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União das freguesias da Ribeira do Neiva

Parish of the municipality of Vila Verde (Vila Verde), district of Braga.

União das freguesias da Ribeira do Neiva had 3.360 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 10 parishes and its centroid is 4,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Verde.

Population (inh.)
  • 424 – 521
  • 526 – 744
  • 823 – 1.104
  • 1.189 – 1.866
  • 1.973 – 7.376
Density (inh./km²)
  • 24,2 – 114,0
  • 118,5 – 135,4
  • 163,0 – 189,1
  • 216,4 – 357,4
  • 509,4 – 980,9
Area (km²)
  • 1,6 – 3,4
  • 3,4 – 4,4
  • 4,5 – 5,8
  • 5,8 – 9,5
  • 10,9 – 33,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 33 parishes of Vila Verde

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aboim da Nóbrega e Gondomar90214,4162,6
2Atiães5474,04135,4
3Cabanelas1.9736,74292,7
4Cervães1.85610,89170,4
5Coucieiro5264,22124,6
6Dossãos4243,35126,6
7Freiriz1.0565,84180,8
8Gême5211,60325,6
9Lage3.0544,67654,0
10Lanhas6541,83357,4
11Loureira1.1041,76627,3
12Moure1.3784,50306,2
13Oleiros1.1893,78314,6
14Parada de Gatim7073,22219,6
15Pico5162,80184,3
16Ponte4523,41132,6
17Prado (São Miguel)6535,51118,5
18Sabariz4482,07216,4
19Soutelo2.1244,17509,4
20Turiz1.8663,62515,5
21União das freguesias da Ribeira do Neiva3.36033,7699,5
22União das freguesias de Carreiras (São Miguel) e Carreiras (Santiago)8324,40189,1
23União das freguesias de Escariz (São Mamede) e Escariz (São Martinho)7445,78128,7
24União das freguesias de Esqueiros, Nevogilde e Travassós9225,02183,7
25União das freguesias de Marrancos e Arcozelo8236,49126,8
26União das freguesias de Oriz (Santa Marinha) e Oriz (São Miguel)5096,0684,0
27União das freguesias de Pico de Regalados, Gondiães e Mós1.5539,53163,0
28União das freguesias de Sande, Vilarinho, Barros e Gomide1.41112,38114,0
29União das freguesias de Valbom (São Pedro), Passô e Valbom (São Martinho)5956,1996,1
30União das freguesias do Vade1.45315,6492,9
31Valdreu43417,9624,2
32Vila Verde e Barbudo7.3767,52980,9
33Vila de Prado4.4825,52812,0
Code (DTMNFR)
031360
Resident population (2021)
3.360
Area
33,76 km²
Density
99,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 33

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Ribeira do Neiva”.

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
1.583 (47,1%)
Women
1.777 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality
3.306 (98,4%)
Foreign nationality
54 (1,6%)
Ageing index
235,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.219
Average household size *
2,73 people
Dwellings
2.102
Classic family dwellings
2.101
Buildings
2.075
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,9% (235)
Unemployment rate *
5,74% (H 4,61% · M 7,12%)
Active / employed population
1.341 / 1.264

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 386 (11,5%); 15-24 years: 401 (11,9%); 25-64 years: 1.663 (49,5%); 65+ years: 910 (27,1%)0-14386 · 11,5%15-24401 · 11,9%25-641.663 · 49,5%65+910 · 27,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.360).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years386203183
15-24 years401217184
25-64 years1.663801862
65+ years910362548

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

Anais (Ponte de Lima) · União das freguesias do Vade · Boalhosa (Ponte de Lima) · União das freguesias de Marrancos e Arcozelo · Dossãos · Prado (São Miguel) · Fornelos e Queijada (Ponte de Lima) · União das freguesias de Carreiras (São Miguel) e Carreiras (Santiago) · União das freguesias de Pico de Regalados, Gondiães e Mós · Serdedelo (Ponte de Lima)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Verde
4,5 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
3.419
Voters
2.104
Turnout
61,54% (2021: 61,53%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.32362,88%7
CH
CHEGA		42720,29%2
PS
Partido Socialista		1436,80%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		542,57%0
Blank votes1175,56%
Null votes401,90%

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

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 ouro, monte de verde movente dos flancos e de campanha ondada de três tiras ondadas de prata e azul; encimado por parreira arrancada de verde, folhada e gavinhada do mesmo e frutada de púrpura. Coroa mural de prata de 3 torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro “UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DA RIBEIRA DO NEIVA”.

Flag: Lisa verde; cordões e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda: “União das Freguesias da Ribeira do Neiva”.

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 639/2026, Diário da República n.º 103/2026, Série II de 2026-05-28 (issuer: União das Freguesias da Ribeira do Neiva). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Lugar de Devessa
Duas Igrejas (VILA VERDE)
4730-150 DUAS IGREJAS
Email
geral@uf-ribeiradoneiva.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,69400, -8,49100
Wikipedia
Ribeira do Neiva
Wikidata
Q17294262

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