Rande is a Portuguese locality in the municipality of Felgueiras which was the administrative centre of the former parish of Rande, a parish covering an area of with a population of 982 (2011), giving it a population density of 476.7 inhabitants per km².
The parish of Rande was abolished in 2013 as part of a national administrative reform, so that, together with the parishes of Pedreira and Sernande, it could form a new parish called Pedreira, Rande e Sernande, with its administrative centre in Pedreira.Diário da República, 1.ª Série, n.º 19, Lei n.º 11-A/2013 de 28 de janeiro (Reorganização administrativa do território das freguesias). Acedido a 2 de fevereiro de 2013.
Formerly known as São Tiago de Rande, it formed part of the municipality of Unhão, which was abolished in 1836. It then became part of the municipality of Barrosas until it was also abolished in 1852, after which it was transferred to Felgueiras, to which it has belonged ever since.
It is the birthplace of Francisco Sarmento Pimentel, who made the first flight from Portugal to India, of the musicologist Luís Rodrigues and of the historian Armando Pinto, author of numerous works, a chronicler, community leader and a driving force behind the development of Longra, a town that was part of Rande, and the founder of the local Casa do Povo and museum.
Demography Population of the parish of Rande Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População) - https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes 1864 1878 1890 1900 1911 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2011 424 524 484 494 606 565 606 677 692 765 684 745 761 962 982
Distribution by Age Groups Census year 0-14 15-2425-64 > 652001 213 149 502 982011 151 156 559 116
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