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Corvite

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

Corvite had 908 residents in the 2021 Census, 13,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 1,5 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)
030896
Resident population (2021)
908
Area
1,85 km²
Density
490,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
0,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
53rd 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
454 (50,0%)
Women
454 (50,0%)
Portuguese nationality
901 (99,2%)
Foreign nationality
7 (0,8%)
Ageing index
94,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
309
Dwellings
369
Classic family dwellings
369
Buildings
298
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
13,6% (106)
Unemployment rate †
6,10%
Active / employed population
492 / 462

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 129 (14,2%); 15-24 years: 129 (14,2%); 25-64 years: 528 (58,1%); 65+ years: 122 (13,4%)0-14129 · 14,2%15-24129 · 14,2%25-64528 · 58,1%65+122 · 13,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (908).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1297059
15-24 years1296861
25-64 years528260268
65+ years1225666

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
1,5 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
868
Voters
655
Turnout
75,46%
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
40661,98%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
JUNTOS POR GUIMARÃES
21733,13%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
131,98%0
Blank votes111,68%
Null votes81,22%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de verde, tabardo de prata entre uma rosa de ouro, botonada de vermelho, em chefe e nove maçãs de ouro, nos flancos e em campanha. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro «CORVITE - GUIMARÃES».

Flag: amarela. Cordão e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda «Junta de Freguesia de Corvite - Guimarães».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1229/2008, Diário da República n.º 238/2008, Série II de 2008-12-10 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Corvite). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Padre António Matos, Nº 107
Corvite
4805-216 Corvite
Email
geral@jf-corvite.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