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União das freguesias de Felgar e Souto da Velha

Parish of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo (Torre de Moncorvo), district of Bragança.

União das freguesias de Felgar e Souto da Velha had 860 residents in the 2021 Census, 41,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 7,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo.

Population (inh.)
  • 180 – 208
  • 260 – 287
  • 327 – 332
  • 340 – 510
  • 860 – 2.612
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3,2 – 6,8
  • 8,1 – 8,5
  • 10,0 – 10,8
  • 11,1 – 14,2
  • 18,3 – 72,4
Area (km²)
  • 16,4 – 24,0
  • 26,4 – 33,9
  • 36,1 – 38,9
  • 46,9 – 63,0
  • 64,5 – 74,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 13 parishes of Torre de Moncorvo

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Açoreira34023,9814,2
2Cabeça Boa28426,3710,8
3Carviçais51063,008,1
4Castedo18017,9410,0
5Horta da Vilariça20816,4212,7
6Larinho32729,4911,1
7Lousa28733,948,5
8Mós18959,133,2
9Torre de Moncorvo2.61236,0872,4
10União das freguesias de Adeganha e Cardanha43764,466,8
11União das freguesias de Felgar e Souto da Velha86046,9318,3
12União das freguesias de Felgueiras e Maçores33238,938,5
13União das freguesias de Urros e Peredo dos Castelhanos26074,893,5
Code (DTMNFR)
040919
Resident population (2021)
860
Area
46,93 km²
Density
18,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 13

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Felgar e Souto da Velha”.

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
398 (46,3%)
Women
462 (53,7%)
Portuguese nationality
850 (98,8%)
Foreign nationality
10 (1,2%)
Ageing index
605,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
399
Average household size *
2,12 people
Dwellings
899
Classic family dwellings
898
Buildings
879
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,7% (62)
Unemployment rate *
8,92% (H 5,30% · M 13,56%)
Active / employed population
269 / 245

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 59 (6,9%); 15-24 years: 75 (8,7%); 25-64 years: 369 (42,9%); 65+ years: 357 (41,5%)0-1459 · 6,9%15-2475 · 8,7%25-64369 · 42,9%65+357 · 41,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (860).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years592633
15-24 years753738
25-64 years369179190
65+ years357156201

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 Torre de Moncorvo
7,0 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
1.012
Voters
672
Turnout
66,40% (2021: 69,45%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
45667,86%6
PS
Partido Socialista
19929,61%3
Blank votes81,19%
Null votes91,34%

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 ouro, dois castanheiros arrancados e folhados de verde com ouriços do mesmo abertos de prata, alinhados em faixa, entre três lisonjas de azul alinhadas em faixa no chefe, e uma bilha de vermelho em campanha. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel de prata com legenda em letras a negro maiúsculas - "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE FELGAR E SOUTO DA VELHA".

Flag: de azul. Cordões e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Felgar e Souto da Velha".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 898/2014, Diário da República n.º 192/2014, Série II de 2014-10-06 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Felgar e Souto da Velha). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Bairro do Pombal
Felgar (TORRE DE MONCORVO)
5160-082 FELGAR
Telephone
279929596
Fax
279929596
Email
jffelgar@hotmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,21020, -6,94680
Wikipedia
Felgar e Souto da Velha
Wikidata
Q25440346

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