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Vilar de Besteiros

Parish of the municipality of Tondela (Tondela), district of Viseu.

Vilar de Besteiros had 832 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 4,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Tondela.

Population (inh.)
  • 355 – 619
  • 703 – 780
  • 819 – 1.144
  • 1.228 – 1.414
  • 1.537 – 5.214
Density (inh./km²)
  • 12,0 – 49,9
  • 50,5 – 64,8
  • 64,9 – 72,6
  • 82,6 – 116,0
  • 119,1 – 331,1
Area (km²)
  • 6,7 – 8,3
  • 8,7 – 11,7
  • 13,7 – 15,5
  • 15,8 – 19,0
  • 24,6 – 65,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 22 parishes of Tondela

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Barreiro de Besteiros75936,9920,5
2Campo de Besteiros1.3187,93166,2
3Canas de Santa Maria1.60713,85116,0
4Castelões1.41417,1282,6
5Dardavaz70313,6951,4
6Ferreirós do Dão3558,2942,8
7Guardão1.22818,9564,8
8Lajeosa do Dão1.53724,5962,5
9Lobão da Beira1.00214,0971,1
10Molelos2.22515,50143,6
11Mosteiro de Fráguas51310,2849,9
12Parada de Gonta6196,7392,0
13Sabugosa4757,1666,3
14Santiago de Besteiros1.14415,7572,6
15São Miguel do Outeiro73911,3864,9
16Tonda8937,50119,1
17Tourigo4418,7350,5
18União das freguesias de Caparrosa e Silvares81924,5733,3
19União das freguesias de Mouraz e Vila Nova da Rainha1.29315,5383,3
20União das freguesias de São João do Monte e Mosteirinho78065,1312,0
21União das freguesias de Tondela e Nandufe5.21415,75331,1
22Vilar de Besteiros83211,6971,2
Code (DTMNFR)
182139
Resident population (2021)
832
Area
11,69 km²
Density
71,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
12th of 22

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
382 (45,9%)
Women
450 (54,1%)
Portuguese nationality
815 (98,0%)
Foreign nationality
17 (2,0%)
Ageing index
302,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
341
Dwellings
515
Classic family dwellings
515
Buildings
502
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,0% (82)
Unemployment rate †
6,63%
Active / employed population
347 / 324

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 87 (10,5%); 15-24 years: 102 (12,3%); 25-64 years: 380 (45,7%); 65+ years: 263 (31,6%)0-1487 · 10,5%15-24102 · 12,3%25-64380 · 45,7%65+263 · 31,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (832).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years874542
15-24 years1024260
25-64 years380181199
65+ years263114149

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

Mosteiro de Fráguas · Santiago de Besteiros · Campo de Besteiros · União das freguesias de Caparrosa e Silvares · União das freguesias de Tondela e Nandufe · Molelos

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Tondela
4,5 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
725
Voters
548
Turnout
75,59%
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		26147,63%4
PS
Partido Socialista		25646,72%3
Blank votes254,56%
Null votes61,09%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo da Junta, n.º 1. Vilar de Besteiros (Tondela)
Vilar de Besteiros
3465-190 Vilar de Besteiros
Email
jf.vilardebesteiros@gmail.com

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