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Parish of the municipality of Vieira do Minho (Vieira do Minho), district of Braga.

Tabuaças had 887 residents in the 2021 Census, 24,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 6,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vieira do Minho.

Population (inh.)
  • 343 – 394
  • 400 – 565
  • 577 – 688
  • 740 – 887
  • 898 – 2.372
Density (inh./km²)
  • 17,6 – 41,0
  • 42,3 – 51,8
  • 51,9 – 63,6
  • 64,1 – 80,0
  • 91,6 – 329,9
Area (km²)
  • 5,6 – 7,7
  • 8,2 – 8,7
  • 9,0 – 10,3
  • 10,8 – 11,5
  • 25,0 – 44,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Vieira do Minho

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Cantelães74011,5464,1
2Eira Vedra6165,59110,2
3Guilhofrei89811,2380,0
4Louredo3947,6151,8
5Mosteiro68810,8263,6
6Parada de Bouro4007,7151,9
7Pinheiro37210,2736,2
8Rossas1.46831,5746,5
9Salamonde3438,3741,0
10Tabuaças8879,6891,6
11União das freguesias de Anissó e Soutelo3458,1542,3
12União das freguesias de Anjos e Vilar do Chão56524,9922,6
13União das freguesias de Caniçada e Soengas5178,9957,5
14União das freguesias de Ruivães e Campos77344,0317,6
15União das freguesias de Ventosa e Cova5778,7066,3
16Vieira do Minho2.3727,19329,9
Code (DTMNFR)
031118
Resident population (2021)
887
Area
9,68 km²
Density
91,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 16

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
427 (48,1%)
Women
460 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality
867 (97,7%)
Foreign nationality
20 (2,3%)
Ageing index
187,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
315
Average household size *
2,82 people
Dwellings
510
Classic family dwellings
510
Buildings
497
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
13,2% (102)
Unemployment rate *
7,87% (H 8,05% · M 7,69%)
Active / employed population
343 / 316

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 116 (13,1%); 15-24 years: 98 (11,0%); 25-64 years: 456 (51,4%); 65+ years: 217 (24,5%)0-14116 · 13,1%15-2498 · 11,0%25-64456 · 51,4%65+217 · 24,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (887).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1166254
15-24 years984751
25-64 years456213243
65+ years217105112

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

União das freguesias de Caniçada e Soengas · Serzedelo (Póvoa de Lanhoso) · Eira Vedra · Vieira do Minho · União das freguesias de Anissó e Soutelo

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vieira do Minho
6,4 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
899
Voters
699
Turnout
77,75% (2021: 73,50%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		38755,36%4
PS
Partido Socialista		28841,20%3
Blank votes182,58%
Null votes60,86%

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
Rua de Santa Maria de Mãe de Deus, N.º 74
Tabuaças (VIEIRA DO MINHO)
4850-422 TABUAÇAS
Telephone
253647908
Email
freguesiadetabuacas@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
41,63389, -8,19250
Wikipedia
Tabuaças
Wikidata
Q2117104

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