Fridão

Parish of the municipality of Amarante (Amarante), district of Porto.

Fridão had 664 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 4,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Amarante.

Population (inh.)

267 – 586
630 – 825
827 – 1.594
1.663 – 2.849
3.451 – 11.564

Density (inh./km²)

17,1 – 47,5
48,8 – 137,7
154,3 – 231,5
233,2 – 304,0
334,4 – 760,3

Area (km²)

2,5 – 6,7
7,5 – 8,7
8,8 – 12,0
12,1 – 15,2
15,7 – 30,5

Quantile classes · current parish

Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 26 parishes of Amarante

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Ansiães	516	27,19	19,0
2	Candemil	586	12,01	48,8
3	Fregim	2.730	10,37	263,3
4	Fridão	664	7,87	84,4
5	Gondar	1.536	9,64	159,3
6	Gouveia (São Simão)	577	12,49	46,2
7	Jazente	517	3,35	154,3
8	Lomba	820	3,63	225,9
9	Louredo	630	3,60	175,0
10	Lufrei	1.594	6,45	247,1
11	Mancelos	2.829	12,13	233,2
12	Padronelo	754	2,48	304,0
13	Rebordelo	267	15,66	17,1
14	Salvador do Monte	894	7,48	119,5
15	Telões	3.939	14,47	272,2
16	Travanca	2.012	8,69	231,5
17	União das freguesias de Aboadela, Sanche e Várzea	1.447	30,45	47,5
18	União das freguesias de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão	11.564	15,21	760,3
19	União das freguesias de Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei	827	23,43	35,3
20	União das freguesias de Figueiró (Santiago e Santa Cristina)	3.634	8,11	448,1
21	União das freguesias de Freixo de Cima e de Baixo	3.451	8,82	391,3
22	União das freguesias de Olo e Canadelo	434	19,51	22,3
23	União das freguesias de Vila Garcia, Aboim e Chapa	1.663	12,08	137,7
24	Vila Caiz	2.849	8,52	334,4
25	Vila Chã do Marão	825	6,71	123,0
26	Vila Meã	4.557	10,96	415,8

Code (DTMNFR): 130115
Resident population (2021): 664
Area: 7,87 km²
Density: 84,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,3%
Rank in the municipality (population): 19th of 26

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: 326 (49,1%)
Women: 338 (50,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 650 (97,9%)
Foreign nationality: 14 (2,1%)
Ageing index: 267,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 256
Average household size *: 2,59 people
Dwellings: 426
Classic family dwellings: 425
Buildings: 396
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 6,5% (39)
Unemployment rate *: 7,22% (H 5,36% · M 10,09%)
Active / employed population: 277 / 257

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (664).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	62	31	31
15-24 years	73	37	36
25-64 years	363	184	179
65+ years	166	74	92

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 Olo e Canadelo · Rebordelo · Vila Chã do Marão · Codeçoso (Celorico de Basto) · União das freguesias de Vila Garcia, Aboim e Chapa · União das freguesias de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Amarante: 4,8 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: 659
Voters: 542
Turnout: 82,25% (2021: 77,95%)
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP Afirmar Amarante	293	54,06%	4
PS Partido Socialista	240	44,28%	3
Blank votes	2	0,37%
Null votes	7	1,29%

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

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 prata, monte de verde, carregado em campanha de uma ponte de três arcos de prata, lavrada de negro, movente dos flancos e de um pé de três tiras ondadas de azul e prata; em chefe, duas penas de vermelho, passadas em aspa. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "FRIDÃO".
Flag: vermelha. Cordão e borlas de prata e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.
Seal: nos termos de Lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Fridão - Amarante"

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 623/2008, Diário da República n.º 118/2008, Série II de 2008-06-20 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Fridão). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Rua de S. Faustino, N.º 1342
Fridão (AMARANTE)
4600-620 FRIDÃO
Telephone: 255422030
Fax: 255422030
Email: jffridao@sapo.pt
Website: www.juntafreguesiafridao.wordpress.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,31444, -8,02778
Wikipedia: Fridão
Wikidata: Q1023234

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 25 schools in the municipality of Amarante. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 25.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Vila Real (IPMA no. 567), 25,9 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	6,3	9,9	2,8	129,4
Feb	7,9	12,2	3,5	83,6
Mar	10,6	15,6	5,6	91,1
Apr	12,2	17,4	7,1	84,8
May	15,4	21,2	9,7	63,4
Jun	18,9	25,3	12,6	29,2
Jul	21,8	28,8	14,7	12,7
Aug	21,9	29,0	14,9	21,5
Sep	19,1	25,2	13,0	48,9
Oct	14,7	19,3	10,1	120,9
Nov	9,6	13,2	6,0	122,8
Dec	7,0	10,4	3,6	142,8
Year	13,8	—	—	951,2

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Trás-os-Montes, Alto Douro e Beira Interior. Station altitude: 561,5 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Amarante the median value in 2025 is 4,45 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 4600-620 (Rua de S. Faustino, N.º 1342, Fridão (AMARANTE), 4600-620 FRIDÃO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Porto): 22. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 255422030.

Public bodies

Junta de Fridão — Rua de S. Faustino, N.º 1342, Fridão (AMARANTE), 4600-620 FRIDÃO · 4600-620 · 255422030 · [email protected] · http://www.juntafreguesiafridao.wordpress.com

Câmara Municipal de Amarante — Presidente: António Jorge Vieira Ricardo · Alameda Teixeira de Pascoaes, 4600-011 Amarante · 4600-011 · 255420200 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-amarante.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Amarante

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026