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Castanheira do Vouga

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Parish of the municipality of Águeda (Águeda), district of Aveiro.

Castanheira do Vouga had 573 residents in the 2021 Census, 28,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 3,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Águeda.

Population (inh.)
  • 314 – 573
  • 703 – 1.794
  • 2.099 – 3.028
  • 3.210 – 4.471
  • 4.648 – 11.606
Density (inh./km²)
  • 8,0 – 19,3
  • 27,8 – 107,1
  • 137,1 – 241,3
  • 275,2 – 288,9
  • 352,6 – 424,7
Area (km²)
  • 3,7 – 8,6
  • 8,7 – 15,9
  • 19,0 – 27,3
  • 28,4 – 32,0
  • 39,4 – 43,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 15 parishes of Águeda

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Agadão31439,408,0
2Aguada de Baixo1.2943,67352,6
3Aguada de Cima3.89328,39137,1
4Barrô1.7946,52275,2
5Belazaima do Chão52818,9827,8
6Borralha2.0998,70241,3
7Castanheira do Vouga57329,7119,3
8Fermentelos3.0288,58352,9
9Macinhata do Vouga3.21031,95100,5
10União das freguesias de Recardães e Espinhel5.75519,92288,9
11União das freguesias de Travassô e Óis da Ribeira2.20311,12198,1
12União das freguesias de Trofa, Segadães e Lamas do Vouga4.47115,86281,9
13União das freguesias do Préstimo e Macieira de Alcoba70341,7316,9
14Valongo do Vouga4.64843,40107,1
15Águeda11.60627,33424,7
Code (DTMNFR)
010134
Resident population (2021)
573
Area
29,71 km²
Density
19,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
13th of 15

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
268 (46,8%)
Women
305 (53,2%)
Portuguese nationality
562 (98,1%)
Foreign nationality
11 (1,9%)
Ageing index
265,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
216
Dwellings
319
Classic family dwellings
319
Buildings
313
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,2% (52)
Unemployment rate †
3,75%
Active / employed population
267 / 257

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 61 (10,6%); 15-24 years: 61 (10,6%); 25-64 years: 289 (50,4%); 65+ years: 162 (28,3%)0-1461 · 10,6%15-2461 · 10,6%25-64289 · 50,4%65+162 · 28,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (573).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years613130
15-24 years612734
25-64 years289141148
65+ years1626993

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

Águeda · União das freguesias do Préstimo e Macieira de Alcoba · Agadão · Belazaima do Chão · União das freguesias de São João do Monte e Mosteirinho (Tondela) · Borralha

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Águeda
3,8 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
544
Voters
385
Turnout
70,77%
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.MPT
JUNTOS POR ÁGUEDA		33988,05%7
Blank votes379,61%
Null votes92,34%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.MPT.

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 do Cruzeiro, Nº 5 - Igreja
CASTANHEIRA DO VOUGA
3750-376 CASTANHEIRA DO VOUGA
Email
geral@jf-castanheiradovouga.pt

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