Gonçalo

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

Gonçalo had 960 residents in the 2021 Census, 40,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 12,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Guarda.

Population (inh.)

121 – 181
186 – 243
258 – 298
303 – 458
483 – 26.441

Density (inh./km²)

7,2 – 11,5
12,1 – 15,6
16,2 – 24,3
25,5 – 35,4
35,9 – 702,1

Area (km²)

2,0 – 10,0
10,2 – 13,0
13,2 – 16,0
16,3 – 23,7
24,6 – 53,9

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The 43 parishes of Guarda

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Adão	258	28,32	9,1
2	Aldeia Viçosa	267	7,44	35,9
3	Aldeia do Bispo	198	13,17	15,0
4	Alvendre	186	12,94	14,4
5	Arrifana	555	15,82	35,1
6	Avelãs da Ribeira	142	11,30	12,6
7	Benespera	281	18,06	15,6
8	Casal de Cinza	483	17,97	26,9
9	Castanheira	298	24,64	12,1
10	Cavadoude	243	6,65	36,5
11	Codesseiro	160	9,62	16,6
12	Faia	180	10,00	18,0
13	Famalicão	458	16,02	28,6
14	Fernão Joanes	186	25,06	7,4
15	Gonçalo	960	27,10	35,4
16	Gonçalo Bocas	204	6,44	31,7
17	Guarda	26.441	37,66	702,1
18	Jarmelo São Miguel	276	17,06	16,2
19	Jarmelo São Pedro	276	31,08	8,9
20	João Antão	126	8,78	14,4
21	Marmeleiro	297	29,63	10,0
22	Maçainhas	977	12,20	80,1
23	Meios	150	4,83	31,1
24	Panoias de Cima	568	11,39	49,9
25	Pega	121	10,63	11,4
26	Porto da Carne	338	1,98	170,7
27	Pêra do Moço	793	20,60	38,5
28	Ramela	181	10,16	17,8
29	Santana da Azinha	528	15,94	33,1
30	Sobral da Serra	213	11,20	19,0
31	União de freguesias de Avelãs de Ambom e Rocamondo	154	13,34	11,5
32	União de freguesias de Corujeira e Trinta	408	12,47	32,7
33	União de freguesias de Mizarela, Pêro Soares e Vila Soeiro	200	14,02	14,3
34	União de freguesias de Pousade e Albardo	214	16,89	12,7
35	União de freguesias de Rochoso e Monte Margarida	211	23,66	8,9
36	Vale de Estrela	355	13,94	25,5
37	Valhelhas	303	20,18	15,0
38	Vela	423	21,00	20,1
39	Videmonte	388	53,92	7,2
40	Vila Cortês do Mondego	283	4,38	64,6
41	Vila Fernando	396	16,27	24,3
42	Vila Franca do Deão	134	12,99	10,3
43	Vila Garcia	304	15,33	19,8

Code (DTMNFR): 090757
Resident population (2021): 960
Area: 27,10 km²
Density: 35,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 2,4%
Rank in the municipality (population): 3rd of 43

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: 452 (47,1%)
Women: 508 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 959 (99,9%)
Foreign nationality: 1 (0,1%)
Ageing index: 634,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 450
Average household size *: 2,13 people
Dwellings: 935
Classic family dwellings: 935
Buildings: 819
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 8,7% (78)
Unemployment rate *: 9,97% (H 8,99% · M 11,05%)
Active / employed population: 361 / 325

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (960).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	61	30	31
15-24 years	67	39	28
25-64 years	445	214	231
65+ years	387	169	218

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

Vela · Famalicão · Fernão Joanes · Vale de Estrela · Belmonte (Belmonte) · Valhelhas · União das freguesias de Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto (Covilhã) · Colmeal da Torre (Belmonte)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Guarda: 12,9 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: 930
Voters: 597
Turnout: 64,19% (2021: 62,43%)
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	296	49,58%	4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL Guarda com Ambição (Ouvir, Decidir e Agir)	243	40,70%	3
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	31	5,19%	0
ADN ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL	9	1,51%	0
Blank votes	5	0,84%
Null votes	13	2,18%

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

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 do Adro, N.º 9
Gonçalo (GUARDA)
6300-115 GONÇALO
Telephone: 275434230
Fax: 275434250
Email: geral@freguesiadegoncalo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 40,41667, -7,35000
Wikipedia: Gonçalo (Guarda)
Wikidata: Q32578

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 31 schools in the municipality of Guarda. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 31.

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

Instituto Politécnico da Guarda — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, n.º 50 6300-559
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda - Escola Superior de Educação, Comunicação e Desporto — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, n.º 50 6300-559
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda - Escola Superior de Saúde da Guarda — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. Rainha D.ª Amélia, s/n 6300-749
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, n.º 50 6300-559

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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

Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda, E.P.E. — Região de Saúde do Centro

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NHS institutions that report inpatient stays (ACSS). The source has no address or telephone; the link to the municipality is by official name.

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

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Famalicão - Guarda — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:30; Localidade na fonte: Famalicão - Guarda · Largo Prof, Renato, nº 20 6300-100 Guarda 6300-100

There are 4 in the municipality in total.

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Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Guarda (IPMA no. 683), 12,2 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	4,3	7,2	1,5	101,1
Feb	5,3	8,6	2,0	75,9
Mar	7,9	11,8	3,9	90,5
Apr	9,4	13,6	5,2	96,3
May	12,9	17,6	8,2	80,6
Jun	17,1	22,6	11,6	26,8
Jul	20,3	26,6	14,0	14,4
Aug	20,3	26,3	14,4	11,2
Sep	17,0	22,0	12,1	56,5
Oct	12,4	15,9	8,8	149,5
Nov	7,4	10,3	4,6	128,4
Dec	5,2	8,0	2,4	133,3
Year	11,6	—	—	964,3

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Trás-os-Montes, Alto Douro e Beira Interior. Station altitude: 1.001,0 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 Guarda the median value in 2025 is 5,11 €/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: 6300-115 (Rua do Adro, N.º 9, Gonçalo (GUARDA), 6300-115 GONÇALO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Guarda): 271. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 275434230.

Public bodies

Junta de Gonçalo — Rua do Adro, N.º 9, Gonçalo (GUARDA), 6300-115 GONÇALO · 6300-115 · 275434230 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Guarda — Presidente: Sérgio Fernando da Silva Costa · Praça do Município, 6301-854 Guarda · 6301-854 · 271220200 · [email protected] · https://www.mun-guarda.pt

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

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