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Parish of the municipality of Gondomar (Gondomar), district of Porto.

Rio Tinto had 51.083 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 19,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 10,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Gondomar.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.284 – 5.295
  • 7.034
  • 14.386 – 37.753
  • 47.422
  • 51.083
Density (inh./km²)
  • 93,7 – 190,4
  • 232,6
  • 1.719,2 – 2.033,5
  • 2.634,8
  • 5.411,3
Area (km²)
  • 5,5 – 9,4
  • 13,7
  • 22,0 – 23,3
  • 27,8
  • 30,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 7 parishes of Gondomar

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Baguim do Monte (Rio Tinto)14.3865,462.634,8
2Lomba1.28413,7093,7
3Rio Tinto51.0839,445.411,3
4União das freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo7.03430,24232,6
5União das freguesias de Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova37.75321,961.719,2
6União das freguesias de Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim47.42223,322.033,5
7União das freguesias de Melres e Medas5.29527,81190,4
Code (DTMNFR)
130408
Resident population (2021)
51.083
Area
9,44 km²
Density
5.411,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
31,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 7

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
23.833 (46,7%)
Women
27.250 (53,3%)
Portuguese nationality
49.480 (96,9%)
Foreign nationality
1.603 (3,1%)
Ageing index
173,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
20.874
Average household size *
2,44 people
Dwellings
24.327
Classic family dwellings
24.307
Buildings
9.068
Buildings with 7 or more floors
190
With higher education (15+)
19,3% (8.638)
Unemployment rate *
11,32% (H 10,53% · M 12,09%)
Active / employed population
25.203 / 22.349

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 6.382 (12,5%); 15-24 years: 5.332 (10,4%); 25-64 years: 28.318 (55,4%); 65+ years: 11.051 (21,6%)0-146.382 · 12,5%15-245.332 · 10,4%25-6428.318 · 55,4%65+11.051 · 21,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (51.083).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years6.3823.1953.187
15-24 years5.3322.7282.604
25-64 years28.31813.17515.143
65+ years11.0514.7356.316

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

Campanhã (Porto) · Baguim do Monte (Rio Tinto) · União das freguesias de Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova · Pedrouços (Maia) · Águas Santas (Maia) · Paranhos (Porto) · Ermesinde (Valongo)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Gondomar
10,1 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
45.076
Voters
22.935
Turnout
50,88% (2021: 45,59%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		9.14739,88%9
PPD/PSD.IL
Despertar Gondomar		5.96226,00%6
CH
CHEGA		3.72216,23%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1.3415,85%1
L
LIVRE		1.0564,60%1
PAN
PESSOAS - ANIMAIS - NATUREZA		5162,25%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		3361,47%0
Blank votes5332,32%
Null votes3221,40%

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 Mosteiro
Rio Tinto (GONDOMAR)
4435-346 RIO TINTO
Telephone
224890287
Fax
224804399
Email
freguesia@riotinto.pt
Website
www.riotinto.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,18333, -8,56667
Official website
www.jf-riotinto.pt
Wikipedia
Rio Tinto (Gondomar)
Wikidata
Q1020836

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