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Paços de Ferreira

Porto
15 credits-16.7%
Foral Index: 39.0

City Statistics

Population

56 340

Area

70.99 km²

District

Porto

NUTS II

Norte

Category Breakdown

Performance across 6 scoring categories

People & Families

8.0 / 20

Economy & Jobs

7.9 / 20

Housing & Cost

6.0 / 20

Governance

9.3 / 20

Environment

5.4 / 20

News Radar

2.3 / 20

Top Scoring Drivers

Key indicators affecting this city's score

Decision Accountability Rate

Foral Intelligence
Governance

100.0%

Data from 2026

P100

Unanimous Decision Rate

Foral Intelligence
Governance

100.0%

Data from 2026

P100

Commercial Service Gap

Foral Intelligence
Economy & Jobs

-52.27

Data from 2026

P98

Cafes per 10k Residents

Foral Intelligence
Economy & Jobs

1,8 per 10k

Data from 2026

P1

Family Liveability Index

Foral Intelligence
People & Families

21.70

Data from 2026

P1

Overall Emergency Observation Time

SNS Tempos - Emergency Wait Times
People & Families

1196 min

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: r25

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)
  • · Missing document — Agriculture
  • · Document available — needs validation — Commerce
  • · Missing document — 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
  • · Missing document — Tourist housing in an existing building
  • · Missing document — New hotel
See sources and details

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

Next scheduled review: 2027-01-17. This is an internal review date, not a legal validity date: the law can change before it.

Per operation

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

This municipality's own plan text

3 document version(s) with 148 citable provisions.

Withheld operations

Agriculture, Equipment, Tourist housing in an existing building, New hotel

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