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Valongo do Vouga

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

Valongo do Vouga had 4.648 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 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)
010119
Resident population (2021)
4.648
Area
43,40 km²
Density
107,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
10,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd 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
2.280 (49,1%)
Women
2.368 (50,9%)
Portuguese nationality
4.565 (98,2%)
Foreign nationality
83 (1,8%)
Ageing index
233,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.711
Dwellings
2.197
Classic family dwellings
2.195
Buildings
2.088
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,4% (508)
Unemployment rate †
5,11%
Active / employed population
2.173 / 2.062

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 536 (11,5%); 15-24 years: 456 (9,8%); 25-64 years: 2.403 (51,7%); 65+ years: 1.253 (27,0%)0-14536 · 11,5%15-24456 · 9,8%25-642.403 · 51,7%65+1.253 · 27,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.648).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years536287249
15-24 years456231225
25-64 years2.4031.1941.209
65+ years1.253568685

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Águeda
5,2 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
4.209
Voters
2.380
Turnout
56,55% (2021: 53,47%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.MPT
JUNTOS POR ÁGUEDA
1.21250,92%6
PS
Partido Socialista
54022,69%2
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular
37715,84%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1446,05%0
Blank votes672,82%
Null votes401,68%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de verde, árvore de ouro, arrancada do mesmo, entre um cacho de uvas de ouro, folhado de prata, e uma roca de ouro, enrolada de prata, tudo realçado de negro; campanha ondada de sete burelas de prata e azul, Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres aparentes, abertas, lavradas e frestadas de negro. Listel de prata com a legenda em maiúsculas de negro "Valongo do Vouga".

Flag: esquartelada de amarelo e verde; cordões e borlas de verde e ouro. Haste e lanças douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "Freguesia de Valongo do Vouga".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 59/2020, Diário da República n.º 6/2020, Série II de 2020-01-09 (issuer: Freguesia de Valongo do Vouga). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Espírito Santo - Póvoa do Espírito Santo
Valongo do Vouga (ÁGUEDA)
3750-829 VALONGO DO VOUGA
Telephone
234644573
Email
geral@jf-valongodovouga.pt
Website
www.jf-valongodovouga.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,62861, -8,43944
Official website
www.jf-valongodovouga.pt
Wikipedia
Valongo do Vouga
Wikidata
Q2007365

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