 is 6,56 €/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: 4760-426 (Rua Bispo D. Luis Almeida nº 375, Cavalões, 4760-426 Cavalões).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Braga): 253. It is not exclusive to this parish.

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Public bodies

Junta de Cavalões — Rua Bispo D. Luis Almeida nº 375, Cavalões, 4760-426 Cavalões · 4760-426 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Famalicão — Presidente: Mário Sousa Passos · Praça Álvaro Marques, 4764-502 Vila Nova de Famalicão · 4764-502 · 252320900 · [email protected] · https://www.famalicao.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Vila Nova de Famalicão

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