Guilhabreu

Parish of the municipality of Vila do Conde (Vila do Conde), district of Porto.

Guilhabreu had 2.190 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 6,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila do Conde.

Population (inh.)

753 – 1.224
1.248 – 1.659
1.764 – 2.367
2.398 – 3.000
3.346 – 29.328

Density (inh./km²)

121,8 – 236,5
254,5 – 293,1
327,2 – 420,1
430,2 – 677,8
694,8 – 4.325,7

Area (km²)

2,1 – 3,4
3,7 – 4,8
5,1 – 5,9
6,0 – 6,8
6,8 – 21,9

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 Vila do Conde

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Arcos	753	5,81	129,6
2	Aveleda	1.224	3,70	330,8
3	Azurara	2.367	2,16	1.095,8
4	Canidelo	886	3,35	264,5
5	Fajozes	1.637	5,96	274,7
6	Fornelo	1.248	6,28	198,7
7	Gião	1.659	5,66	293,1
8	Guilhabreu	2.190	6,46	339,0
9	Junqueira	1.917	6,83	280,7
10	Labruge	3.000	5,07	591,7
11	Macieira da Maia	2.491	5,93	420,1
12	Malta	1.335	2,12	629,7
13	Mindelo	3.988	5,74	694,8
14	Modivas	1.764	4,10	430,2
15	Retorta	1.254	3,21	390,7
16	Rio Mau	1.890	9,88	191,3
17	Tougues	790	3,34	236,5
18	União das freguesias de Bagunte, Ferreiró, Outeiro Maior e Parada	2.662	21,86	121,8
19	União das freguesias de Touguinha e Touguinhó	3.346	7,72	433,4
20	União das freguesias de Vilar e Mosteiró	2.398	7,33	327,2
21	Vairão	1.163	4,57	254,5
22	Vila Chã	3.404	4,81	707,7
23	Vila do Conde	29.328	6,78	4.325,7
24	Vilar de Pinheiro	2.562	3,78	677,8
25	Árvore	5.569	6,56	848,9

Code (DTMNFR): 131611
Resident population (2021): 2.190
Area: 6,46 km²
Density: 339,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 2,7%
Rank in the municipality (population): 12th 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: 1.064 (48,6%)
Women: 1.126 (51,4%)
Portuguese nationality: 2.169 (99,0%)
Foreign nationality: 21 (1,0%)
Ageing index: 183,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 776
Average household size *: 2,82 people
Dwellings: 878
Classic family dwellings: 877
Buildings: 682
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 12,7% (244)
Unemployment rate *: 8,35% (H 6,58% · M 10,27%)
Active / employed population: 1.078 / 988

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (2.190).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	262	128	134
15-24 years	212	104	108
25-64 years	1.235	606	629
65+ years	481	226	255

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 Vilar e Mosteiró · Canidelo · Castêlo da Maia (Maia) · Alvarelhos (Trofa) · Malta

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila do Conde: 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: 1.975
Voters: 1.463
Turnout: 74,08% (2021: 70,68%)
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	899	61,45%	7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP ALIANÇA POR VILA DO CONDE	384	26,25%	2
CH CHEGA	93	6,36%	0
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	55	3,76%	0
Blank votes	21	1,44%
Null votes	11	0,75%

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: Rua da Igreja, N.º 224
Guilhabreu (VILA DO CONDE)
4452-242 GUILHABREU
Telephone: 229820115
Fax: 229828980
Email: geral@guilhabreu.pt
Website: www.guilhabreu.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 41,29278, -8,64000
Wikipedia: Guilhabreu
Wikidata: Q1553823

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 44 schools in the municipality of Vila do Conde. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 44.

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2 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico do Porto - Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua D. Sancho I, 981 4480-876
Instituto Politécnico do Porto - Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua D. Sancho I, 981 4480-876

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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

Unidade Local de Saúde da Póvoa de Varzim / Vila do Conde, E.P.E. — Região de Saúde do Norte

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NHS institutions that report inpatient stays (ACSS). The source has no address or telephone; the link to the municipality is by official name.

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 Guilhabreu — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 19:00 · Rua da Igreja, 224 4485-242 Vila do Conde 4485-242
Espaço Cidadão de Vilar do Pinheiro — Horário: 2ª e 6ª das 14:00 às 16:30; 3ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 16:30; 5ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 18:30 às 20:00; Localidade na fonte: Vilar do Pinheiro · Rua Adário Gonçalves Moreira, n.º 1556 4485-826 Vilar do Pinheiro 4485-826

There are 15 in the municipality in total.

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

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Porto / Pedras Rubras (IPMA no. 545), 7,7 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	10,2	14,0	6,4	151,0
Feb	10,9	15,0	6,8	97,8
Mar	12,9	17,0	8,8	101,1
Apr	14,1	18,1	10,1	95,5
May	16,3	20,3	12,3	85,6
Jun	18,6	22,7	14,5	33,7
Jul	19,9	24,3	15,5	16,6
Aug	20,2	24,8	15,7	29,3
Sep	19,2	23,5	14,8	68,2
Oct	16,8	20,7	12,9	148,9
Nov	13,1	16,8	9,4	165,9
Dec	11,1	14,7	7,6	153,3
Year	15,3	—	—	1.146,9

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 67,7 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 Vila do Conde the median value in 2025 is 8,05 €/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: 4452-242 (Rua da Igreja, N.º 224, Guilhabreu (VILA DO CONDE), 4452-242 GUILHABREU).

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 229820115.

Public bodies

Junta de Guilhabreu — Rua da Igreja, N.º 224, Guilhabreu (VILA DO CONDE), 4452-242 GUILHABREU · 4452-242 · 229820115 · [email protected] · http://www.guilhabreu.pt

Câmara Municipal de Vila do Conde — Presidente: Vitor Manuel Moreira Costa · Praça Vasco da Gama, 4480-337 Vila do Conde · 4480-337 · 252248400 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-viladoconde.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Vila do Conde

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