Carviçais

Portuguese village and parish

Civil parish in Norte, Portugal

Coat of arms

41°10′52″N 6°53′35″W / 41.181°N 6.893°W / 41.181; -6.893Country

PortugalRegionNorteIntermunic. comm.DouroDistrictBragançaMunicipalityTorre de MoncorvoArea

• Total63.00 km² (24.32 sq mi)Population

(2021)

• Total507 • Density8.0/km² (21/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Websitewww.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.

Demography

The population registered in the census is as follows:^[3]

Population of the freguesia of Carviçais^[4]
Year	Pop.	±%
1864	1,219	—
1878	1,474	+20.9%
1890	1,535	+4.1%
1900	1,583	+3.1%
1911	1,728	+9.2%
1920	1,706	−1.3%
1930	1,825	+7.0%
1940	2,140	+17.3%
1950	2,163	+1.1%
1960	2,255	+4.3%
1970	1,608	−28.7%
1981	1,429	−11.1%
1991	1,157	−19.0%
2001	882	−23.8%
2011	757	−14.2%
2021	507	−33.0%

Population Distribution by Age Group ^[5]
Age group	0-14	15-24	25-64	> 65
2001	87	92	381	322
2011	52	68	317	320
2021	27	20	192	271

History and landmarks

Parish Church (Igreja Matriz) of Carviçais
Capela do Santo Cristo de Carviçais
Capela de St.ª Bárbara
Capela do Divino Espírito Santo
Capela de S. Pedro
Cruzeiro de Carviçais
Carviçais railway station

Transport

As the narrow gauge Sabor line (Linha do Sabor) ceased to run in 1988,^[6] 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.

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ "Qual é a população no meu concelho ou freguesia? Subiu ou desceu na última década?". Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População) - https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes
^ INE. "Censos 2011". Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ "Saudades do comboio na Linha do Sabor". Público (in Portuguese). 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.