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Madalena

Parish of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia (Vila Nova de Gaia), district of Porto.

Madalena had 10.551 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 24,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 6,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.392 – 3.717
  • 5.461 – 10.551
  • 10.626 – 13.560
  • 13.918 – 18.409
  • 22.615 – 38.859
Density (inh./km²)
  • 333,4 – 838,6
  • 937,9 – 1.228,6
  • 1.253,1 – 2.073,5
  • 2.132,4 – 2.999,3
  • 3.141,6 – 7.359,7
Area (km²)
  • 1,0 – 4,7
  • 5,1 – 5,5
  • 5,9 – 7,5
  • 7,8 – 8,8
  • 8,9 – 19,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 24 parishes of Vila Nova de Gaia

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Arcozelo15.1448,501.781,7
2Avintes10.8368,821.228,6
3Canelas13.9186,902.017,1
4Canidelo28.0548,933.141,6
5Crestuma2.3734,68507,1
6Grijó10.62611,33937,9
7Gulpilhares11.6645,472.132,4
8Lever2.6147,84333,4
9Madalena10.5514,692.249,7
10Mafamude38.8595,287.359,7
11Olival5.5088,07682,5
12Oliveira do Douro22.6157,542.999,3
13Pedroso18.40919,43947,5
14Perosinho6.1425,291.161,1
15Sandim5.46113,56402,7
16Santa Marinha30.3155,925.120,8
17Seixezelo1.8171,451.253,1
18Sermonde1.3921,66838,6
19Serzedo7.6036,681.138,2
20São Félix da Marinha13.5607,931.710,0
21São Pedro da Afurada3.7171,003.717,0
22Valadares10.6585,142.073,5
23Vilar de Andorinho18.0037,072.546,4
24Vilar do Paraíso13.9855,302.638,7
Code (DTMNFR)
131709
Resident population (2021)
10.551
Area
4,69 km²
Density
2.249,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
15th of 24

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
5.045 (47,8%)
Women
5.506 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
10.323 (97,8%)
Foreign nationality
228 (2,2%)
Ageing index
167,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
4.176
Average household size *
2,51 people
Dwellings
5.186
Classic family dwellings
5.182
Buildings
3.251
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
24,5% (2.238)
Unemployment rate *
10,68% (H 9,99% · M 11,39%)
Active / employed population
5.000 / 4.466

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.410 (13,4%); 15-24 years: 1.083 (10,3%); 25-64 years: 5.698 (54,0%); 65+ years: 2.360 (22,4%)0-141.410 · 13,4%15-241.083 · 10,3%25-645.698 · 54,0%65+2.360 · 22,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (10.551).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.410752658
15-24 years1.083523560
25-64 years5.6982.7462.952
65+ years2.3601.0241.336

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

Valadares · Canidelo · Vilar do Paraíso · Santa Marinha

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia
6,5 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
9.810
Voters
5.596
Turnout
57,04% (2021: 49,93%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.57345,98%7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
GAIA SEMPRE NA FRENTE		1.97135,22%5
CH
CHEGA		5479,77%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2975,31%0
Blank votes1282,29%
Null votes801,43%

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 verde, sol de ouro, acompanhado em chefe à dextra de um faço e à sinistra de uma lira, ambos de ouro; pé ondado de prata e verde de três tiras. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel, com a legenda a negro: "MADALENA - VILA NOVA DE GAIA".

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

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia da Madalena - Vila Nova de Gaia".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 341/2010, Diário da República n.º 71/2010, Série II de 2010-04-13 (issuer: Freguesia de Madalena). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Av. Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, 138
MADALENA VNG
4405-732 VILA NOVA DE GAIA
Telephone
227151170
Fax
227151179
Email
geral@jf-madalena.pt
Website
www.jf-madalena.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,10633, -8,64295
Wikipedia
Madalena (Vila Nova de Gaia)
Wikidata
Q1883167

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