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Parish of the municipality of Alfândega da Fé (Alfândega da Fé), district of Bragança.

Vilarelhos had 217 residents in the 2021 Census, 41,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 7,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Alfândega da Fé.

Population (inh.)
  • 132 – 160
  • 169 – 204
  • 208 – 217
  • 266 – 299
  • 374 – 1.937
Density (inh./km²)
  • 5,2 – 6,5
  • 8,3
  • 8,9 – 9,7
  • 9,8 – 11,9
  • 18,0 – 47,7
Area (km²)
  • 12,1 – 15,2
  • 17,0 – 24,6
  • 25,0 – 30,6
  • 31,5 – 32,6
  • 40,6 – 50,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 12 parishes of Alfândega da Fé

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alfândega da Fé1.93740,6247,7
2Cerejais16017,009,4
3Sambade37431,4911,9
4União das freguesias de Agrobom, Saldonha e Vale Pereiro21132,606,5
5União das freguesias de Eucisia, Gouveia e Valverde26650,825,2
6União das freguesias de Ferradosa e Sendim da Serra16927,066,3
7União das freguesias de Gebelim e Soeima29930,609,8
8União das freguesias de Parada e Sendim da Ribeira20825,048,3
9União das freguesias de Pombal e Vales14715,199,7
10Vilar Chão20424,558,3
11Vilarelhos21712,0518,0
12Vilares de Vilariça13214,928,9
Code (DTMNFR)
040119
Resident population (2021)
217
Area
12,05 km²
Density
18,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 12

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
99 (45,6%)
Women
118 (54,4%)
Portuguese nationality
217 (100,0%)
Foreign nationality
0 (0,0%)
Ageing index
505,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
96
Average household size *
2,16 people
Dwellings
187
Classic family dwellings
186
Buildings
184
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,0% (16)
Unemployment rate *
11,54% (H 5,13% · M 17,95%)
Active / employed population
78 / 69

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 18 (8,3%); 15-24 years: 17 (7,8%); 25-64 years: 91 (41,9%); 65+ years: 91 (41,9%)0-1418 · 8,3%15-2417 · 7,8%25-6491 · 41,9%65+91 · 41,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (217).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1899
15-24 years17611
25-64 years914348
65+ years914150

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 Eucisia, Gouveia e Valverde · Santa Comba de Vilariça (Vila Flor) · União das freguesias de Assares e Lodões (Vila Flor) · União das freguesias de Pombal e Vales · Vilares de Vilariça · Trindade (Vila Flor)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Alfândega da Fé
7,1 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
272
Voters
204
Turnout
75,00% (2021: 78,76%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		11053,92%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
ALFÂNDEGA MERECE MAIS		8843,14%3
Blank votes41,96%
Null votes20,98%

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 púrpura, oliveira arrancada, de prata, frutada de negro, entre dois cachos de uvas de ouro, folhados de prata; campanha de três tiras ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a leganda a negro "VILARELHOS".

Flag: branca. Cordão e borlas de prata e púrpura. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda "Junta de Freguesia de Vilarelhos - Alfândega da Fé".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 151/2007, Diário da República n.º 33/2007, Série II de 2007-02-15 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Vilarelhos). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo da Fonte
Vilarelhos (ALFÂNDEGA DA FÉ)
5350-420 VILARELHOS
Telephone
278536094
Email
freguesia.vilarelhos@outlook.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,34778, -7,04111
Wikipedia
Vilarelhos
Wikidata
Q1294338

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