Freamunde

Parish of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira (Paços de Ferreira), district of Porto.

Freamunde had 7.557 residents in the 2021 Census, 17,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 3,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira.

Population (inh.)

1.004 – 1.815
2.181 – 2.491
2.959 – 3.749
3.756 – 4.244
4.514 – 8.244

Density (inh./km²)

362,3 – 533,6
597,1 – 665,9
722,9 – 739,2
753,6 – 869,1
1.043,1 – 2.092,4

Area (km²)

1,7 – 2,2
2,9 – 3,9
4,4 – 5,6
6,0 – 6,0
6,3 – 6,8

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 Paços de Ferreira

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Arreigada	1.815	1,74	1.043,1
2	Carvalhosa	4.514	5,99	753,6
3	Codessos	1.004	1,94	517,5
4	Eiriz	2.181	6,02	362,3
5	Ferreira	4.244	6,75	628,7
6	Figueiró	2.477	2,85	869,1
7	Frazão	4.012	5,55	722,9
8	Freamunde	7.557	5,15	1.467,4
9	Lamoso	1.581	2,16	731,9
10	Meixomil	3.749	4,38	855,9
11	Modelos	1.425	2,14	665,9
12	Paços de Ferreira	8.244	3,94	2.092,4
13	Penamaior	3.586	6,72	533,6
14	Raimonda	2.491	3,37	739,2
15	Sanfins de Ferreira	2.959	6,02	491,5
16	Seroa	3.756	6,29	597,1

Code (DTMNFR): 130908
Resident population (2021): 7.557
Area: 5,15 km²
Density: 1.467,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 13,6%
Rank in the municipality (population): 2nd 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: 3.707 (49,1%)
Women: 3.850 (50,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 7.524 (99,6%)
Foreign nationality: 33 (0,4%)
Ageing index: 136,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 2.636
Average household size *: 2,85 people
Dwellings: 3.036
Classic family dwellings: 3.032
Buildings: 1.767
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 19
With higher education (15+): 9,7% (642)
Unemployment rate *: 9,15% (H 8,88% · M 9,45%)
Active / employed population: 3.947 / 3.586

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (7.557).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	958	507	451
15-24 years	963	499	464
25-64 years	4.325	2.107	2.218
65+ years	1.311	594	717

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

União das freguesias de Figueiras e Covas (Lousada) · Carvalhosa · Ferreira · Figueiró · Sousela (Lousada)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira: 3,2 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: 6.843
Voters: 4.498
Turnout: 65,73% (2021: 63,47%)
Seats: 13

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	2.064	45,89%	7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP MAIS - Coligação PSD/CDS	1.428	31,75%	5
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	472	10,49%	1
IL Iniciativa Liberal	229	5,09%	0
L LIVRE	154	3,42%	0
Blank votes	100	2,22%
Null votes	51	1,13%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de prata, ramo de oliveira de verde, frutado de negro e posto em pala, entre dois capões da sua cor, o da dextra volvido; em chefe, livro aberto de prata, encadernado e guarnecido de azul e, em campanha, roda dentada de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de cinco torres. Listel branco, com a legenda, a negro, "FREAMUNDE"
Flag: gironada de oito peças de azul e branco. Cordão e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro
Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda "Junta de Freguesia de Freamunde - Paços de Ferreira".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 260/2007, Diário da República n.º 64/2007, Série II de 2007-03-30 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Freamunde). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address: Rua da Cultura, N.º 14
Freamunde (PAÇOS DE FERREIRA)
4590-323 FREAMUNDE
Telephone: 255870066
Fax: 255-870066
Email: geral@jf-freamunde.pt
Website: www.jf-freamunde.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,28861, -8,33917
Official website: www.jf-freamunde.pt
Wikipedia: Freamunde
Wikidata: Q1020833

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 23 schools in the municipality of Paços de Ferreira. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 23.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Freamunde — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:30 · Largo de Santo António, n,º 10, R/ch, 4590-305 Paços de Ferreira 4590-305

There are 7 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Luzim (IPMA no. 657), 17,7 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	7,3	11,0	3,6	196,0
Feb	8,5	12,8	4,1	129,3
Mar	11,0	15,7	6,3	133,2
Apr	12,4	17,3	7,6	134,2
May	15,3	20,5	10,1	93,5
Jun	18,3	24,1	12,6	37,6
Jul	20,4	26,7	14,1	15,3
Aug	20,7	27,0	14,5	29,7
Sep	18,7	24,6	12,8	72,6
Oct	15,0	19,7	10,3	162,6
Nov	10,3	14,2	6,5	183,4
Dec	8,0	11,6	4,5	194,2
Year	13,8	—	—	1.381,6

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 287,2 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Paços de Ferreira the median value in 2025 is 5,37 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 4590-323 (Rua da Cultura, N.º 14, Freamunde (PAÇOS DE FERREIRA), 4590-323 FREAMUNDE).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Porto): 22. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 255870066.

Public bodies

Junta de Freamunde — Rua da Cultura, N.º 14, Freamunde (PAÇOS DE FERREIRA), 4590-323 FREAMUNDE · 4590-323 · 255870066 · [email protected] · http://www.jf-freamunde.pt

Câmara Municipal de Paços de Ferreira — Presidente: Paulo Jorge Rodrigues Ferreira · Praça da República, 46, 4590-527 Paços de Ferreira · 4590-527 · 255860700 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-pacosdeferreira.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Paços de Ferreira

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026