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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Melgaço	Portugal	Melgaço	Portugal	Melgaço	Portugal	Melgaço	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	9,023	10,558,950	┴7,287	┴10,599,117	7,166	11,387,222	7,111	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	238	92,212	238	92,225	238	92,225	238	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	18	4,260	13	3,092	13	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	9.3	15.0	┴7.9	┴13.1	8.4	12.7	8.3	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	55.1	66.0	┴50.0	┴63.6	50.4	64.3	50.5	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	35.6	18.9	┴42.1	┴23.2	41.1	23.0	41.2	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	380	128	┴506	┴178	489	182	501	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	41	96,856	28	79,582	29	84,642	32	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	149	102,848	177	124,841	171	118,396	205	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	0.0	3.1	0.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	-108	-5,992	-149	-45,259	-142	-33,754	-173	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	26	36,035	14	29,057	14	36,633	12	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	14	26,751	8	17,279	Pro13	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	0	226	0	240	Pro0	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	3	3,074	3	3,112	3	3,123	3	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	...	865	654	1,231	735	1,662	871	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	16	15,434	4	10,169	5	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	3	6,812	3	5,774	3	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	2	5,221	2	4,057	2	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	1	1,170	1	1,180	1	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	1	1,516	1	1,440	1	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	2	937	1	967	2	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	1,071	1,925,956	727	1,575,679	720	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	0	300	1	288	1	288	1	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	//	396,268	382	411,995	391	448,235	344	456,032
Museums	Museums	0	377	1	419	2	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	0	25,871	1	24,469	0	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	0	558	0	547	0	563	0	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	656	679,396	1,745	814,797	1,381	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	682	1,113,559	1,256	1,342,116	1,261	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	1,261	3,631,747	1,975	4,236,222	2,028	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	12	2	10	2	11	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	26	5	60	5	55	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	6	5,834	4	3,266	2	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	1	748	1	681	1	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	9	13,911	9	12,486	7	12,459	10	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	2,892	2,943,654	2,291	2,977,307	2,222	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	455	591,777	435	647,483	432	662,667	440	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	92	447,088	62	262,210	54	226,119	41	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	3	8	┴3	┴6	3	4	3	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	166	551,944	112	386,230	107	318,687	95	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	317	131,522	282	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	24.9	39.3	┴28.6	┴28.7	44.1	31.4	Pro37.4	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	2,657.9	4,652.1	┴Pro2,914.6	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro3,401.0	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	37.9	71.3	┴96.7	┴114.3	115.3	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	20	57	┴191	┴84	Pre99	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	4	2,019	18	6,271	27	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

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When a methodological change occurs, a break in series is displayed.
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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.