Ousilhão

Ousilhão is a small village in the municipality of Vinhais, Bragança District, in north-eastern Portugal. It lies around 8 kilometres by road south-east of the town of Vinhais, in the valley of the River Tuela, and is known for the preservation of several local traditions.

Administratively it forms part of the civil parish of Nunes e Ousilhão, which recorded 197 inhabitants at the 2021 census.

Until 2013, Ousilhão was the seat of the civil parish of Ousilhão, which covered an area of 14.86 km² and had 123 inhabitants (2011 Census). As part of the administrative reorganisation of Portuguese parishes in 2013, the parish was dissolved and its territory was incorporated into the newly created Union of the Parishes of Nunes and Ousilhão.

The village of Ousilhão is traditionally divided into seven neighbourhoods: Bairro de Cima (Upper Quarter), Bairro de Baixo (Lower Quarter), Bairro do Campasso (Campasso Quarter), Bairro de Amiã (Amiã Quarter), Bairro de Cabanelas (Cabanelas Quarter), Bairro do Fontão (Fontão Quarter), and Bairro do Campo (Field Quarter).

Bairro de Cima (Upper Quarter) serves as the entrance to the village and is often regarded as its “reception room”, featuring O Campo, the space where some of the most prominent and outward-facing events take place.

Bairro de Baixo (Lower Quarter) is home to a number of community facilities, including the former Parish Council, the Casa do Povo (community hall), the old primary school (now housing the headquarters of the Ousilhão Cultural, Recreational and Sports Association), as well as a café and a small grocery shop.

The parish's main church, the Igreja Matriz (parish church), is located in Bairro do Campasso (Campasso Quarter).