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

Arcozelos had 608 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 4,3 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)
180703
Resident population (2021)
608
Area
9,50 km²
Density
64,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th 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
300 (49,3%)
Women
308 (50,7%)
Portuguese nationality
604 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality
4 (0,7%)
Ageing index
198,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
243
Average household size *
2,50 people
Dwellings
497
Classic family dwellings
496
Buildings
449
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,5% (77)
Unemployment rate *
11,97% (H 11,57% · M 12,39%)
Active / employed population
234 / 206

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 78 (12,8%); 15-24 years: 55 (9,0%); 25-64 years: 320 (52,6%); 65+ years: 155 (25,5%)0-1478 · 12,8%15-2455 · 9,0%25-64320 · 52,6%65+155 · 25,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (608).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years784632
15-24 years553322
25-64 years320153167
65+ years1556887

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

Moimenta da Beira · União das freguesias de Pêra Velha, Aldeia de Nacomba e Ariz · Vila da Rua · Vilar · Baldos · Leomil

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira
4,3 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
549
Voters
320
Turnout
58,29% (2021: 70,43%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		25579,69%7
Blank votes4815,00%
Null votes175,31%

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
Avenida Nova
Arcozelos (MOIMENTA DA BEIRA)
3620-071 ARCOZELOS
Telephone
254583288
Email
jfarcozelos@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,96778, -7,58583
Wikipedia
Arcozelos
Wikidata
Q74930

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