Parish of Côta

The least populous of the 25 parishes

Côta has 796 residents in 41.55 km². It is the largest parish in the municipality and the fourteenth rural one, to the north, with the school in Sanguinhedo.

Down 18.3% in the last decade

It went from 974 residents in 2011 to 796 in 2021. Density is 19.2 residents/km², that of a large and thinly populated area.

School in Sanguinhedo

The Agrupamento de Escolas de Mundão runs the Escola Básica de Sanguinhedo de Côta here. Public 2nd and 3rd cycle schooling is in Mundão. The school group also lists it as a kindergarten.

Pedralta and São Salvador, with no pin

The City Council points to the Pedralta megalithic necropolis and the São Salvador viewpoint and park. The map has a watchtower named São Salvador, which we do not publish as the viewpoint.

The largest area, the smallest population

In 41.55 km² live 796 people (19.2 inhab./km²). Between 2011 and 2021 it lost population (−18.3%). Côta is the largest parish (41.55 km²) and the least populated, in the north, in the rural heartland. By day the pace is that of the villages, the forest and the river Vouga. At night the stillness is the deepest in the municipality: there is no urban core. The parish council is open on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. It lost population markedly between 2011 and 2021.

A car across 41 km²

Check connections to Côta with the operator. Distances within the parish are large; confirm current connections with the operator for each journey. MUV municipal routes reach Rossio and the hospital with fewer departures than the urban circuits.

Forest roads to the north

Traffic is that of the municipal roads between the localities of Côta, in an area of about 42 km². There is no motorway or ring road. The City Council mentions ongoing investment in access roads and sanitation.

Parking on Rua do Rego

The parish council is at Rua do Rego, No. 2. There is no residents' permit zone or shopping centre car park. People park on the village streets and by the Miradouro e Parque de São Salvador.

Night of the villages and the forest

There is no urban core, no street bars and no cinema. Nights in Côta are those of the villages and the forest.

Parish office on Wednesdays and Saturdays

The parish council is open on Wednesdays, from 6 pm to 8 pm, and on Saturdays, from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. There is the Escola Básica de Sanguinhedo de Côta, part of the Agrupamento de Escolas de Mundão. The hospital and the Loja de Cidadão are in Viseu parish.

Pedralta, São Salvador and the Vouga

The City Council points to the Necrópole Megalítica da Pedralta, the Miradouro e Parque de São Salvador, the Rota de Vale de Cavalos, mills, levadas and the landscape of the river Vouga. Choosing Côta means choosing this space, not Fontelo.

Planning journeys to the city

The hospital, City Council, tax office, Palácio do Gelo and bus station are in the city, to the south. With 41.55 km² and 796 residents, that journey is part of choosing to live here.

Escola Básica de Sanguinhedo de Côta

Travessa da Escola, no. 9, 3500-435 Côta

Agrupamento de Escolas de Mundão. Listed as a primary school and kindergarten. The group's head school, with 2nd and 3rd cycle, is the Escola Básica 2,3 de Mundão, not included on this page.