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Parish of the municipality of Vila Flor (Vila Flor), district of Bragança.

Sampaio had 137 residents in the 2021 Census, 40,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 6,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Flor.

Population (inh.)
  • 116 – 148
  • 154 – 222
  • 235 – 338
  • 360 – 525
  • 527 – 2.351
Density (inh./km²)
  • 7,7 – 9,7
  • 12,2 – 15,2
  • 15,9 – 20,7
  • 22,1 – 29,5
  • 41,4 – 58,4
Area (km²)
  • 8,6 – 10,0
  • 11,4 – 13,5
  • 14,3 – 15,3
  • 18,6 – 34,7
  • 40,3 – 43,0
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 Vila Flor

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Benlhevai23511,3520,7
2Freixiel52734,7415,2
3Roios14815,309,7
4Sampaio1378,6215,9
5Samões33813,4825,1
6Santa Comba de Vilariça36012,1929,5
7Seixo de Manhoses4049,7541,4
8Trindade11614,987,7
9União das freguesias de Assares e Lodões21414,2615,0
10União das freguesias de Candoso e Carvalho de Egas22210,0422,1
11União das freguesias de Valtorno e Mourão31918,5817,2
12União das freguesias de Vila Flor e Nabo2.35140,2658,4
13União das freguesias de Vilas Boas e Vilarinho das Azenhas52542,9612,2
14Vale Frechoso15419,308,0
Code (DTMNFR)
041011
Resident population (2021)
137
Area
8,62 km²
Density
15,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
13th 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
73 (53,3%)
Women
64 (46,7%)
Portuguese nationality
136 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality
1 (0,7%)
Ageing index
430,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
63
Average household size *
2,17 people
Dwellings
136
Classic family dwellings
136
Buildings
134
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,3% (9)
Unemployment rate *
2,33% (H 0,00% · M 6,25%)
Active / employed population
43 / 42

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 13 (9,5%); 15-24 years: 12 (8,8%); 25-64 years: 56 (40,9%); 65+ years: 56 (40,9%)0-1413 · 9,5%15-2412 · 8,8%25-6456 · 40,9%65+56 · 40,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (137).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years13103
15-24 years1275
25-64 years563026
65+ years562630

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 Vila Flor e Nabo · União das freguesias de Adeganha e Cardanha (Torre de Moncorvo) · Roios · União das freguesias de Assares e Lodões

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Flor
6,0 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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo enxaquetado de ouro e negro, de sete peças em faixa e oito em pala, tendo brocantes uma fonte de prata jorrando água de prata e azul e, em ponta, dois ramos de oliveira de verde, frutados de negro, com os pés passados em aspa. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «SAMPAIO».

Flag: verde. Cordão e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Sampaio - Vila Flor».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 9/2011, Diário da República n.º 3/2011, Série II de 2011-01-05 (issuer: Freguesia de Sampaio). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Dr. Francisco José G. M. Carvalho Nº 146
Sampaio (VILA FLOR)
5360-160 SAMPAIO
Telephone
278516843
Email
freguesiasampaio@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,29861, -7,10111
Wikipedia
Sampaio (Vila Flor)
Wikidata
Q258375

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