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Parish of the municipality of Resende (Resende), district of Viseu.

Paus had 421 residents in the 2021 Census, 33,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 3,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Resende.

Population (inh.)
  • 283 – 421
  • 537 – 595
  • 670 – 678
  • 746 – 1.333
  • 1.348 – 3.076
Density (inh./km²)
  • 11,9 – 31,4
  • 59,3 – 91,3
  • 92,5 – 99,5
  • 100,0 – 106,1
  • 137,1 – 258,9
Area (km²)
  • 5,1 – 7,4
  • 7,5 – 9,8
  • 10,0 – 11,9
  • 13,3 – 13,4
  • 14,4 – 23,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 11 parishes of Resende

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Barrô59510,0459,3
2Cárquere7467,5099,5
3Paus42113,4031,4
4Resende3.07611,88258,9
5São Cipriano6706,70100,0
6São João de Fontoura5375,06106,1
7São Martinho de Mouros1.33314,4192,5
8União das freguesias de Anreade e São Romão de Aregos1.3489,83137,1
9União das freguesias de Felgueiras e Feirão36413,2827,4
10União das freguesias de Freigil e Miomães6787,4391,3
11União das freguesias de Ovadas e Panchorra28323,8211,9
Code (DTMNFR)
181310
Resident population (2021)
421
Area
13,40 km²
Density
31,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th of 11

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
203 (48,2%)
Women
218 (51,8%)
Portuguese nationality
418 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality
3 (0,7%)
Ageing index
364,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
188
Average household size *
2,24 people
Dwellings
496
Classic family dwellings
496
Buildings
487
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,8% (22)
Unemployment rate *
15,97% (H 16,09% · M 15,79%)
Active / employed population
144 / 121

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 39 (9,3%); 15-24 years: 31 (7,4%); 25-64 years: 209 (49,6%); 65+ years: 142 (33,7%)0-1439 · 9,3%15-2431 · 7,4%25-64209 · 49,6%65+142 · 33,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (421).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years392316
15-24 years311912
25-64 years209108101
65+ years1425389

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 Felgueiras e Feirão · São Martinho de Mouros · União das freguesias de Bigorne, Magueija e Pretarouca (Lamego) · São João de Fontoura · Penude (Lamego) · Resende

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Resende
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
448
Voters
382
Turnout
85,27% (2021: 85,29%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		20754,19%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Valorizar Resende - PSD/CDS-PP		16242,41%3
Blank votes61,57%
Null votes71,83%

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 ouro, com castanheiro arrancado e frutado, tudo de verde, com os ouriços abertos de vermelho; em campanha vale de verde, movente de ponta ondada de três peças ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "PAUS".

Flag: esquartelada de verde e branco. Cordão e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Paus - Resende".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 212/2010, Diário da República n.º 51/2010, Série II de 2010-03-15 (issuer: Freguesia de Paus). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua de S. Pedro de Paus, N.º 2805
Paus (RESENDE)
4660-148 PAUS
Telephone
254939017
Fax
254939017
Email
jfpaus@live.com.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,06712, -7,90478
Wikipedia
Paus (Resende)
Wikidata
Q93473

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