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Arrifana

Parish of the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira (Santa Maria da Feira), district of Aveiro.

Arrifana had 6.311 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 6,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.035 – 1.712
  • 1.988 – 3.474
  • 3.594 – 4.775
  • 4.813 – 7.096
  • 7.297 – 19.788
Density (inh./km²)
  • 161,7 – 260,9
  • 291,4 – 572,9
  • 717,4 – 770,9
  • 847,1 – 1.122,2
  • 1.193,0 – 1.387,0
Area (km²)
  • 3,1 – 3,9
  • 4,3 – 5,1
  • 5,3 – 6,4
  • 6,7 – 9,3
  • 10,3 – 29,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 28 parishes of Santa Maria da Feira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Argoncilhe8.1818,21996,5
2Arrifana6.3115,291.193,0
3Caldas de São Jorge2.6535,57476,3
4Canedo5.71329,37194,5
5Escapães3.3154,30770,9
6Fiães7.0966,381.112,2
7Fornos3.4333,141.093,3
8Gião1.7063,50487,4
9Guisande1.1484,40260,9
10Lobão5.4907,63719,5
11Louredo1.3038,06161,7
12Lourosa8.0035,771.387,0
13Milheirós de Poiares3.5947,87456,7
14Mosteirô1.9883,47572,9
15Mozelos7.2975,811.255,9
16Nogueira da Regedoura5.7235,101.122,2
17Paços de Brandão4.7753,561.341,3
18Pigeiros1.0355,07204,1
19Rio Meão4.8136,68720,5
20Romariz2.73911,08247,2
21Sanguedo3.4744,57760,2
22Santa Maria de Lamas4.7473,751.265,9
23São João de Ver11.02615,37717,4
24São Miguel de Souto4.49310,34434,5
25São Paio de Oleiros3.6613,91936,3
26União das freguesias de Santa Maria da Feira, Travanca, Sanfins e Espargo19.78823,36847,1
27Vale1.7129,33183,5
28Vila Maior1.4575,00291,4
Code (DTMNFR)
010902
Resident population (2021)
6.311
Area
5,29 km²
Density
1.193,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th of 28

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
3.035 (48,1%)
Women
3.276 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality
6.155 (97,5%)
Foreign nationality
156 (2,5%)
Ageing index
217,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.450
Average household size *
2,58 people
Dwellings
2.965
Classic family dwellings
2.964
Buildings
1.823
Buildings with 7 or more floors
14
With higher education (15+)
13,8% (769)
Unemployment rate *
7,77% (H 7,27% · M 8,31%)
Active / employed population
3.024 / 2.789

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 726 (11,5%); 15-24 years: 653 (10,3%); 25-64 years: 3.351 (53,1%); 65+ years: 1.581 (25,1%)0-14726 · 11,5%15-24653 · 10,3%25-643.351 · 53,1%65+1.581 · 25,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (6.311).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years726379347
15-24 years653313340
25-64 years3.3511.6431.708
65+ years1.581700881

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 Santa Maria da Feira
6,2 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
5.631
Voters
2.901
Turnout
51,52% (2021: 46,41%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
1.52552,57%8
PS
Partido Socialista
83628,82%4
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
1976,79%1
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular
1314,52%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda
682,34%0
Blank votes873,00%
Null votes571,96%

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 azul, com obelisco de prata, entre coroa mariana de ouro e cruz florenciada de prata vazia de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: "Arrifana - Santa Maria da Feira".

Flag: esquartelada de branco e vermelho. Cordões e borlas de vermelho e prata. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "Freguesia de Arrifana - Santa Maria da Feira.

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 151/2018, Diário da República n.º 25/2018, Série II de 2018-02-05 (issuer: Freguesia de Arrifana). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Avenida do Corgo, N.º 58
Arrifana (SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA)
3700-460 ARRIFANA
Telephone
256200750
Fax
256200759
Email
geral@jfarrifana.pt
Website
www.jfarrifana.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,91114, -8,50596
Wikipedia
Arrifana (Santa Maria da Feira)
Wikidata
Q4069891

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