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Gafanha da Encarnação

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Parish of the municipality of Ílhavo (Ílhavo), district of Aveiro.

Gafanha da Encarnação had 5.318 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 17,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 3,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ílhavo.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.691
  • 5.318
  • 15.551
  • 16.675
Density (inh./km²)
  • 239,9
  • 427,6
  • 484,3
  • 945,9
Area (km²)
  • 7,1
  • 11,0
  • 16,4
  • 39,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Ílhavo

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Gafanha da Encarnação5.31810,98484,3
2Gafanha da Nazaré15.55116,44945,9
3Gafanha do Carmo1.6917,05239,9
4Ílhavo (São Salvador)16.67539,00427,6
Code (DTMNFR)
011005
Resident population (2021)
5.318
Area
10,98 km²
Density
484,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
13,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 4

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
2.550 (48,0%)
Women
2.768 (52,0%)
Portuguese nationality
5.154 (96,9%)
Foreign nationality
164 (3,1%)
Ageing index
140,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.043
Average household size *
2,60 people
Dwellings
3.506
Classic family dwellings
3.505
Buildings
2.582
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
17,1% (783)
Unemployment rate *
5,86% (H 4,64% · M 7,18%)
Active / employed population
2.541 / 2.392

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 749 (14,1%); 15-24 years: 553 (10,4%); 25-64 years: 2.963 (55,7%); 65+ years: 1.053 (19,8%)0-14749 · 14,1%15-24553 · 10,4%25-642.963 · 55,7%65+1.053 · 19,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.318).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years749369380
15-24 years553281272
25-64 years2.9631.4291.534
65+ years1.053471582

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 Ílhavo
3,0 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
5.224
Voters
2.606
Turnout
49,89% (2021: 45,19%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS
1.00838,68%6
PS
Partido Socialista
71727,51%4
UPF
UNIR PARA FAZER
42816,42%2
CH
CHEGA
32912,62%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
301,15%0
Blank votes632,42%
Null votes311,19%

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 ouro, duas proas de moliceiro de negro e prata, guarnecidas de decoração tradicional, moventes dos flancos, a da dextra volvida e de campanha de cinco burelas ondadas de verde, prata, azul, prata e verde; em chefe, coroa Mariana de azul, com sua pedraria, coroa mural de prata de quatro torres, listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "GAFANHA da ENCARNAÇÃO"

Flag: esquartelada de verde e amarelo, cordão e borlas de ouro e verde, haste e lança de ouro

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia da Gafanha da Encarnação - Ílhavo".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 890/2007, Diário da República n.º 204/2007, Série II de 2007-10-23 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Gafanha da Encarnação). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Professor Francisco Corujo N.º 227
Gafanha da Encarnação (ÌLHAVO)
3830-524 GAFANHA DA ENCARNAÇÃO
Telephone
234360928
Email
jfge1848@gmail.com
Website
www.jf-gafencarnacao.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,62028, -8,73278
Wikipedia
Gafanha da Encarnação
Wikidata
Q388117

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