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Parish of the municipality of Chaves (Chaves), district of Vila Real.

Oura had 515 residents in the 2021 Census, 35,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 18,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Chaves.

Population (inh.)
  • 164 – 254
  • 260 – 431
  • 444 – 515
  • 543 – 850
  • 1.323 – 11.408
Density (inh./km²)
  • 5,9 – 20,8
  • 21,1 – 25,4
  • 25,7 – 35,6
  • 36,7 – 70,3
  • 83,4 – 2.026,3
Area (km²)
  • 5,6 – 8,7
  • 9,2 – 12,5
  • 13,1 – 16,4
  • 16,7 – 20,2
  • 21,9 – 31,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 39 parishes of Chaves

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Code (DTMNFR)
170320
Resident population (2021)
515
Area
14,51 km²
Density
35,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
16th of 39

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
246 (47,8%)
Women
269 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
508 (98,6%)
Foreign nationality
7 (1,4%)
Ageing index
435,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
225
Average household size *
2,27 people
Dwellings
469
Classic family dwellings
467
Buildings
467
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,2% (34)
Unemployment rate *
8,99% (H 5,71% · M 13,70%)
Active / employed population
178 / 162

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 42 (8,2%); 15-24 years: 61 (11,8%); 25-64 years: 229 (44,5%); 65+ years: 183 (35,5%)0-1442 · 8,2%15-2461 · 11,8%25-64229 · 44,5%65+183 · 35,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (515).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years422319
15-24 years612833
25-64 years229112117
65+ years18383100

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Chaves
18,0 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
584
Voters
361
Turnout
61,82% (2021: 55,59%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
TNF
Todos pela Nossa Freguesia
16545,71%4
PS
Partido Socialista
15242,11%3
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Chaves Mais
359,70%0
Blank votes20,55%
Null votes71,94%

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

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, com uma fonte de vermelho, repuxando água de azul; acantonados em chefe, dois cachos de uvas de púrpura, folhados de verde; em campanha, ponte antiga de um arco, de negro, realçada do campo, movente dos flancos e de um pé ondado de três burelas ondadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «OURA».

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

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Oura - Chaves».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 957/2011, Diário da República n.º 195/2011, Série II de 2011-10-11 (issuer: Freguesia de Oura). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Estrada Nacional, N.º 2
Oura (CHAVES)
5425-211 OURA
Telephone
276909649
Email
jfoura_43@live.com.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,61806, -7,56722
Wikipedia
Oura
Wikidata
Q194933

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