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União das freguesias de Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo

Parish of the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo (Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo), district of Guarda.

União das freguesias de Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo had 431 residents in the 2021 Census, 54,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 4,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 9,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo.

Population (inh.)
  • 180 – 196
  • 287 – 321
  • 360 – 387
  • 431 – 468
  • 566 – 1.952
Density (inh./km²)
  • 2,7 – 3,8
  • 6,0 – 6,7
  • 7,2 – 7,7
  • 7,8 – 9,0
  • 14,2 – 70,0
Area (km²)
  • 27,9 – 32,9
  • 37,0 – 40,1
  • 41,6 – 47,3
  • 57,7 – 72,4
  • 72,9 – 78,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Castelo Rodrigo46832,9414,2
2Escalhão56678,817,2
3Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo1.95227,8870,0
4Mata de Lobos28736,977,8
5União das freguesias de Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo43172,366,0
6União das freguesias de Almofala e Escarigo18047,343,8
7União das freguesias de Cinco Vilas e Reigada32141,597,7
8União das freguesias de Freixeda do Torrão, Quintã de Pêro Martins e Penha de Águia38757,736,7
9União das freguesias do Colmeal e Vilar Torpim19672,902,7
10Vermiosa36040,069,0
Code (DTMNFR)
090418
Resident population (2021)
431
Area
72,36 km²
Density
6,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 10

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo”.

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
200 (46,4%)
Women
231 (53,6%)
Portuguese nationality
423 (98,1%)
Foreign nationality
8 (1,9%)
Ageing index
1.475,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
179
Average household size *
2,03 people
Dwellings
643
Classic family dwellings
641
Buildings
639
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
4,8% (20)
Unemployment rate *
6,11% (H 6,58% · M 5,45%)
Active / employed population
131 / 123

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 16 (3,7%); 15-24 years: 19 (4,4%); 25-64 years: 160 (37,1%); 65+ years: 236 (54,8%)0-1416 · 3,7%15-2419 · 4,4%25-64160 · 37,1%65+236 · 54,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (431).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years16610
15-24 years19910
25-64 years1608179
65+ years236104132

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
9,3 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
371
Voters
271
Turnout
73,05% (2021: 76,27%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
20676,01%6
PS
Partido Socialista
5419,93%1
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular
31,11%0
Blank votes00,00%
Null votes82,95%

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, com um arco de negro, lavrado do campo, com um escudo invertido e coroado no fecho; em chefe, duas trompas de caça de vermelho, encordoadas de azul, a da dextra volvida; em campanha, lagarto de verde, animado, linguado e armado de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata com três torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE ALGODRES, VALE DE AFONSINHO E VILAR DE AMARGO".

Flag: de verde. Cordões e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 92/2017, Diário da República n.º 28/2017, Série II de 2017-02-08 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo da Igreja, N.º 1
Algodres (FIGUEIRA DE CASTELO RODRIGO)
6440-011 ALGODRES
Telephone
271397971
Email
ufavava@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,95000, -7,05000
Wikipedia
Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo
Wikidata
Q17510870

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