Type: | parish |
Official Name: | Carviçais |
Region: | Norte |
Cim: | Douro |
District: | Bragança |
Municipality: | Torre de Moncorvo |
Coordinates: | 41.181°N -6.893°W |
Area Total: | 63.00 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 507 |
Website: | www.freguesiacarvicais.com |
Carviçais is a freguesia of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo in the district of Bragança (Portugal). The population in 2021 was 507,[1] in an area of 63.00 km2.[2] The parish is composed of 7 villages: Carviçais, Macieirinha, Martim Tirado, Quinta da Estrada, Quinta das Pereiras, Quinta das Peladinhas and Quinta da Nogueirinha.
The population registered in the census is as follows:[3]
Population Distribution by Age Group [4] | -- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --> | ||||
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Age group | 0-14 | 15-24 | 25-64 | > 65 | |
2001 | 87 | 92 | 381 | 322 | |
2011 | 52 | 68 | 317 | 320 | |
2021 | 27 | 20 | 192 | 271 |
As the narrow gauge Sabor line (Linha do Sabor) ceased to run in 1988,[5] the closest railway station is now Pocinho in the Douro Line with trains to Tua, Peso da Régua, Livração, Marco de Canaveses, Penafiel, Paredes, Ermesinde (connections to Braga, Guimarães, Viana do Castelo, Rio Tinto and Porto).
The old Carviçais railway station lies abandoned since the closure of the line.