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Fornos de Algodres

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Parish of the municipality of Fornos de Algodres (Fornos de Algodres), district of Guarda.

Fornos de Algodres had 1.433 residents in the 2021 Census, 30,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 9 parishes and its centroid is 6,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Fornos de Algodres.

Population (inh.)
  • 166 – 218
  • 223 – 227
  • 245 – 262
  • 290 – 344
  • 553 – 1.433
Density (inh./km²)
  • 15,0 – 20,7
  • 22,4 – 23,3
  • 27,8 – 29,5
  • 30,4 – 32,4
  • 92,8 – 94,2
Area (km²)
  • 2,8 – 8,0
  • 8,1 – 9,7
  • 10,0 – 11,7
  • 13,8 – 15,2
  • 15,5 – 19,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 12 parishes of Fornos de Algodres

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Algodres29010,1528,6
2Casal Vasco2186,7332,4
3Figueiró da Granja34411,6829,5
4Fornos de Algodres1.43315,4592,8
5Infias2622,7894,2
6Maceira2458,0630,4
7Matança21513,8215,6
8Muxagata2239,9622,4
9Queiriz2279,7423,3
10União das freguesias de Cortiçô e Vila Chã1668,0420,7
11União das freguesias de Juncais, Vila Ruiva e Vila Soeiro do Chão55319,8727,8
12União das freguesias de Sobral Pichorro e Fuinhas22715,1715,0
Code (DTMNFR)
090505
Resident population (2021)
1.433
Area
15,45 km²
Density
92,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
32,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 12

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
647 (45,2%)
Women
786 (54,8%)
Portuguese nationality
1.421 (99,2%)
Foreign nationality
12 (0,8%)
Ageing index
261,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
560
Average household size *
2,43 people
Dwellings
983
Classic family dwellings
980
Buildings
745
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,5% (184)
Unemployment rate *
8,17% (H 4,69% · M 11,55%)
Active / employed population
649 / 596

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 166 (11,6%); 15-24 years: 124 (8,7%); 25-64 years: 709 (49,5%); 65+ years: 434 (30,3%)0-14166 · 11,6%15-24124 · 8,7%25-64709 · 49,5%65+434 · 30,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.433).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1667690
15-24 years1245767
25-64 years709340369
65+ years434174260

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

Vila Franca da Serra (Gouveia) · Infias · União das freguesias de Tavares (Chãs, Várzea e Travanca) (Mangualde) · Abrunhosa-a-Velha (Mangualde) · Figueiró da Granja · Algodres · União das freguesias de Juncais, Vila Ruiva e Vila Soeiro do Chão · Casal Vasco · Ribamondego (Gouveia)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Fornos de Algodres
6,7 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
1.264
Voters
1.022
Turnout
80,85% (2021: 75,59%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		65363,89%6
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		33132,39%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		121,17%0
Blank votes121,17%
Null votes141,37%

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

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
Largo do Pelourinho, N.º1
Fornos de Algodres
6370-158 FORNOS DE ALGODRES
Telephone
271703404
Email
fregfornosalgodres@sapo.pt
Website
www.jf-fornosdealgodres.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,62250, -7,53861
Wikipedia
Fornos de Algodres (freguesia)
Wikidata
Q1997892

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