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Ferreira do Alentejo

Municipality of the district of Beja (District of Beja), region Alentejo (NUTS III: Baixo Alentejo).

Ferreira do Alentejo had 7.684 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 29,1% were aged 65 or over; 10,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

7.684inhabitants (2021 Census)
284district-seat telephone code
1town hall6parish councils7schools

Mayor: Luís António Pita Ameixa · Tel. 284738700 · Email: geral@cm-ferreira-alentejo.pt · www.ferreiradoalentejo.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.)
  • 359 – 433
  • 473
  • 928
  • 1.185
  • 4.306
Density (inh./km²)
  • 4,3 – 6,0
  • 7,7
  • 9,9
  • 17,9
  • 19,3
Area (km²)
  • 36,4 – 52,0
  • 71,9
  • 110,1
  • 154,2
  • 223,7
Quantile classes
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The 6 parishes of Ferreira do Alentejo

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
1Ferreira do Alentejo4.306223,7019,3
2Figueira dos Cavaleiros1.185154,207,7
3Alfundão92851,9617,9
4Odivelas473110,054,3
5Canhestros43371,926,0
6Peroguarda35936,379,9
INE code (DTMN)
0208
Resident population
7.684
Area
648,21 km²
Density
11,9 inh./km²
Parishes
6
Share of district population
5,3%
Rank in the district (population)
6th of 14
National rank (population)
208th of 308
National rank (density)
275th of 308
National rank (area)
31st of 308

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

2021 Census in detail

Men
3.868 (50,3%)
Women
3.816 (49,7%)
Portuguese nationality
6.948 (90,4%)
Foreign nationality
736 (9,6%)
Ageing index
247,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.187
Average household size
2,32 people
Dwellings
5.305
Buildings
4.951
With higher education (15+)
10,3% (696)
Unemployment rate
7,53%

Population by age group

0-14905 · 11,8%15-24682 · 8,9%25-643.859 · 50,2%65+2.238 · 29,1%
Residents by age group (7.684 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
6.135
Voters
4.177 (68,08%)
Seats
5
ListVotes%Seats
PS (elected council president)1.84544,17%3
PCP-PEV1.74641,80%2
CH3658,74%0
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP1323,16%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
6.135
Voters
4.177 (68,08%)
Seats
15
ListVotes%Seats
PS1.92446,06%8
PCP-PEV1.58337,90%6
CH44010,53%1
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP1433,42%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
Luís António Pita Ameixa
Address
Praça Comendador Infante Passanha, N.º 5, 7900-571 Ferreira do Alentejo
Telephone
284738700
Email
geral@cm-ferreira-alentejo.pt
Website
www.ferreiradoalentejo.pt

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

On the web

Q552015 · Wikipedia · www.cm-ferreira-alentejo.pt/ · ferreiradoalentejo.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Alcácer do Sal (40,3 km) · Aljustrel (22,3 km) · Alvito (21,6 km) · Beja (32,3 km) · Cuba (26,7 km) · Grândola (36,0 km) · Santiago do Cacém (36,5 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Beja: 32,6 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.)
  • 1.438 – 4.373
  • 4.839 – 6.206
  • 6.712 – 7.684
  • 8.874 – 13.757
  • 29.538 – 33.394
Density (inh./km²)
  • 4,8 – 8,5
  • 8,6 – 11,9
  • 12,1 – 13,8
  • 16,4 – 19,4
  • 25,4 – 29,1
Area (km²)
  • 168,4 – 264,9
  • 316,6 – 569,4
  • 648,2 – 777,9
  • 958,5 – 1.146,5
  • 1.292,9 – 1.720,6
Quantile classes · current municipality
Ferreira do Alentejo 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 Beja

Aljustrel · Almodôvar · Alvito · Barrancos · Beja · Castro Verde · Cuba · 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