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Vila de Cucujães

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Parish of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis (Oliveira de Azeméis), district of Aveiro.

Vila de Cucujães had 9.962 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 4,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.854 – 1.918
  • 2.413 – 2.896
  • 3.072 – 3.466
  • 3.638 – 6.735
  • 9.962 – 20.665
Density (inh./km²)
  • 107,2 – 212,4
  • 228,0 – 315,8
  • 356,7 – 479,6
  • 546,3 – 712,5
  • 796,7 – 956,1
Area (km²)
  • 3,9 – 5,4
  • 7,1 – 8,1
  • 8,1 – 10,4
  • 11,8 – 17,9
  • 25,9 – 32,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 13 parishes of Oliveira de Azeméis

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carregosa3.46611,82293,2
2Cesar3.0725,43565,8
3Fajões2.8968,12356,7
4Loureiro3.63817,13212,4
5Macieira de Sarnes1.8563,87479,6
6Nogueira do Cravo2.6774,90546,3
7Ossela1.91817,89107,2
8Pindelo2.4137,64315,8
9São Martinho da Gândara1.8548,13228,0
10São Roque5.0237,05712,5
11União das freguesias de Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail20.66525,94796,7
12União das freguesias de Pinheiro da Bemposta, Travanca e Palmaz6.73532,76205,6
13Vila de Cucujães9.96210,42956,1
Code (DTMNFR)
011319
Resident population (2021)
9.962
Area
10,42 km²
Density
956,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
15,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 13

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
4.838 (48,6%)
Women
5.124 (51,4%)
Portuguese nationality
9.822 (98,6%)
Foreign nationality
140 (1,4%)
Ageing index
242,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.704
Average household size *
2,66 people
Dwellings
4.630
Classic family dwellings
4.625
Buildings
3.603
Buildings with 7 or more floors
5
With higher education (15+)
10,9% (971)
Unemployment rate *
7,09% (H 5,74% · M 8,57%)
Active / employed population
4.794 / 4.454

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.039 (10,4%); 15-24 years: 1.057 (10,6%); 25-64 years: 5.352 (53,7%); 65+ years: 2.514 (25,2%)0-141.039 · 10,4%15-241.057 · 10,6%25-645.352 · 53,7%65+2.514 · 25,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (9.962).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.039543496
15-24 years1.057521536
25-64 years5.3522.6362.716
65+ years2.5141.1381.376

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 Vicente de Pereira Jusã (Ovar) · União das freguesias de Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail · São João da Madeira (São João da Madeira) · São Martinho da Gândara · São Roque · Mosteirô (Santa Maria da Feira) · Arrifana (Santa Maria da Feira)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis
4,7 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
9.297
Voters
5.555
Turnout
59,75% (2021: 49,27%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		2.57746,39%6
PS
Partido Socialista		2.26840,83%6
CH
CHEGA		4087,34%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1292,32%0
Blank votes981,76%
Null votes751,35%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Mosteiro, apartado 37
Lugar da Costa (OLIVEIRA DE AZEMÉIS)
3720-350 VILA DE CUCUJÃES
Telephone
256890210
Email
jfcucujaes@gmail.com
Website
www.jfcucujaes.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,87167, -8,49333
Wikipedia
Vila de Cucujães
Wikidata
Q1954238

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