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Guiães

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

Guiães had 384 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 14,0 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)
171410
Resident population (2021)
384
Area
8,57 km²
Density
44,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
0,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
20th of 20

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
187 (48,7%)
Women
197 (51,3%)
Portuguese nationality
381 (99,2%)
Foreign nationality
3 (0,8%)
Ageing index
381,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
157
Average household size *
2,45 people
Dwellings
374
Classic family dwellings
374
Buildings
374
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,4% (26)
Unemployment rate *
6,54% (H 6,02% · M 7,14%)
Active / employed population
153 / 143

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 32 (8,3%); 15-24 years: 27 (7,0%); 25-64 years: 203 (52,9%); 65+ years: 122 (31,8%)0-1432 · 8,3%15-2427 · 7,0%25-64203 · 52,9%65+122 · 31,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (384).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years322012
15-24 years271215
25-64 years203100103
65+ years1225567

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 Galafura e Covelinhas (Peso da Régua) · União das freguesias de São Martinho de Antas e Paradela de Guiães (Sabrosa) · Abaças · Gouvinhas (Sabrosa)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Real
14,0 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
660
Voters
453
Turnout
68,64% (2021: 60,79%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
UPG
Unidos Por Guiães		22649,89%4
PS
Partido Socialista		22048,57%3
Blank votes10,22%
Null votes61,32%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: UPG.

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 prata, com dois ramos de oliveira de verde, frutados de negro, passados em aspa, entre dois cachos de uvas de púrpura, folhados de verde; campanha diminuta de três peças ondadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "GUIÃES".

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

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Guiães - Vila Real".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 550/2020, Diário da República n.º 78/2020, Série II de 2020-04-21 (issuer: Freguesia de Guiães). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Edifício Junta de Freguesia
Guiães (VILA REAL)
5000-111 GUIÃES
Email
jfguiaes@hotmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,20889, -7,66111
Wikipedia
Guiães
Wikidata
Q979127

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