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Soutelo de Aguiar

Parish of the municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar (Vila Pouca de Aguiar), district of Vila Real.

Soutelo de Aguiar had 602 residents in the 2021 Census, 34,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 4,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar.

Population (inh.)
  • 288 – 341
  • 357 – 446
  • 548 – 602
  • 774 – 1.328
  • 1.933 – 3.118
Density (inh./km²)
  • 6,1 – 14,6
  • 17,0 – 18,0
  • 19,8 – 29,4
  • 32,0 – 42,6
  • 62,5 – 136,1
Area (km²)
  • 8,8 – 14,9
  • 17,4 – 21,4
  • 22,9 – 45,2
  • 45,4 – 47,3
  • 53,1 – 55,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 14 parishes of Vila Pouca de Aguiar

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alfarela de Jales35713,7526,0
2Alvão77453,0714,6
3Bornes de Aguiar1.93345,4342,6
4Bragado44626,1317,1
5Capeludos36321,4217,0
6Sabroso de Aguiar5488,7762,5
7Soutelo de Aguiar60217,3734,7
8Telões1.32845,2229,4
9Tresminas34155,926,1
10União das freguesias de Pensalvos e Parada de Monteiros28847,176,1
11Valoura29514,9119,8
12Vila Pouca de Aguiar3.11822,91136,1
13Vreia de Bornes56717,7332,0
14Vreia de Jales85247,2818,0
Code (DTMNFR)
171310
Resident population (2021)
602
Area
17,37 km²
Density
34,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 14

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
286 (47,5%)
Women
316 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
594 (98,7%)
Foreign nationality
8 (1,3%)
Ageing index
330,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
246
Average household size *
2,41 people
Dwellings
523
Classic family dwellings
522
Buildings
517
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,9% (59)
Unemployment rate *
8,68% (H 7,63% · M 9,90%)
Active / employed population
219 / 200

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 62 (10,3%); 15-24 years: 57 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 278 (46,2%); 65+ years: 205 (34,1%)0-1462 · 10,3%15-2457 · 9,5%25-64278 · 46,2%65+205 · 34,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (602).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years622933
15-24 years572433
25-64 years278138140
65+ years20595110

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

Alvão · Telões · Vila Pouca de Aguiar · Vreia de Jales

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar
4,9 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
741
Voters
489
Turnout
65,99% (2021: 58,01%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		18537,83%3
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		15932,52%2
CPS
Cidadãos por Soutelo		13026,58%2
Blank votes40,82%
Null votes112,25%

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 verde, vieira de ouro entre dois ramos de castanheiro de prata, com ouriços de ouro abertos de vermelho, postos em orla, com os pés passados em aspas. Coral mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com legenda a negro: "Soutelo de Aguiar".

Flag: branca. Cordão e bordas de prata e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "Freguesia de Soutelo de Aguiar-Vila Pouca de Aguiar".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 516/2019, Diário da República n.º 77/2019, Série II de 2019-04-18 (issuer: Freguesia de Soutelo de Aguiar). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua da Igreja, 27
Soutelo de Aguiar (VILA POUCA DE AGUIAR)
5450-265 SOUTELO DE AGUIAR
Telephone
259416342
Email
jf.souteloaguiar@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,47667, -7,66667
Wikipedia
Soutelo de Aguiar
Wikidata
Q2230697

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