Viseu Dão-Lafões
Viseu Dão-Lafões
Location of Viseu Dão-Lafões
Area
 • Total3,237 km2 (1,250 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total252,984
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)


Viseu Dão-Lafões is a Portuguese subregion located in the north of the Central Region. In 2021, the subregion recorded 252,984 inhabitants and a population density of 78 inhabitants per km2. The subregion has an area of 3,238 km2, which can be divided into 14 municipalities and 156 parishes. The capital of the subregion is the city of Viseu, which is the largest city in the subregion and the third largest city in the Central Region, with 99,561 inhabitants in the entire municipality and 59,469 inhabitants in the urban area. It borders the Porto metropolitan area to the northwest, the Tâmega e Sousa subregion to the north, the Douro subregion to the northeast, the Beiras e Serra da Estrela subregion to the east, the Região de Coimbra subregion to the south and the Região de Aveiro subregion to the west.

Municipalities

The subregion consists of the following 14 municipalities:

Demographics

Inhabitants

The 2021 census shows that in the subregion the population has decreased to 252,796, compared to the year 2011, where the population was 267,728 and in 2001, where the population was 275,934. Castro Daire and Viseu are the only ones of the 14 municipalities that registered an increase, while the other 12 municipalities registered a decrease. [1]

Municipality Inhabitants Area

in km2

 Population

density per km2

2001 2011 2021
Aguiar da Beira 6,247 5,473 5,231 206.7 km2 25
Carregal do Sal 10,411 9,835 9,038 116.8 km2 77
Castro Daire 16,990 15,339 13,736 379.0 km2 36
Mangualde 20,990 19,880 18,303 219.2 km2 83
Nelas 14,283 14,037 13,124 125.7 km2 104
Oliveira de Frades 10,584 10,261 9,510 147.4 km2 64
Penalva do Castelo 9,019 7,956 7,333 134.3 km2 54
Santa Comba Dão 12,473 11,597 10,641 111.9 km2 95
São Pedro do Sul 19,083 16,851 15,137 348.9 km2 43
Sátão 13,144 12,444 11,026 201.9 km2 54
Tondela 31,152 28,946 25,914 371.2 km2 69
Vila Nova de Paia 6,141 5,176 4,662 175.5 km2 26
Viseu 93,501 99,369 99,561 507.1 km2 196
Vouzela 11,916 10,564 9,580 193.6 km2 49
Viseu-Dão Lafões 275,934 267,728 252,796 3,238 km2 78

References

  1. ↑ "Conheça o seu Município". PORDATA - Base de Dados dos Municípios (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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