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Vila Real
43 credits+10.3%
Foral Index: 43.3

City Statistics

Population

41 243

Area

591.32 km²

District

Vila Real

NUTS II

Norte

Category Breakdown

Performance across 6 scoring categories

People & Families

7.0 / 20

Economy & Jobs

8.3 / 20

Housing & Cost

9.6 / 20

Governance

9.6 / 20

Environment

5.5 / 20

News Radar

3.3 / 20

Top Scoring Drivers

Key indicators affecting this city's score

Rent Price per m2

Foral Intelligence
Housing & Cost

€7/m²

Data from 2026

P100

Rent Price Annual Variation

Foral Intelligence
Housing & Cost

-28.4%

Data from 2026

P99

European AQI Annual Average

Open-Meteo Air Quality History
Environment

26.06

Data from 2025

P98

Infrastructure Planning Signal Rate

Foral Intelligence
Governance

1

Data from 2026

P1

Annual Fire Count

ICNF Wildfire Records (fogos.icnf.pt)
Environment

113

Data from 2026

P1

Burned area (last year)

ICNF Wildfire Records (fogos.icnf.pt)
Environment

1502 ha

Data from 2026

P3

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Governance Digest

PDM — map and rules

Land classes, constraints and building rules for the concelho.

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City Strategy

Knowledge-base coverage

What a Foral Terra report for this municipality can decide today, and what it withholds.

Review mode: Automatic (no operator review)Release: r16

Coverage of this analysis: between 7% and 14%

Still to confirm:
  • · Land applicability to be confirmed
  • · Document available — needs validation
  • · Document available — needs validation — Agricultural support

These open questions could change the conclusion.

See all (13)
  • · Document available — needs validation — Agriculture
  • · Document available — needs validation — Commerce
  • · Document available — needs validation — Equipment
  • · Document available — needs validation — Housing extension
  • · Document available — needs validation — New housing
  • · Document available — needs validation — Housing reconstruction
  • · Document available — needs validation — Industry
  • · Document available — needs validation — Rural tourism in an existing building
  • · Document available — needs validation — Tourist housing in an existing building
  • · Document available — needs validation — New hotel
See sources and details

No published framework has been confirmed for any of the 11 menu operations.

Next scheduled review: 2027-01-16. This is an internal review date, not a legal validity date: the law can change before it.

Per operation

  • Agricultural support — Partial evidence
  • Agriculture — Partial evidence
  • Commerce — Partial evidence
  • Equipment — Partial evidence
  • Housing extension — Partial evidence
  • New housing — Partial evidence
  • Housing reconstruction — Partial evidence
  • Industry — Partial evidence
  • Rural tourism in an existing building — Needs confirmation
  • Tourist housing in an existing building — Needs confirmation
  • New hotel — Partial evidence

This municipality's own plan text

2 document version(s) with 159 citable provisions.

  • · This release was assembled automatically and has not been reviewed by an operator.