União das freguesias de Pena, Quintã e Vila Cova

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

União das freguesias de Pena, Quintã e Vila Cova had 713 residents in the 2021 Census, 36,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 8,6 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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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Abaças	836	18,87	44,3
2	Andrães	1.373	20,47	67,1
3	Arroios	1.059	2,89	366,4
4	Campeã	1.226	24,05	51,0
5	Folhadela	2.163	16,06	134,7
6	Guiães	384	8,57	44,8
7	Lordelo	3.227	5,16	625,4
8	Mateus	3.539	4,14	854,8
9	Mondrões	948	11,04	85,9
10	Parada de Cunhos	1.724	7,04	244,9
11	Torgueda	1.234	14,43	85,5
12	União das freguesias de Adoufe e Vilarinho de Samardã	2.658	37,76	70,4
13	União das freguesias de Borbela e Lamas de Olo	2.890	41,28	70,0
14	União das freguesias de Constantim e Vale de Nogueiras	1.730	26,01	66,5
15	União das freguesias de Mouçós e Lamares	3.182	32,24	98,7
16	União das freguesias de Nogueira e Ermida	759	11,96	63,5
17	União das freguesias de Pena, Quintã e Vila Cova	713	24,98	28,5
18	União das freguesias de São Tomé do Castelo e Justes	1.066	41,56	25,7
19	Vila Marim	1.517	23,21	65,4
20	Vila Real	17.343	7,09	2.446,1

Code (DTMNFR): 171436
Resident population (2021): 713
Area: 24,98 km²
Density: 28,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,4%
Rank in the municipality (population): 19th of 20

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Pena, Quintã e Vila Cova”.

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: 338 (47,4%)
Women: 375 (52,6%)
Portuguese nationality: 710 (99,6%)
Foreign nationality: 3 (0,4%)
Ageing index: 503,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 306
Average household size *: 2,33 people
Dwellings: 652
Classic family dwellings: 652
Buildings: 650
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 11,0% (73)
Unemployment rate *: 7,72% (H 8,51% · M 6,78%)
Active / employed population: 259 / 239

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (713).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	51	29	22
15-24 years	53	26	27
25-64 years	352	169	183
65+ years	257	114	143

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

Mondrões · Campeã · Torgueda · União das freguesias de Ermelo e Pardelhas (Mondim de Basto) · Vila Marim

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Real: 8,6 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: 889
Voters: 560
Turnout: 62,99% (2021: 57,08%)
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PQVCS Pena, Quintã e Vila Cova, Sempre	358	63,93%	5
PPD/PSD Partido Social Democrata	188	33,57%	2
Blank votes	9	1,61%
Null votes	5	0,89%

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

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 Central,
Pena (VILA REAL)
5000-483 Pena
Email: jf.pena.quinta.vilacova@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,30705, -7,84330
Official website: www.cm-vilareal.pt/index.php/freguesias/item/56-uniao-das-freguesias-de-pena-quinta-e-vila-cova
Wikipedia: Pena, Quintã e Vila Cova
Wikidata: Q17294222

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 27 schools in the municipality of Vila Real. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

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6 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Quinta de Prados, Apartado 1013 5001-801 · 259350000
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Escola Superior de Saúde — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Lugar do Tojal - Lordelo 5000-232 · 259350966;259350964
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Quinta de Prados, Apartado 1013 5001-801 · 259350473
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Escola de Ciências Humanas e Sociais — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Quinta de Prados 5001-801 · 259350120
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Quinta de Prados, Apartado 1013 5001-801 · 259350246
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Quinta de Prados, Apartado 1013 5001-801 · 259350356

See in the catalogue

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Vila Real (IPMA no. 567), 11,0 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	6,3	9,9	2,8	129,4
Feb	7,9	12,2	3,5	83,6
Mar	10,6	15,6	5,6	91,1
Apr	12,2	17,4	7,1	84,8
May	15,4	21,2	9,7	63,4
Jun	18,9	25,3	12,6	29,2
Jul	21,8	28,8	14,7	12,7
Aug	21,9	29,0	14,9	21,5
Sep	19,1	25,2	13,0	48,9
Oct	14,7	19,3	10,1	120,9
Nov	9,6	13,2	6,0	122,8
Dec	7,0	10,4	3,6	142,8
Year	13,8	—	—	951,2

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Trás-os-Montes, Alto Douro e Beira Interior. Station altitude: 561,5 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Vila Real the median value in 2025 is 5,83 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 5000-483 (Rua Central,, Pena (VILA REAL), 5000-483 Pena).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Vila Real): 259. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database.

Public bodies

Junta de União das freguesias de Pena, Quintã e Vila Cova — Rua Central,, Pena (VILA REAL), 5000-483 Pena · 5000-483 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Vila Real — Presidente: Alexandre Favaios · Avenida Carvalho Araújo, 5000-657 Vila Real · 5000-657 · 259308100 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-vilareal.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Vila Real

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