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Sever

Parish of the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião (Santa Marta de Penaguião), district of Vila Real.

Sever had 581 residents in the 2021 Census, 35,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 1,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião.

Population (inh.)
  • 295 – 405
  • 433 – 520
  • 581 – 662
  • 1.006 – 1.015
  • 1.183
Density (inh./km²)
  • 42,3 – 42,7
  • 82,2 – 84,1
  • 90,9 – 93,3
  • 94,2 – 155,2
  • 257,7
Area (km²)
  • 3,6 – 4,3
  • 4,6 – 5,2
  • 6,2 – 6,5
  • 11,1 – 12,2
  • 15,7
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 9 parishes of Santa Marta de Penaguião

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvações do Corgo4054,3493,3
2Cumieira1.00611,0790,9
3Fontes66215,6742,3
4Lobrigos (São João Baptista)1.0156,54155,2
5Lobrigos (São Miguel)1.1834,59257,7
6Medrões4335,1584,1
7Sanhoane2953,5982,2
8Sever5816,1794,2
9União das freguesias de Louredo e Fornelos52012,1742,7
Code (DTMNFR)
171110
Resident population (2021)
581
Area
6,17 km²
Density
94,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
9,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 9

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
294 (50,6%)
Women
287 (49,4%)
Portuguese nationality
579 (99,7%)
Foreign nationality
2 (0,3%)
Ageing index
416,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
236
Average household size *
2,46 people
Dwellings
534
Classic family dwellings
533
Buildings
527
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,2% (33)
Unemployment rate *
5,14% (H 7,48% · M 1,47%)
Active / employed population
175 / 166

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 50 (8,6%); 15-24 years: 37 (6,4%); 25-64 years: 286 (49,2%); 65+ years: 208 (35,8%)0-1450 · 8,6%15-2437 · 6,4%25-64286 · 49,2%65+208 · 35,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (581).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years503119
15-24 years372215
25-64 years286143143
65+ years20898110

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

Cumieira · Fontes · Lobrigos (São Miguel) · União das freguesias de Louredo e Fornelos · União das freguesias de Nogueira e Ermida (Vila Real) · Medrões · Alvações do Corgo

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião
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
750
Voters
449
Turnout
59,87% (2021: 58,88%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		30968,82%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
A FORÇA DA MUDANÇA		12828,51%2
Blank votes71,56%
Null votes51,11%

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 ouro, com duas varas de varejar de púrpura, passadas em aspa, entre quatro parras verdes; em campanha, ponte de três arcos de negro, lavrada do campo, movente dos flancos e de um pé de três tiras ondadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «Sever - Santa Marta de Penaguião».

Flag: púrpura. Cordão e borlas de ouro e púrpura. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Sever - Santa Marta de Penaguião».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 193/2008, Diário da República n.º 43/2008, Série II de 2008-02-29 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Sever). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Lugar da Telhada
Sever (SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO)
5030-570 SEVER
Telephone
254811463
Email
jfsever@hotmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,22011, -7,78556
Wikipedia
Sever (Santa Marta de Penaguião)
Wikidata
Q799387

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