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Parish of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira (Moimenta da Beira), district of Viseu.

Alvite had 1.027 residents in the 2021 Census, 33,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 6,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira.

Population (inh.)
  • 151 – 220
  • 229 – 316
  • 389 – 429
  • 510 – 608
  • 1.027 – 2.843
Density (inh./km²)
  • 13,3 – 19,6
  • 21,1 – 30,8
  • 30,9 – 37,0
  • 51,3 – 53,2
  • 64,0 – 306,7
Area (km²)
  • 4,4 – 8,5
  • 9,3 – 9,5
  • 9,7 – 11,2
  • 12,1 – 19,3
  • 24,6 – 36,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Moimenta da Beira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvite1.02719,2953,2
2Arcozelos6089,5064,0
3Baldos1514,4434,0
4Cabaços22011,2119,6
5Caria40616,7124,3
6Castelo1969,2821,1
7Leomil1.13136,7730,8
8Moimenta da Beira2.8439,27306,7
9Passô2874,3566,0
10Sarzedo1544,9930,9
11Sever51410,0351,3
12União das freguesias de Paradinha e Nagosa22912,0918,9
13União das freguesias de Peva e Segões42924,6417,4
14União das freguesias de Pêra Velha, Aldeia de Nacomba e Ariz38929,1713,3
15Vila da Rua5109,6752,7
16Vilar3168,5437,0
Code (DTMNFR)
180702
Resident population (2021)
1.027
Area
19,29 km²
Density
53,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
10,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 16

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
493 (48,0%)
Women
534 (52,0%)
Portuguese nationality
1.025 (99,8%)
Foreign nationality
2 (0,2%)
Ageing index
372,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
396
Average household size *
2,48 people
Dwellings
678
Classic family dwellings
677
Buildings
671
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,0% (84)
Unemployment rate *
8,03% (H 10,24% · M 5,13%)
Active / employed population
361 / 332

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 92 (9,0%); 15-24 years: 106 (10,3%); 25-64 years: 486 (47,3%); 65+ years: 343 (33,4%)0-1492 · 9,0%15-24106 · 10,3%25-64486 · 47,3%65+343 · 33,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.027).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years925339
15-24 years1064858
25-64 years486242244
65+ years343150193

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

São João de Tarouca (Tarouca) · Touro (Vila Nova de Paiva) · Leomil · Sever · Almofala (Castro Daire) · União das freguesias de Pêra Velha, Aldeia de Nacomba e Ariz

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira
6,6 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
1.236
Voters
665
Turnout
53,80% (2021: 65,64%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
AA
Abraçar Alvite		45568,42%9
Blank votes19929,92%
Null votes111,65%

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

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 da Tulha
Alvite (MOIMENTA DA BEIRA)
3620-024 ALVITE MBR
Telephone
254588056
Email
jfreguesia_alvite@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,97967, -7,71261
Wikipedia
Alvite (Moimenta da Beira)
Wikidata
Q74942

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