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União das freguesias de Campanhó e Paradança

Parish of the municipality of Mondim de Basto (Mondim de Basto), district of Vila Real.

União das freguesias de Campanhó e Paradança had 600 residents in the 2021 Census, 29,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 5,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Mondim de Basto.

Population (inh.)
  • 378 – 429
  • 600
  • 888
  • 1.144
  • 2.971
Density (inh./km²)
  • 8,1 – 16,2
  • 20,0
  • 31,8
  • 46,4
  • 186,0
Area (km²)
  • 16,0 – 24,7
  • 26,6
  • 27,9
  • 30,0
  • 46,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 6 parishes of Mondim de Basto

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Atei1.14424,6846,4
2Bilhó42926,5716,2
3São Cristóvão de Mondim de Basto2.97115,97186,0
4União das freguesias de Campanhó e Paradança60030,0320,0
5União das freguesias de Ermelo e Pardelhas37846,948,1
6Vilar de Ferreiros88827,8931,8
Code (DTMNFR)
170509
Resident population (2021)
600
Area
30,03 km²
Density
20,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
9,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 6

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Campanhó e Paradança”.

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
287 (47,8%)
Women
313 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
600 (100,0%)
Foreign nationality
0 (0,0%)
Ageing index
278,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
245
Average household size *
2,45 people
Dwellings
518
Classic family dwellings
518
Buildings
516
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,0% (32)
Unemployment rate *
13,27% (H 11,57% · M 16,00%)
Active / employed population
196 / 170

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 64 (10,7%); 15-24 years: 57 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 301 (50,2%); 65+ years: 178 (29,7%)0-1464 · 10,7%15-2457 · 9,5%25-64301 · 50,2%65+178 · 29,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (600).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years643331
15-24 years572532
25-64 years301145156
65+ years1788494

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

União das freguesias de Ermelo e Pardelhas · Rebordelo (Amarante) · União das freguesias de Olo e Canadelo (Amarante) · São Cristóvão de Mondim de Basto · Vilar de Ferreiros · Campeã (Vila Real) · União das freguesias de Britelo, Gémeos e Ourilhe (Celorico de Basto)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Mondim de Basto
5,4 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
892
Voters
488
Turnout
54,71% (2021: 52,29%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		22646,31%3
PS
Partido Socialista		17435,66%3
CH
CHEGA		7916,19%1
Blank votes71,43%
Null votes20,41%

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 vermelho, com escudete de prata carregado com uma cruz de vermelho firmada, um forno de cal de prata lavrado de negro e com porta do mesmo, um bombo de ouro encordoado de negro sustendo seus malhetes do mesmo, e com torre torreada de prata, aberta e iluminada do campo, as quatro figuras alinhadas em cruz; campanha diminuta ondada de três tiras ondadas prata e azul. Coroa mural de três torres. Listel de prata, com legenda a negro em maiúsculas: «UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CAMPANHÓ E PARADANÇA».

Flag: amarela. Cordões de vermelho e ouro. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, de 7 de agosto, com a legenda: «União das Freguesias de Campanhó e Paradança».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1005/2015, Diário da República n.º 218/2015, Série II de 2015-11-06 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Campanhó e Paradança). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Praça S. Domingos N.º 16
PARADANÇA
4880-281 PARADANÇA
Telephone
255386449
Fax
255382221
Email
ufcampanhoeparadanca@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,34290, -7,93580
Wikipedia
Campanhó e Paradança
Wikidata
Q25440999

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