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Airão (Santa Maria)

Parish of the municipality of Guimarães (Guimarães), district of Braga.

Airão (Santa Maria) had 1.425 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 7,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Guimarães.

Population (inh.)
  • 699 – 1.197
  • 1.220 – 1.578
  • 1.584 – 2.447
  • 2.579 – 4.496
  • 4.651 – 9.708
Density (inh./km²)
  • 126,6 – 321,9
  • 324,0 – 501,1
  • 508,3 – 678,5
  • 703,0 – 1.007,0
  • 1.028,3 – 5.051,6
Area (km²)
  • 1,6 – 2,3
  • 2,4 – 3,0
  • 3,0 – 4,2
  • 4,5 – 5,9
  • 6,0 – 13,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 55 parishes of Guimarães

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Airão (Santa Maria)1.4252,38598,7
2Airão São João7412,78266,6
3Aldão1.2781,55824,5
4Azurém9.0892,903.134,1
5Barco1.4393,02476,5
6Brito4.7745,90809,2
7Caldelas6.3042,692.343,5
8Calvos1.0662,04522,6
9Candoso (São Martinho)1.2342,21558,4
10Conde1.4111,93731,1
11Corvite9081,85490,8
12Costa5.3964,711.145,7
13Creixomil9.7083,013.225,3
14Fermentões5.7393,761.526,3
15Gandarela1.0531,72612,2
16Gondar2.5812,511.028,3
17Gonça9547,03135,7
18Guardizela2.4473,98614,8
19Infantas1.7406,49268,1
20Longos1.3397,24184,9
21Lordelo3.9795,02792,6
22Mesão Frio4.1594,131.007,0
23Moreira de Cónegos4.6514,72985,4
24Nespereira2.5943,69703,0
25Pencelo1.2202,40508,3
26Pinheiro1.1351,93588,1
27Polvoreira3.5453,291.077,5
28Ponte6.6876,011.112,7
29Prazins (Santa Eufémia)1.2672,23568,2
30Prazins Santo Tirso1.0312,74376,3
31Ronfe4.4965,02895,6
32Sande (São Clemente)1.5784,87324,0
33Sande (São Martinho)2.2393,30678,5
34Sande (Vila Nova)1.7292,38726,5
35Selho (São Cristóvão)2.1382,66803,8
36Selho (São Jorge)5.9235,201.139,0
37Serzedelo3.4185,14665,0
38Serzedo1.1972,46486,6
39Silvares2.2504,49501,1
40São Faustino9131,96465,8
41São Torcato3.34510,39321,9
42Tabuadelo1.5023,09486,1
43União das freguesias de Abação e Gémeos2.6826,73398,5
44União das freguesias de Arosa e Castelões6995,52126,6
45União das freguesias de Atães e Rendufe2.57912,09213,3
46União das freguesias de Briteiros Santo Estêvão e Donim2.0245,94340,7
47União das freguesias de Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia1.6879,39179,7
48União das freguesias de Candoso São Tiago e Mascotelos3.8083,86986,5
49União das freguesias de Leitões, Oleiros e Figueiredo1.4378,98160,0
50União das freguesias de Oliveira, São Paio e São Sebastião7.8301,555.051,6
51União das freguesias de Sande São Lourenço e Balazar1.5846,46245,2
52União das freguesias de Selho São Lourenço e Gominhães2.2714,15547,2
53União das freguesias de Souto Santa Maria, Souto São Salvador e Gondomar2.04313,87147,3
54Urgezes5.5173,311.666,8
55Vermil1.0472,32451,3
Code (DTMNFR)
030892
Resident population (2021)
1.425
Area
2,38 km²
Density
598,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
0,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
38th of 55

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
709 (49,8%)
Women
716 (50,2%)
Portuguese nationality
1.415 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality
10 (0,7%)
Ageing index
246,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
513
Dwellings
624
Classic family dwellings
624
Buildings
529
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,7% (125)
Unemployment rate †
6,69%
Active / employed population
688 / 642

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 136 (9,5%); 15-24 years: 173 (12,1%); 25-64 years: 781 (54,8%); 65+ years: 335 (23,5%)0-14136 · 9,5%15-24173 · 12,1%25-64781 · 54,8%65+335 · 23,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.425).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1366868
15-24 years1739677
25-64 years781398383
65+ years335147188

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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 Guimarães
7,7 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
1.461
Voters
1.160
Turnout
79,40%
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
JUNTOS POR GUIMARÃES
55647,93%5
PS
Partido Socialista
52144,91%4
CH
CHEGA
353,02%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
272,33%0
Blank votes70,60%
Null votes141,21%

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

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 DA ESCOLA, 174
AIRÃO SANTA MARIA
4805-479 SANTA MARIA AIRÃO
Email
geral@jf-airaosantamaria.pt

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

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