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Parish of the municipality of Santo Tirso (Santo Tirso), district of Porto.

Aves had 7.946 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 6,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santo Tirso.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.427 – 1.567
  • 2.040 – 3.130
  • 3.308 – 3.755
  • 3.848 – 6.369
  • 7.946 – 20.590
Density (inh./km²)
  • 126,3 – 212,6
  • 215,0 – 285,4
  • 536,1 – 618,4
  • 657,8 – 743,5
  • 816,4 – 1.300,5
Area (km²)
  • 4,2 – 5,3
  • 6,1 – 6,2
  • 7,0 – 9,6
  • 10,3 – 12,9
  • 16,8 – 25,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 14 parishes of Santo Tirso

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Agrela1.4866,99212,6
2Aves7.9466,111.300,5
3Monte Córdova3.84816,80229,1
4Negrelos (São Tomé)3.7556,12613,6
5Rebordões3.1304,21743,5
6Reguenga1.4275,00285,4
7Roriz3.3086,17536,1
8União das freguesias de Areias, Sequeiró, Lama e Palmeira6.36910,30618,4
9União das freguesias de Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave2.0409,49215,0
10União das freguesias de Lamelas e Guimarei1.56712,41126,3
11União das freguesias de Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães20.59025,22816,4
12Vila Nova do Campo6.3159,60657,8
13Vilarinho3.5875,27680,7
14Água Longa2.34112,87181,9
Code (DTMNFR)
131405
Resident population (2021)
7.946
Area
6,11 km²
Density
1.300,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
11,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 14

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
3.771 (47,5%)
Women
4.175 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
7.806 (98,2%)
Foreign nationality
140 (1,8%)
Ageing index
234,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.131
Average household size *
2,51 people
Dwellings
3.779
Classic family dwellings
3.774
Buildings
2.279
Buildings with 7 or more floors
18
With higher education (15+)
15,2% (1.072)
Unemployment rate *
8,15% (H 6,69% · M 9,61%)
Active / employed population
3.618 / 3.323

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 879 (11,1%); 15-24 years: 783 (9,9%); 25-64 years: 4.219 (53,1%); 65+ years: 2.065 (26,0%)0-14879 · 11,1%15-24783 · 9,9%25-644.219 · 53,1%65+2.065 · 26,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (7.946).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years879458421
15-24 years783407376
25-64 years4.2192.0142.205
65+ years2.0658921.173

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

Lordelo (Guimarães) · Negrelos (São Tomé) · Bairro (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Rebordões · Delães (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Riba de Ave (Vila Nova de Famalicão) · Oliveira (São Mateus) (Vila Nova de Famalicão)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santo Tirso
6,1 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
7.359
Voters
4.731
Turnout
64,29% (2021: 53,32%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.10144,41%7
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.92740,73%6
CH
CHEGA		2555,39%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1412,98%0
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		1122,37%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		551,16%0
Blank votes931,97%
Null votes470,99%

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
Av.ª 4 de Abril de 1955, N.º 251
Aves (SANTO TIRSO)
4780-024 AVES
Telephone
252941313
Fax
2528757111
Email
web@jf-viladasaves.pt
Website
www.jf-viladasaves.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,37012, -8,40838
Official website
www.jf-viladasaves.pt
Wikipedia
Aves (Santo Tirso)
Wikidata
Q1751766

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