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Parish of the municipality of Aguiar da Beira (Aguiar da Beira), district of Guarda.

Carapito had 423 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 6,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Aguiar da Beira.

Population (inh.)
  • 181 – 208
  • 231 – 314
  • 345 – 363
  • 423 – 666
  • 715 – 1.785
Density (inh./km²)
  • 14,4 – 14,6
  • 16,7 – 19,6
  • 21,6 – 24,3
  • 24,5 – 24,8
  • 28,0 – 41,2
Area (km²)
  • 9,2 – 9,6
  • 12,7 – 15,9
  • 17,3 – 21,7
  • 23,8 – 23,9
  • 29,4 – 43,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Aguiar da Beira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carapito42317,2624,5
2Cortiçada31412,6524,8
3Dornelas66623,7528,0
4Eirado1819,2419,6
5Forninhos2089,6221,6
6Pena Verde71529,4024,3
7Pinheiro23115,8814,6
8União das freguesias de Aguiar da Beira e Coruche1.78543,3641,2
9União das freguesias de Sequeiros e Gradiz34523,9214,4
10União das freguesias de Souto de Aguiar da Beira e Valverde36321,6816,7
Code (DTMNFR)
090102
Resident population (2021)
423
Area
17,26 km²
Density
24,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 10

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
212 (50,1%)
Women
211 (49,9%)
Portuguese nationality
416 (98,3%)
Foreign nationality
7 (1,7%)
Ageing index
242,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
172
Average household size *
2,46 people
Dwellings
356
Classic family dwellings
356
Buildings
353
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,6% (40)
Unemployment rate *
8,43% (H 6,32% · M 11,27%)
Active / employed population
166 / 152

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 47 (11,1%); 15-24 years: 46 (10,9%); 25-64 years: 216 (51,1%); 65+ years: 114 (27,0%)0-1447 · 11,1%15-2446 · 10,9%25-64216 · 51,1%65+114 · 27,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (423).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years472918
15-24 years462422
25-64 years216104112
65+ years1145559

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

Eirado · União das freguesias de Trancoso (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Souto Maior (Trancoso) · Queiriz (Fornos de Algodres) · Pena Verde · Rio de Mel (Trancoso)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Aguiar da Beira
6,5 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
434
Voters
371
Turnout
85,48% (2021: 82,41%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
UPNT
Movimento Independente Unidos Pela Nossa Terra		20053,91%4
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		16444,20%3
Blank votes30,81%
Null votes41,08%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: UPNT.

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 prata, uma coroa mariana de azul, com pedraria de ouro e quatro antas arqueológicas de negro, realçadas do campo, tudo alinhado em aspa. Coroa muralnos termos da lei. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «Carapito».

Flag: esquartelada de azul e branco. Cordão e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Carapito - Aguiar da Beira».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1172/2008, Diário da República n.º 225/2008, Série II de 2008-11-19 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Carapito). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo Adelino Sobral
Carapito (AGUIAR DA BEIRA)
3570-100 CARAPITO
Telephone
232577427
Fax
232577032
Email
freguesiacarapito@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,76667, -7,46667
Wikipedia
Carapito
Wikidata
Q1035417

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