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

Várzea had 534 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 4,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Arouca.

Population (inh.)
  • 171 – 550
  • 900 – 1.064
  • 1.086 – 1.126
  • 1.261 – 1.491
  • 2.111 – 5.120
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3,9 – 29,8
  • 32,2 – 60,9
  • 78,1 – 92,0
  • 113,5 – 117,4
  • 134,2 – 336,0
Area (km²)
  • 1,8 – 11,1
  • 14,1 – 15,2
  • 17,1 – 18,0
  • 23,1 – 31,2
  • 35,7 – 44,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Arouca

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvarenga1.05738,7727,3
2Chave1.27010,91116,4
3Escariz2.11117,98117,4
4Fermedo1.26111,11113,5
5Mansores1.10014,0878,1
6Moldes1.12628,0140,2
7Rossas1.49111,11134,2
8Santa Eulália2.12023,0592,0
9São Miguel do Mato55017,1032,2
10Tropeço1.08617,8460,9
11União das freguesias de Arouca e Burgo5.12015,24336,0
12União das freguesias de Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra18531,235,9
13União das freguesias de Canelas e Espiunca1.06435,7329,8
14União das freguesias de Covelo de Paivó e Janarde17144,383,9
15Urrô90010,7983,4
16Várzea5341,79298,3
Code (DTMNFR)
010420
Resident population (2021)
534
Area
1,79 km²
Density
298,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
14th of 16

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
247 (46,3%)
Women
287 (53,7%)
Portuguese nationality
524 (98,1%)
Foreign nationality
10 (1,9%)
Ageing index
144,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
182
Average household size *
2,93 people
Dwellings
246
Classic family dwellings
246
Buildings
230
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,7% (57)
Unemployment rate *
5,22% (H 3,36% · M 7,21%)
Active / employed population
230 / 218

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 84 (15,7%); 15-24 years: 64 (12,0%); 25-64 years: 265 (49,6%); 65+ years: 121 (22,7%)0-1484 · 15,7%15-2464 · 12,0%25-64265 · 49,6%65+121 · 22,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (534).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years844044
15-24 years642242
25-64 years265129136
65+ years1215665

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

Rossas · Urrô · Tropeço

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Arouca
4,6 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
455
Voters
381
Turnout
83,74% (2021: 75,82%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
VPL
Várzea em Primeiro Lugar		16944,36%3
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.IL
PRIMEIRO AROUCA		11229,40%2
PS
Partido Socialista		9224,15%2
Blank votes41,05%
Null votes41,05%

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

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
Lugar da Igreja
Várzea (AROUCA)
4540-677 VÁRZEA
Telephone
256947754
Fax
256947754
Email
geral@jfvarzea.pt
Website
www.varzea.aroucanet.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,92417, -8,30444
Wikipedia
Várzea (Arouca)
Wikidata
Q2129900

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