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São Pedro da Afurada

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

São Pedro da Afurada had 3.717 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 34,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 9,2 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)
131742
Resident population (2021)
3.717
Area
1,00 km²
Density
3.717,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
20th 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
1.767 (47,5%)
Women
1.950 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
3.493 (94,0%)
Foreign nationality
224 (6,0%)
Ageing index
165,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.706
Dwellings
2.122
Classic family dwellings
2.120
Buildings
647
Buildings with 7 or more floors
26
With higher education (15+)
34,8% (1.135)
Unemployment rate †
11,24%
Active / employed population
1.832 / 1.626

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 457 (12,3%); 15-24 years: 328 (8,8%); 25-64 years: 2.177 (58,6%); 65+ years: 755 (20,3%)0-14457 · 12,3%15-24328 · 8,8%25-642.177 · 58,6%65+755 · 20,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.717).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years457233224
15-24 years328167161
25-64 years2.1771.0421.135
65+ years755325430

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

União das freguesias de Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos (Porto) · Santa Marinha · Canidelo

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia
9,2 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
3.069
Voters
1.766
Turnout
57,54%
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
GAIA SEMPRE NA FRENTE		96054,36%6
PS
Partido Socialista		58232,96%3
CH
CHEGA		1086,12%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		563,17%0
Blank votes372,10%
Null votes231,30%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL.

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 azul, duas chaves passadas em aspa, uma de ouro e outra de prata, com os palhetões para cima, atadas de vermelho: campanha ondada de cinco tiras ondadas de prata, verde, prata, azul e prata, sendo as de esmalte carregadas respectivamente de dois e um peixe de prata. Coroa de mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "S. PEDRO DA AFURADA".

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

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda:"Junta de Freguesia de S. Pedro da Afurada - Vila Nova de Gaia".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 208/2008, Diário da República n.º 45/2008, Série II de 2008-03-04 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de São Pedro da Afurada). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo Padre Joaquim de Araújo, S/N
São Pedro da Afurada
4400-602 Vila Nova de Gaia
Email
geral@jf-afurada.pt

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

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