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Parish of the municipality of Vila Nova de Paiva (Vila Nova de Paiva), district of Viseu.

Touro had 819 residents in the 2021 Census, 34,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 4,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Paiva.

Population (inh.)
  • 493
  • 523
  • 819
  • 940
  • 1.887
Density (inh./km²)
  • 16,3
  • 16,4
  • 20,4
  • 29,4
  • 50,7
Area (km²)
  • 24,2
  • 31,9
  • 32,0
  • 37,2
  • 50,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Vila Nova de Paiva

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Pendilhe49324,1920,4
2Queiriga52331,9416,4
3Touro81950,1716,3
4União das freguesias de Vila Nova de Paiva, Alhais e Fráguas1.88737,2150,7
5Vila Cova à Coelheira94032,0329,4
Code (DTMNFR)
182205
Resident population (2021)
819
Area
50,17 km²
Density
16,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
17,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 5

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
390 (47,6%)
Women
429 (52,4%)
Portuguese nationality
805 (98,3%)
Foreign nationality
14 (1,7%)
Ageing index
405,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
319
Average household size *
2,49 people
Dwellings
737
Classic family dwellings
736
Buildings
730
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,8% (66)
Unemployment rate *
10,40% (H 9,38% · M 11,59%)
Active / employed population
298 / 267

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 70 (8,5%); 15-24 years: 85 (10,4%); 25-64 years: 380 (46,4%); 65+ years: 284 (34,7%)0-1470 · 8,5%15-2485 · 10,4%25-64380 · 46,4%65+284 · 34,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (819).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years704129
15-24 years854144
25-64 years380183197
65+ years284125159

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

Vila Cova à Coelheira · União das freguesias de Peva e Segões (Moimenta da Beira) · Alvite (Moimenta da Beira) · União das freguesias de Vila Nova de Paiva, Alhais e Fráguas · Almofala (Castro Daire) · União das freguesias de Pêra Velha, Aldeia de Nacomba e Ariz (Moimenta da Beira)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova de Paiva
4,7 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
1.049
Voters
645
Turnout
61,49% (2021: 55,31%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		38960,31%6
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		23836,90%3
Blank votes60,93%
Null votes121,86%

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
Touro (VILA NOVA DE PAIVA)
3650-081 TOURO
Telephone
232602304
Fax
232602193
Email
freguesiadotouro@hotmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,89444, -7,74444
Wikipedia
Touro (Vila Nova de Paiva)
Wikidata
Q154128

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