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Vilar de Andorinho

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

Vilar de Andorinho had 18.003 residents in the 2021 Census, 18,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 2,9 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)
131723
Resident population (2021)
18.003
Area
7,07 km²
Density
2.546,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th 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
8.532 (47,4%)
Women
9.471 (52,6%)
Portuguese nationality
17.351 (96,4%)
Foreign nationality
652 (3,6%)
Ageing index
138,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
6.918
Average household size *
2,59 people
Dwellings
7.921
Classic family dwellings
7.919
Buildings
2.537
Buildings with 7 or more floors
161
With higher education (15+)
12,8% (2.005)
Unemployment rate *
14,63% (H 13,29% · M 15,93%)
Active / employed population
8.667 / 7.399

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.363 (13,1%); 15-24 years: 2.173 (12,1%); 25-64 years: 10.186 (56,6%); 65+ years: 3.281 (18,2%)0-142.363 · 13,1%15-242.173 · 12,1%25-6410.186 · 56,6%65+3.281 · 18,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (18.003).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.3631.1991.164
15-24 years2.1731.0981.075
25-64 years10.1864.7865.400
65+ years3.2811.4491.832

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

Pedroso · Avintes · Oliveira do Douro · Mafamude · Canelas

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia
2,9 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
15.125
Voters
7.876
Turnout
52,07% (2021: 43,81%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		3.18840,48%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
GAIA SEMPRE NA FRENTE		2.17627,63%4
CH
CHEGA		1.43018,16%3
BE + L
BLOCO + LIVRE		4195,32%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		3234,10%0
Blank votes1632,07%
Null votes1772,25%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Praceta Escultor Alves Sousa
Vilar de Andorinho (VILA NOVA DE GAIA)
4430-392 VILAR DE ANDIRINHO
Telephone
227820631
Fax
227836629
Email
geral@jf-vilardeandorinho.pt
Website
www.jf-vilardeandorinho.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,10159, -8,57541
Wikipedia
Vilar de Andorinho
Wikidata
Q2229479

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