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União das freguesias de Constantim e Vale de Nogueiras

Parish of the municipality of Vila Real (Vila Real), district of Vila Real.

União das freguesias de Constantim e Vale de Nogueiras had 1.730 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 6,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Real.

Population (inh.)
  • 384 – 836
  • 948 – 1.226
  • 1.234 – 1.724
  • 1.730 – 2.890
  • 3.182 – 17.343
Density (inh./km²)
  • 25,7 – 44,8
  • 51,0 – 66,5
  • 67,1 – 85,5
  • 85,9 – 244,9
  • 366,4 – 2.446,1
Area (km²)
  • 2,9 – 7,0
  • 7,1 – 12,0
  • 14,4 – 20,5
  • 23,2 – 26,0
  • 32,2 – 41,6
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 20 parishes of Vila Real

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Abaças83618,8744,3
2Andrães1.37320,4767,1
3Arroios1.0592,89366,4
4Campeã1.22624,0551,0
5Folhadela2.16316,06134,7
6Guiães3848,5744,8
7Lordelo3.2275,16625,4
8Mateus3.5394,14854,8
9Mondrões94811,0485,9
10Parada de Cunhos1.7247,04244,9
11Torgueda1.23414,4385,5
12União das freguesias de Adoufe e Vilarinho de Samardã2.65837,7670,4
13União das freguesias de Borbela e Lamas de Olo2.89041,2870,0
14União das freguesias de Constantim e Vale de Nogueiras1.73026,0166,5
15União das freguesias de Mouçós e Lamares3.18232,2498,7
16União das freguesias de Nogueira e Ermida75911,9663,5
17União das freguesias de Pena, Quintã e Vila Cova71324,9828,5
18União das freguesias de São Tomé do Castelo e Justes1.06641,5625,7
19Vila Marim1.51723,2165,4
20Vila Real17.3437,092.446,1
Code (DTMNFR)
171433
Resident population (2021)
1.730
Area
26,01 km²
Density
66,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th of 20

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Constantim e Vale de Nogueiras”.

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
819 (47,3%)
Women
911 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
1.701 (98,3%)
Foreign nationality
29 (1,7%)
Ageing index
217,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
661
Average household size *
2,62 people
Dwellings
1.109
Classic family dwellings
1.109
Buildings
1.079
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
16,8% (256)
Unemployment rate *
4,71% (H 3,66% · M 5,82%)
Active / employed population
743 / 708

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 210 (12,1%); 15-24 years: 168 (9,7%); 25-64 years: 896 (51,8%); 65+ years: 456 (26,4%)0-14210 · 12,1%15-24168 · 9,7%25-64896 · 51,8%65+456 · 26,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.730).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years21098112
15-24 years1688781
25-64 years896434462
65+ years456200256

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 Mouçós e Lamares · Andrães · União das freguesias de São Martinho de Antas e Paradela de Guiães (Sabrosa) · Arroios · Folhadela · São Lourenço de Ribapinhão (Sabrosa) · Mateus

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Real
6,7 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
1.850
Voters
1.262
Turnout
68,22% (2021: 61,63%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
C.-V/V.N.-F
Constantim-Vila/Vale de Nogueiras-Freguesia		46236,61%3
PS
Partido Socialista		40231,85%3
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		36629,00%3
Blank votes181,43%
Null votes141,11%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: C.-V/V.N.-F.

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
Rua do Cruzeiro, 2
Constantim
5000-081 CONSTANTIM VRL
Telephone
259326279
Email
constantim.valenogueiras@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,29098, -7,67310
Wikipedia
Constantim e Vale de Nogueiras
Wikidata
Q17294172

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