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Refojos de Basto

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Parish of the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto (Cabeceiras de Basto), district of Braga.

Refojos de Basto had 4.726 residents in the 2021 Census, 18,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 4,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto.

Population (inh.)
  • 347 – 472
  • 555 – 694
  • 777 – 893
  • 1.039 – 1.133
  • 1.950 – 4.726
Density (inh./km²)
  • 8,4 – 25,1
  • 26,4 – 42,3
  • 57,0 – 105,7
  • 107,8 – 160,0
  • 215,7 – 336,9
Area (km²)
  • 5,2 – 7,4
  • 7,6 – 12,2
  • 12,2 – 15,1
  • 17,8 – 26,8
  • 41,4 – 43,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 14 parishes of Cabeceiras de Basto

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Abadim47215,1431,2
2Basto8935,58160,0
3Bucos46917,8026,4
4Cabeceiras de Basto61624,5225,1
5Cavez1.13326,7942,3
6Faia5555,15107,8
7Outeiro1.0717,58141,3
8Painzela7777,35105,7
9Pedraça69412,1757,0
10Refojos de Basto4.72614,03336,9
11Rio Douro81643,1118,9
12União das freguesias de Alvite e Passos1.03912,1985,2
13União das freguesias de Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune1.9509,04215,7
14União das freguesias de Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas34741,388,4
Code (DTMNFR)
030424
Resident population (2021)
4.726
Area
14,03 km²
Density
336,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
30,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 14

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
2.300 (48,7%)
Women
2.426 (51,3%)
Portuguese nationality
4.656 (98,5%)
Foreign nationality
70 (1,5%)
Ageing index
126,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.673
Dwellings
2.604
Classic family dwellings
2.602
Buildings
1.956
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
15,5% (626)
Unemployment rate †
7,81%
Active / employed population
2.164 / 1.995

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 694 (14,7%); 15-24 years: 558 (11,8%); 25-64 years: 2.598 (55,0%); 65+ years: 876 (18,5%)0-14694 · 14,7%15-24558 · 11,8%25-642.598 · 55,0%65+876 · 18,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.726).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years694366328
15-24 years558296262
25-64 years2.5981.2581.340
65+ years876380496

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

União das freguesias de Alvite e Passos · Outeiro · Pedraça · Abadim · Rio Douro · Basto · Painzela

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto
4,5 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
4.804
Voters
3.395
Turnout
70,67%
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Coligação Fazer Diferente		1.98758,53%6
PS
Partido Socialista		1.17634,64%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		882,59%0
Blank votes762,24%
Null votes682,00%

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 vermelho, com leão de ouro empunhado uma espada de lâmina flamejante do mesmo, dentro de dupla orla de troncos de vide, folhados e contra folhados de parras, tudo de prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "Refojos de Basto".

Flag: esquartelada de amarelo e vermelho. Cordão e borlas de ouro e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Refojos de Basto - Cabeceiras de Basto".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital (extracto) n.º 668/2008, Diário da República n.º 124/2008, Série II de 2008-06-30 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Refojos de Basto). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Antunes Basto n.º 446
Cabeceiras de Basto
4860-363 Refojos de Basto
Email
jfrefojosdebasto@gmail.com

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

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