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Parish of the municipality of Valpaços (Valpaços), district of Vila Real.

Ervões had 534 residents in the 2021 Census, 44,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 5,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Valpaços.

Population (inh.)
  • 170 – 243
  • 261 – 303
  • 311 – 358
  • 395 – 503
  • 534 – 4.660
Density (inh./km²)
  • 8,5 – 11,7
  • 12,0 – 15,9
  • 16,2 – 23,3
  • 24,0 – 28,7
  • 30,1 – 119,0
Area (km²)
  • 7,2 – 13,1
  • 14,4 – 19,0
  • 19,4 – 21,9
  • 22,5 – 28,2
  • 28,2 – 49,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 25 parishes of Valpaços

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Algeriz50220,9124,0
2Bouçoães30325,9911,7
3Canaveses17012,8713,2
4Carrazedo de Montenegro e Curros1.64349,8333,0
5Ervões53421,8524,4
6Fornos do Pinhal32010,4030,8
7Friões44728,1615,9
8Lebução, Fiães e Nozelos54829,7118,4
9Padrela e Tazem27723,1212,0
10Possacos35813,0927,4
11Rio Torto28430,699,3
12Santa Maria de Emeres31116,5718,8
13Santa Valha31727,2411,6
14Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz50321,6123,3
15Serapicos1967,1727,3
16Sonim e Barreiros31417,7917,7
17São João da Corveira45515,8428,7
18São Pedro de Veiga de Lila24319,3812,5
19Tinhela e Alvarelhos26128,229,3
20Vales19122,518,5
21Valpaços e Sanfins4.66039,15119,0
22Vassal39513,1430,1
23Veiga de Lila23314,3616,2
24Vilarandelo96120,1647,7
25Água Revés e Crasto27518,9914,5
Code (DTMNFR)
171209
Resident population (2021)
534
Area
21,85 km²
Density
24,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 25

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
263 (49,3%)
Women
271 (50,7%)
Portuguese nationality
526 (98,5%)
Foreign nationality
8 (1,5%)
Ageing index
521,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
243
Average household size *
2,20 people
Dwellings
498
Classic family dwellings
498
Buildings
498
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,9% (29)
Unemployment rate *
10,37% (H 12,68% · M 7,81%)
Active / employed population
135 / 121

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 46 (8,6%); 15-24 years: 31 (5,8%); 25-64 years: 217 (40,6%); 65+ years: 240 (44,9%)0-1446 · 8,6%15-2431 · 5,8%25-64217 · 40,6%65+240 · 44,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (534).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years462323
15-24 years311714
25-64 years217108109
65+ years240115125

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Valpaços
5,1 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
683
Voters
403
Turnout
59,00% (2021: 48,67%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
33081,89%6
CH
CHEGA
5313,15%1
Blank votes153,72%
Null votes51,24%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

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 com lábaro de vermelho, carregado com cruz latina firmada de prata e sustido por haste crucífera de negro, com cordões do mesmo; tudo contido em capela de ramos de oliveira de verde, frutados de negro e espigas de centeio de verde. Coroa mural de três torres. Listel de prata ondulado, carregado com a legenda em letras negras, maiúsculas: "ERVÕES".

Flag: de verde. Cordões e borlas de verde e prata. Haste e lança douradas.

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda "Freguesia de Ervões".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 58/2016, Diário da República n.º 15/2016, Série II de 2016-01-22 (issuer: Freguesia de Ervões). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Cruzeiro - Ervões
Ervões (VALPAÇOS)
5430-073 ERVÕES
Telephone
278749050
Email
juntaervoes2@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,65500, -7,35750
Wikipedia
Ervões
Wikidata
Q799394

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