Barrancos
Municipality of the district of Beja (District of Beja), region Alentejo (NUTS III: Baixo Alentejo).
Barrancos had 1.438 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 27,5% were aged 65 or over; 8,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.
Arriving here
Mayor: Emílio Carvalho Domingues · Tel. 285950630 · Email: geral@cm-barrancos.pt · www.cm-barrancos.pt more contacts
Summary for arrivals. The telephone code is that of the district/region seat (ANACOM numbering plan), not exclusive to this municipality. School, parish-council and town-hall counts come from the official lists already on this site. Hospitals are NHS institutions whose official name includes the municipality.
- 1.438
- 8,5
- 168,4
The 1 parishes of Barrancos
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| # | Parish | Population | Area (km²) | Inhab./km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrancos | 1.438 | 168,42 | 8,5 |
- INE code (DTMN)
- 0204
- Resident population
- 1.438
- Area
- 168,42 km²
- Density
- 8,5 inh./km²
- Parishes
- 1
- Share of district population
- 1,0%
- Rank in the district (population)
- 14th of 14
- National rank (population)
- 306th of 308
- National rank (density)
- 297th of 308
- National rank (area)
- 186th of 308
INE, Censos 2021 (população residente, ind. 0014525, via dados.gov.pt); DGT, CAOP2025 (área e freguesias)
2021 Census in detail
- Men
- 703 (48,9%)
- Women
- 735 (51,1%)
- Portuguese nationality
- 1.423 (99,0%)
- Foreign nationality
- 15 (1,0%)
- Ageing index
- 224,4 elderly per 100 young people
- Private households
- 599
- Average household size
- 2,33 people
- Dwellings
- 1.281
- Buildings
- 1.216
- With higher education (15+)
- 8,1% (102)
- Unemployment rate
- 9,32%
Population by age group
Source: INE, Censos 2021 (API de indicadores) — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012328, 0012481, 0014632, licence CC BY 4.0.
2025 local elections
Municipal council
- Registered
- 1.261
- Voters
- 968 (76,76%)
- Seats
- 5
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCP-PEV (elected council president) | 529 | 54,65% | 3 |
| PS | 356 | 36,78% | 2 |
| CH | 38 | 3,93% | 0 |
Municipal assembly
- Registered
- 1.261
- Voters
- 968 (76,76%)
- Seats
- 15
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCP-PEV | 543 | 56,10% | 9 |
| PS | 365 | 37,71% | 6 |
Source: SGMAI — resultados oficiais das Autárquicas 2025. Official results; only the list that elects the council president is marked (the person’s name is not in these results).
Contacts
- Mayor
- Emílio Carvalho Domingues
- Address
- Praça do Município, 2, 7230-030 Barrancos
- Telephone
- 285950630
- geral@cm-barrancos.pt
- Website
- www.cm-barrancos.pt
Source: DGAL — Portal Autárquico, Lista de Presidentes e contactos dos Municípios (atualizada 04/09/2026).
On the web
Q368867 · Wikipedia · cm-barrancos.pt/
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Neighbouring municipalities
Moura (20,6 km) · Mourão (27,1 km)
Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Beja: 77,5 km.
Source: DGT, CAOP2025 (CC BY 4.0) — adjacência de limites; distância em linha reta entre centróides (licence CC BY 4.0).
Services and territory
Schools (Infoescolas 2020)
1 establishments with figures for the 1st, 2nd or 3rd cycle or for secondary education. The source does not name the parish.
| # | School | In the source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Escola Básica de Barrancos | Código DGEEC 204506. Ciclos no Infoescolas 2020: 1.º ciclo, 2.º ciclo, 3.º ciclo. A fonte indica o concelho, não a freguesia. |
Source: DGEEC, Infoescolas 2020 (CC BY 4.0). Rents: INE 0014773 (CC BY 4.0).
Location in the district
- 1.438 – 4.373
- 4.839 – 6.206
- 6.712 – 7.684
- 8.874 – 13.757
- 29.538 – 33.394
- 4,8 – 8,5
- 8,6 – 11,9
- 12,1 – 13,8
- 16,4 – 19,4
- 25,4 – 29,1
- 168,4 – 264,9
- 316,6 – 569,4
- 648,2 – 777,9
- 958,5 – 1.146,5
- 1.292,9 – 1.720,6
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Other municipalities of the district of Beja
Aljustrel · Almodôvar · Alvito · Beja · Castro Verde · Cuba · Ferreira do Alentejo · Moura · Mértola · Odemira · Ourique · Serpa · Vidigueira
Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026