Medelo

Parish of the municipality of Fafe (Fafe), district of Braga.

Medelo had 1.543 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 1,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Fafe.

Population (inh.)

545 – 747
773 – 1.208
1.256 – 1.540
1.543 – 1.940
2.024 – 15.455

Density (inh./km²)

28,9 – 97,0
109,9 – 160,5
177,4 – 247,6
260,5 – 392,4
430,6 – 1.939,2

Area (km²)

2,5 – 4,1
4,7 – 5,6
5,7 – 7,4
8,0 – 10,6
11,5 – 28,1

Quantile classes · current parish

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

The 25 parishes of Fafe

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Armil	687	4,65	147,7
2	Arões (Santa Cristina)	1.550	3,95	392,4
3	Arões (São Romão)	3.293	5,72	575,7
4	Estorãos	1.540	5,90	261,0
5	Fafe	15.455	7,97	1.939,2
6	Fornelos	1.352	2,45	551,8
7	Golães	2.024	4,70	430,6
8	Medelo	1.543	2,52	612,3
9	Paços	1.015	4,10	247,6
10	Quinchães	2.171	10,61	204,6
11	Regadas	1.537	5,90	260,5
12	Revelhe	788	4,91	160,5
13	Ribeiros	545	4,96	109,9
14	Silvares (São Martinho)	1.256	6,29	199,7
15	São Gens	1.643	14,80	111,0
16	Travassós	1.444	8,14	177,4
17	União de freguesias de Aboim, Felgueiras, Gontim e Pedraído	773	26,71	28,9
18	União de freguesias de Agrela e Serafão	1.208	9,19	131,5
19	União de freguesias de Antime e Silvares (São Clemente)	1.940	5,57	348,3
20	União de freguesias de Ardegão, Arnozela e Seidões	949	9,78	97,0
21	União de freguesias de Cepães e Fareja	2.152	7,39	291,2
22	União de freguesias de Freitas e Vila Cova	747	11,48	65,1
23	União de freguesias de Monte e Queimadela	659	20,37	32,4
24	União de freguesias de Moreira do Rei e Várzea Cova	1.656	28,14	58,9
25	Vinhós	570	2,88	197,9

Code (DTMNFR): 030716
Resident population (2021): 1.543
Area: 2,52 km²
Density: 612,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 3,2%
Rank in the municipality (population): 10th of 25

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: 742 (48,1%)
Women: 801 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.526 (98,9%)
Foreign nationality: 17 (1,1%)
Ageing index: 246,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 572
Average household size *: 2,61 people
Dwellings: 779
Classic family dwellings: 778
Buildings: 615
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 14,3% (198)
Unemployment rate *: 7,00% (H 5,66% · M 8,38%)
Active / employed population: 729 / 678

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.543).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	158	79	79
15-24 years	181	97	84
25-64 years	815	392	423
65+ years	389	174	215

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

Estorãos · Fornelos · Fafe · Vinhós · Revelhe

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Fafe: 1,3 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: 1.386
Voters: 838
Turnout: 60,46% (2021: 59,50%)
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
LIM Lista Independente por Medelo - LIM	666	79,47%	8
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	94	11,22%	1
Blank votes	62	7,40%
Null votes	16	1,91%

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

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: Rua Nossa Senhora da Conceição, N.º 226
Medelo (FAFE)
4820-496 MEDELO
Telephone: 253502208
Fax: 253502208
Email: jfmedelo.fafe@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,46583, -8,15528
Wikipedia: Medelo
Wikidata: Q1022847

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 26 schools in the municipality of Fafe. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 26.

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2 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Escola Superior de Educação de Fafe — Ensino Superior Privado - Politécnico · Rua Universitária - Medelo, Apartado 178 4824-909
Escola Superior de Tecnologias de Fafe — Ensino Superior Privado - Politécnico · Rua Universitária - Medelo, Apartado 178 4824-909

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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

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Medelo — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 12:00 e das 14:30 às 17:00 · Rua Nossa Senhora da Conceição, nº 226 4820-496 Fafe 4820-496
Espaço Cidadão de Arões Sta, Cristina — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 14:00 às 19:00; Localidade na fonte: Arões de Santa Cristina · Av,ª Fonte da Cruz, n,º 355 4820-640 Fafe 4820-640
Espaço Cidadão de Arões São Romão — Horário: 2ª, 3ª, 4ª e 5ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 17:00 - 6ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 16:00; Localidade na fonte: Arões (S, Romão) · Av, Da Torre, 395 4820-758 Fafe 4820-758
Espaço Cidadão de Silvares São Martinho — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:00; 2ª; 4ª e 6ª das 14:00 às 17:00; 3ª e 5ª das 16:00 às 19:00; Localidade na fonte: São Martinho de Silvares · Rua da Boavista, n,º 845 4820-703 Fafe 4820-703

There are 20 in the municipality in total.

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Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Braga / Merelim (IPMA no. 622), 27,0 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	8,6	14,1	3,1	179,5
Feb	9,5	15,5	3,4	111,1
Mar	11,9	17,8	5,9	150,1
Apr	13,7	19,6	7,8	127,9
May	16,7	23,0	10,4	89,8
Jun	19,7	26,1	13,2	40,6
Jul	21,2	28,2	14,3	27,9
Aug	21,4	28,7	14,0	34,6
Sep	19,7	26,9	12,4	67,6
Oct	16,1	22,2	10,1	197,8
Nov	11,5	17,0	6,0	170,1
Dec	9,3	14,9	3,7	190,3
Year	14,9	—	—	1.387,3

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 68,4 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 Fafe the median value in 2025 is 4,70 €/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: 4820-496 (Rua Nossa Senhora da Conceição, N.º 226, Medelo (FAFE), 4820-496 MEDELO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Braga): 253. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 253502208.

Public bodies

Junta de Medelo — Rua Nossa Senhora da Conceição, N.º 226, Medelo (FAFE), 4820-496 MEDELO · 4820-496 · 253502208 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Fafe — Presidente: Antero da Silva Oliveira Barbosa Fernandes · Avenida 5 de Outubro, 4824-501 Fafe · 4824-501 · 253700400 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-fafe.pt

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

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