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Elvas

Municipality of the district of Portalegre (District of Portalegre), region Alentejo (NUTS III: Alto Alentejo).

Elvas had 20.730 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 24,4% were aged 65 or over; 14,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

20.730inhabitants (2021 Census)
245district-seat telephone code
1town hall8parish councils15schools

Mayor: José António Rondão Almeida · Tel. 268639740 · Email: geral@cm-elvas.pt · www.cm-elvas.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.

Population (inh.)
  • 732 – 801
  • 1.028 – 1.031
  • 1.074
  • 1.629 – 5.376
  • 9.059
Density (inh./km²)
  • 7,2 – 9,7
  • 10,4 – 14,2
  • 34,2
  • 42,1 – 51,7
  • 91,8
Area (km²)
  • 25,5 – 47,6
  • 72,7 – 82,5
  • 98,5
  • 98,7 – 101,7
  • 104,0
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 8 parishes of Elvas

Sorted by resident population (2021 Census, 2025 geography). Click a header to sort; hover a row to highlight it on the map.

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso9.05998,6691,8
2Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova5.376104,0451,7
3São Brás e São Lourenço1.62947,6334,2
4Vila Boim1.07425,5042,1
5Terrugem1.03172,7314,2
6Santa Eulália1.02898,5210,4
7União das freguesias de Barbacena e Vila Fernando80182,539,7
8São Vicente e Ventosa732101,687,2
INE code (DTMN)
1207
Resident population
20.730
Area
631,29 km²
Density
32,8 inh./km²
Parishes
8
Share of district population
19,8%
Rank in the district (population)
2nd of 15
National rank (population)
118th of 308
National rank (density)
209th of 308
National rank (area)
32nd of 308

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente, ind. 0014525, via dados.gov.pt); DGT, CAOP2025 (área e freguesias)

2021 Census in detail

Men
9.873 (47,6%)
Women
10.857 (52,4%)
Portuguese nationality
20.257 (97,7%)
Foreign nationality
472 (2,3%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
174,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
8.579
Average household size
2,35 people
Dwellings
13.447
Buildings
9.291
With higher education (15+)
14,4% (2.560)
Unemployment rate
10,84%

Population by age group

0-142.892 · 14,0%15-242.168 · 10,5%25-6410.616 · 51,2%65+5.054 · 24,4%
Residents by age group (20.730 in total).

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
18.477
Voters
10.759 (58,23%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
MCPE (elected council president)3.54832,98%2
CH2.78325,87%2
PS2.55123,71%2
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM1.26511,76%1
PCP-PEV2362,19%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
18.477
Voters
10.759 (58,23%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
CH3.31430,80%7
MCPE3.10728,88%6
PS2.27121,11%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM1.38512,87%3
PCP-PEV3393,15%0

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
José António Rondão Almeida
Address
Rua Isabel Maria Picão, s/n, 7350-476 Elvas
Telephone
268639740
Email
geral@cm-elvas.pt
Website
www.cm-elvas.pt

Source: DGAL — Portal Autárquico, Lista de Presidentes e contactos dos Municípios (atualizada 04/09/2026).

On the web

Q243849 · Wikipedia · www.cm-elvas.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Alandroal (35,4 km) · Arronches (23,0 km) · Borba (23,3 km) · Campo Maior (20,1 km) · Monforte (23,5 km) · Vila Viçosa (19,1 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Portalegre: 43,6 km.

Source: DGT, CAOP2025 (CC BY 4.0) — adjacência de limites; distância em linha reta entre centróides (licence CC BY 4.0).

Location in the district

Population (inh.)
  • 2.789 – 2.992
  • 3.021 – 3.116
  • 3.225 – 3.812
  • 4.360 – 8.042
  • 15.248 – 22.340
Density (inh./km²)
  • 6,3 – 8,1
  • 8,4 – 10,3
  • 11,5 – 11,8
  • 15,6 – 19,5
  • 32,5 – 50,0
Area (km²)
  • 154,9 – 248,6
  • 264,9 – 294,6
  • 314,7 – 398,1
  • 420,3 – 575,7
  • 606,0 – 839,8
Quantile classes · current municipality
Elvas highlighted. Click a neighbouring municipality to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

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Other municipalities of the district of Portalegre

Alter do Chão · Arronches · Avis · Campo Maior · Castelo de Vide · Crato · Fronteira · Gavião · Marvão · Monforte · Nisa · Ponte de Sor · Portalegre · Sousel

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026