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Freguesia de Fail e Vila Chã de Sá

Parish of the municipality of Viseu (Viseu), district of Viseu.

Freguesia de Fail e Vila Chã de Sá had 2.512 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 10,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Viseu.

Population (inh.)
  • 796 – 1.335
  • 1.394 – 1.642
  • 1.699 – 2.528
  • 2.840 – 4.802
  • 5.891 – 25.800
Density (inh./km²)
  • 19,2 – 61,5
  • 64,9 – 81,8
  • 82,0 – 160,0
  • 166,8 – 411,5
  • 507,6 – 2.590,4
Area (km²)
  • 6,2 – 11,0
  • 11,9 – 15,7
  • 16,2 – 20,7
  • 20,8 – 26,0
  • 35,1 – 41,6
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 25 parishes of Viseu

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Abraveses8.35012,23682,8
2Bodiosa2.84025,40111,8
3Calde1.27135,0636,3
4Campo4.80216,24295,7
5Cavernães1.33513,14101,6
6Cota79641,5519,2
7Coutos de Viseu1.50024,4161,5
8Fragosela2.52811,04229,0
9Freguesia de Fail e Vila Chã de Sá2.51215,70160,0
10Lordosa1.64222,3173,6
11Mundão2.41014,45166,8
12Orgens3.6628,90411,5
13Povolide1.58320,8076,1
14Ranhados5.8916,23945,6
15Repeses e São Salvador6.75110,01674,4
16Ribafeita1.07918,1259,6
17Rio de Loba9.00917,75507,6
18Santos Evos1.47411,86124,3
19Silgueiros2.96036,1781,8
20São Cipriano e Vil de Souto1.69920,7182,0
21São João de Lourosa4.69026,00180,4
22São Pedro de France1.21718,7564,9
23União das freguesias de Barreiros e Cepões1.39435,1939,6
24União das freguesias de Boa Aldeia, Farminhão e Torredeita2.35635,1367,1
25Viseu25.8009,962.590,4
Code (DTMNFR)
182338
Resident population (2021)
2.512
Area
15,70 km²
Density
160,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
12th of 25

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
1.232 (49,0%)
Women
1.280 (51,0%)
Portuguese nationality
2.476 (98,6%)
Foreign nationality
36 (1,4%)
Ageing index
163,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
908
Average household size *
2,77 people
Dwellings
1.327
Classic family dwellings
1.327
Buildings
1.251
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,8% (320)
Unemployment rate *
7,87% (H 7,61% · M 8,15%)
Active / employed population
1.143 / 1.053

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 345 (13,7%); 15-24 years: 308 (12,3%); 25-64 years: 1.295 (51,6%); 65+ years: 564 (22,5%)0-14345 · 13,7%15-24308 · 12,3%25-641.295 · 51,6%65+564 · 22,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.512).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years345185160
15-24 years308158150
25-64 years1.295628667
65+ years564261303

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

São Cipriano e Vil de Souto · Silgueiros · São João de Lourosa · União das freguesias de Boa Aldeia, Farminhão e Torredeita · Parada de Gonta (Tondela) · São Miguel do Outeiro (Tondela) · Repeses e São Salvador

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Viseu
10,6 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
2.533
Voters
1.611
Turnout
63,60% (2021: 59,55%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		79249,16%5
PS
Partido Socialista		60337,43%3
CH
CHEGA		1589,81%1
Blank votes251,55%
Null votes332,05%

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 verde, cruzeiro de prata entre, em chefe, dois cachos de uvas de ouro, folhados de prata, tudo encimando ponte de ouro, lavrada de negro, movente dos flancos e de ponta ondada de quatro tiras ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda em maiúsculas de negro: "FAIL E VILA CHÃ DE SÁ".

Flag: de branco; cordões e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "Freguesia de Fail e Vila Chã de Sá".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 859/2020, Diário da República n.º 148/2020, Série II de 2020-07-31 (issuer: Freguesia de Fail e Vila Chã de Sá). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Adjunto
Vila Chã de Sá (VISEU)
3510-913 VILA CHÃ DE SÁ
Telephone
232954610
Email
uffailvilachadesa@sapo.pt
Website
www.jf-vilachadesa.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,60470, -7,97200
Wikipedia
Fail e Vila Chã de Sá
Wikidata
Q28677354

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