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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Chaves	Portugal	Chaves	Portugal	Chaves	Portugal	Chaves	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	40,907	10,558,950	┴36,531	┴10,599,117	37,749	11,387,222	38,014	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	591	92,212	591	92,225	591	92,225	591	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	51	4,260	39	3,092	39	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	12.0	15.0	┴10.4	┴13.1	10.7	12.7	10.6	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	63.7	66.0	┴57.8	┴63.6	56.8	64.3	56.6	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	24.3	18.9	┴31.8	┴23.2	32.5	23.0	32.8	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	208	128	┴302	┴178	307	182	315	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	254	96,856	173	79,582	202	84,642	210	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	490	102,848	504	124,841	584	118,396	565	121,817
Infant mortality rate (‰) (6) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	Infant mortality rate (‰) (6) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	3.9	3.1	0.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	-236	-5,992	-331	-45,259	-382	-33,754	-355	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	147	36,035	120	29,057	151	36,633	172	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	117	26,751	86	17,279	Pro69	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	1	226	1	240	Pro1	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	12	3,074	12	3,112	12	3,123	12	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	688	865	785	1,231	973	1,662	1,000	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	41	15,434	49	10,169	45	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	36	6,812	18	5,774	19	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	24	5,221	16	4,057	14	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	3	1,170	4	1,180	4	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	6	1,516	4	1,440	4	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	4	937	4	967	4	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	8,625	1,925,956	4,966	1,575,679	5,022	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	2	300	1	288	1	288	2	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	578	396,268	339	411,995	349	448,235	448	456,032
Museums	Museums	2	377	4	419	3	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	105	25,871	72	24,469	125	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	1	558	1	547	1	563	1	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	2,853	679,396	5,486	814,797	5,085	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	3,855	1,113,559	4,788	1,342,116	5,078	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	8,552	3,631,747	10,338	4,236,222	11,265	4,944,491	-	-
Personnel employed of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	Personnel employed of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	5	2	10	2	10	2	-	-
Turnover of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	Turnover of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	13	5	15	5	15	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	18	5,834	12	3,266	10	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	3	748	2	681	2	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	45	13,911	45	12,486	43	12,459	45	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	11,782	2,943,654	10,901	2,977,307	11,101	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	2,942	591,777	3,184	647,483	3,304	662,667	3,344	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	1,642	447,088	1,166	262,210	1,072	226,119	1,023	213,723
Unemployed registered at public employment offices as a % of resident population aged 15 to 64	Unemployed registered at public employment offices as a % of resident population aged 15 to 64	10	8	┴7	┴6	6	4	6	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	2,566	551,944	1,434	386,230	1,265	318,687	1,350	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	507	131,522	460	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	32.4	39.3	┴23.5	┴28.7	29.6	31.4	Pro30.0	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	3,058.8	4,652.1	┴Pro3,093.2	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro3,475.8	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	45.1	71.3	┴80.0	┴114.3	94.2	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	27	57	┴202	┴84	Pre96	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	12	2,019	31	6,271	33	8,173	-	-

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Sources/Entities: INE, AIMA/MP, APA/MA, BP, CGA/MTSSS-MF, DGAL/MCT, DGEEC/MECI, DGEG/MAE, DGPJ/MJ, DGS/MS, DGT/MCT-MAE, ICA/SEC, IEFP/MTSSS-ME, II/MTSSS, ISS/MTSSS, SIBS, PORDATA

Notes

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(1) - The year presented corresponds to the last year of the pair of academic years.

(2) - From 2014 (inclusive) includes the new Local Housing units and the housing tourism and rural area tourism establishments.

(3) - Includes mobile medicine depots.

(4) - The values presented refer to the municipality of residence of the mother (not that of the child's birth).

(5) - The values presented include enterprises, sole proprietors and the self employed. They exclude insurance and financial activities, Public Administration and Defence and Compulsory Social Security.

(6) - The figures presented between 2021 and 2024 were revised by INE as part of the revision of the Resident Population Estimates, released by the entity on June 22, 2026.