Figueiredo is a Portuguese village in the municipality of Guimarães which was the administrative centre of the former parish of Figueiredo, covering an area of with a population of 436 (2011), giving it a population density of 211.7 inhabitants per km².
It was abolished in 2013 as part of a national administrative reform, so that, together with the parishes of Leitões and Oleiros, it could form a new parish called Leitões, Oleiros e Figueiredo, with its administrative centre of it being in Leitões.
The name Figueiredo derives from Figaretum, Figueyreto and then, Figueireto. Therefore, Figueiredo is a settlement with many centuries of history, which was founded sometime before the year 924, the date of the earliest document in which it is stated that Figueiredo was not a parish, but a place that belonged to Paçô, now part of Oleiros. Sãmoça and Serrado are two Arabic names that still survive in part in Figueiredo, and which trace the town’s history back to the period of Arab occupation, during which the Arabs are believed to have lived here for a long time. A notable feature of Figueiredo’s heritage is the Calvário, which contains a stone altar and is commonly known as Senhor da Anta, being built in the 16th century.
Population Population of the parish of Figueiredo (1864 – 2011) 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 240 246 257 269 284 261 248 282 343 376 385 439 461 484 436
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