Living in Vila Nova de Poiares

There were 110 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. For Vila Nova de Poiares, the unemployment rate was 1.88% in June 2026. The population of Vila Nova de Poiares, in Portugal, was 7,281 in 2021.

Cheaper rent than 74% of Portuguese cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 70% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Vila Nova de Poiares?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in PortugalNational rates and thresholds that apply in Vila Nova de Poiares.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Vila Nova de Poiares?

Average net cold rent is 4.87 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 4.87 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹¹

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Vila Nova de Poiares yet.

Net rent across major citiesVila Nova de Poiares highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.87 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.19	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹¹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 292 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.87 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2026-Q1

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Vila Nova de Poiares?

The unemployment rate is about 1.9 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 1.88 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹³

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Vila Nova de Poiares is 1.9%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	1.88 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹³Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Vila Nova de Poiares. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional — Public employment service

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP)

Job SearchRegistrationTraining

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Vila Nova de Poiares. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	110 per 100,000	2024	Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit.⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vila Nova de Poiares when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Vila Nova de Poiares?

Police recorded 1,550 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 1,550 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesVila Nova de Poiares highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,550 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,715	31 Dec 2022	INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁴Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was VSE, 64.3 km away in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VSE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	64.3 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Vila Nova de Poiares. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

PLA search route through Portal da Oferta Formativa — State Language Course

AIMA / Portal da Oferta Formativa

For migrants seeking Portuguese as a non-native language.

Portuguesevaries

Open official information

Português Língua de Acolhimento (PLA) — State Language Course

AIMA / DGEstE public-school network / IEFP / Centros Qualifica

For migrants aged 16 or older whose mother tongue is not Portuguese, residence-permit holders, people with pending residence/protection/NISS evidence.

PortugueseCEFR A1–B2varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Vila Nova de Poiares.

Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in PortugalWhere Vila Nova de Poiares lands among 47 measured cities

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Coimbra/ Avenida Fernão Magalhães)¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	21 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Coimbra/ Avenida Fernão Magalhães)²Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 15 · Feb 16.4 · Mar 19.1 · Apr 20.5 · May 23.3 · Jun 26.3 · Jul 28.5 · Aug 29.1 · Sep 27.4 · Oct 23.2 · Nov 18 · Dec 15.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação COIMBRA (Bencanta) (nº 707)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 5.5 · Mar 7.8 · Apr 9.4 · May 11.8 · Jun 14.2 · Jul 15.6 · Aug 15.7 · Sep 14.1 · Oct 11.9 · Nov 8.3 · Dec 6.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação COIMBRA (Bencanta) (nº 707)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 10.1 · Feb 11 · Mar 13.5 · Apr 14.9 · May 17.6 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 22 · Aug 22.4 · Sep 20.7 · Oct 17.6 · Nov 13.2 · Dec 10.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação COIMBRA (Bencanta) (nº 707)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 113.5 · Feb 81 · Mar 75.4 · Apr 84.6 · May 64.7 · Jun 26 · Jul 8.9 · Aug 14.8 · Sep 49.9 · Oct 114.5 · Nov 121.5 · Dec 111.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação COIMBRA (Bencanta) (nº 707)⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Portugal cities

Castro Verde7,276 residents Alvaiázere7,287 residents Mértola7,274 residents Terras de Bouro7,253 residents Vila Nova de Foz Côa7,312 residents Almeida7,242 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 84.5 km² in 2021. Population density was 86.2 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Vila Nova de Poiares?

The published population was 7,281 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	84.45 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³Official
Foreign residents	503 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹²Independent
Population density	86.22 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹⁰Official
Population	7,281 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³Official

International community in Vila Nova de Poiares

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19

Published group	People	Share
Total	6,803	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,359	93.5%
Estrangeira	444	6.5%
Europa	225	3.3%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	132	1.9%
África	111	1.6%
América	100	1.5%
Outros países - Europa	93	1.4%
Brasil	89	1.3%
França	84	1.2%
Reino Unido	73	1.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Angola	56	0.8%
Moçambique	29	0.4%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	15	0.2%
Alemanha	12	0.2%
Bélgica	10	0.1%
Outros países - África	9	0.1%
África do Sul	9	0.1%
Ucrânia	8	0.1%
Ásia	7	0.1%
Suíça	7	0.1%
Venezuela	6	0.1%
Cabo Verde	5	0.1%
Espanha	4	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	3	0.0%
Canadá	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Luxemburgo	3	0.0%
Moldávia	3	0.0%
Itália	2	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	2	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	2	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Irlanda	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Citizenship

Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19

Published group	People	Share
Total	6,803	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,555	96.4%
Estrangeira	248	3.6%
Europa	147	2.2%
Outros países - Europa	95	1.4%
Reino Unido	84	1.2%
América	78	1.1%
Brasil	75	1.1%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	52	0.8%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	18	0.3%
África	17	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Bélgica	10	0.1%
França	9	0.1%
Angola	7	0.1%
Ucrânia	7	0.1%
Alemanha	4	0.1%
Itália	4	0.1%
Moçambique	4	0.1%
África do Sul	4	0.1%
Ásia	3	0.0%
Oceânia	3	0.0%
Austrália	3	0.0%
Suíça	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Canadá	2	0.0%
Espanha	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Luxemburgo	2	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	1	0.0%
Venezuela	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁵

Is Vila Nova de Poiares a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker71%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 62–80%

Skilled employee75%strong on work, weak on education · range 67–83%

Student66%strong on safety, weak on education · range 57–75%

Family73%strong on family, weak on education · range 65–81%

Retirement62%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 52–72%

Foreign residents503 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population7,281 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average net rent (nettokalt)4.87 EUR/m²/month26 Aug 2026Official source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate1.88 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

NO₂ — annual mean12 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Coimbra/ Avenida Fernão Magalhães)

PM10 — annual mean21 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Coimbra/ Avenida Fernão Magalhães)

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-26

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Vila Nova de Poiares?

The published population was 7,281 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Vila Nova de Poiares?

Average net cold rent is 4.87 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 341 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Vila Nova de Poiares?

Police recorded 1,550 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Vila Nova de Poiares?

The unemployment rate is about 1.9 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Vila Nova de Poiares?

503 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..

Is Vila Nova de Poiares a good place to live?

Vila Nova de Poiares may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Europa live in Vila Nova de Poiares?

The official country of birth distribution records 225 people (3.3%) in the source-defined population for 2021-04-19. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Vila Nova de Poiares, Portugal: rent, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/vila-nova-de-poiares/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_vila-nova-de-poiares-portugal-rent-jobs_4f81732ba852,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Vila Nova de Poiares, Portugal: rent, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/vila-nova-de-poiares/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Coimbra/ Avenida Fernão Magalhães) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022 INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-31
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014632 nationality ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014633 country of birth ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação COIMBRA (Bencanta) (nº 707) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15

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IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

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