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Ourém

Municipality of the district of Santarém (District of Santarém), region Oeste e Vale do Tejo (NUTS III: Médio Tejo).

Ourém had 44.538 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 26,8% were aged 65 or over; 15,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

44.538inhabitants (2021 Census)
243district-seat telephone code
1town hall16parish councils33schools

Mayor: Luís Miguel Marques Grossinho Coutinho Albuquerque · Tel. 249540900 · Email: geral@mail.cm-ourem.pt · www.cm-ourem.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.)
  • 691 – 986
  • 991 – 1.401
  • 1.495 – 1.879
  • 2.087 – 3.226
  • 4.655 – 13.212
Density (inh./km²)
  • 34,4 – 50,2
  • 71,4 – 75,5
  • 82,4 – 94,7
  • 106,4 – 114,5
  • 118,5 – 355,0
Area (km²)
  • 7,8 – 13,0
  • 18,0 – 19,8
  • 20,4 – 21,2
  • 23,2 – 31,1
  • 40,7 – 71,8
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Ourém

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
1Fátima13.21271,84183,9
2Nossa Senhora da Piedade7.25020,42355,0
3Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias4.65540,67114,5
4União das freguesias de Freixianda, Ribeira do Fárrio e Formigais3.22664,2350,2
5Caxarias2.13618,03118,5
6Atouguia2.08719,61106,4
7Seiça1.87924,8875,5
8Olival1.74521,1982,4
9Rio de Couros1.49520,9171,5
10Urqueira1.40131,0645,1
11Alburitel1.06011,1994,7
12Gondemaria9918,92111,1
13Espite98619,7849,9
14Matas92712,9871,4
15Casal dos Bernardos79723,2034,4
16Cercal6917,7689,1
INE code (DTMN)
1421
Resident population
44.538
Area
416,68 km²
Density
106,9 inh./km²
Parishes
16
Share of district population
10,5%
Rank in the district (population)
2nd of 21
National rank (population)
65th of 308
National rank (density)
114th of 308
National rank (area)
67th of 308

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

2021 Census in detail

Men
20.898 (46,9%)
Women
23.640 (53,1%)
Portuguese nationality
42.194 (94,7%)
Foreign nationality
2.343 (5,3%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
222,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
17.301
Average household size
2,42 people
Dwellings
29.967
Buildings
23.912
With higher education (15+)
15,1% (5.928)
Unemployment rate
4,76%

Population by age group

0-145.379 · 12,1%15-244.738 · 10,6%25-6422.475 · 50,5%65+11.946 · 26,8%
Residents by age group (44.538 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
40.384
Voters
22.682 (56,17%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP (elected council president)15.11466,63%5
CH3.51715,51%1
PS2.68311,83%1
PCP-PEV4321,90%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
40.384
Voters
22.681 (56,16%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP13.37458,97%14
CH4.13618,24%4
PS3.49215,40%3
PCP-PEV5332,35%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 Miguel Marques Grossinho Coutinho Albuquerque
Address
Praça D. Maria II, n.º 1, 2490-499 Ourém
Telephone
249540900
Email
geral@mail.cm-ourem.pt
Website
www.cm-ourem.pt

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

On the web

Q771546 · Wikipedia · www.cm-ourem.pt/ · www.ourem.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Alcanena (26,4 km) · Alvaiázere (20,8 km) · Batalha (17,5 km) · Ferreira do Zêzere (22,3 km) · Leiria (22,3 km) · Pombal (27,5 km) · Tomar (18,9 km) · Torres Novas (20,9 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Santarém: 37,0 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.)
  • 3.513 – 6.975
  • 7.016 – 12.472
  • 17.355 – 21.607
  • 22.012 – 34.111
  • 34.329 – 58.662
Density (inh./km²)
  • 11,4 – 41,0
  • 47,3 – 64,0
  • 73,1 – 98,0
  • 99,1 – 106,9
  • 126,3 – 1.466,9
Area (km²)
  • 13,7 – 92,2
  • 95,4 – 190,4
  • 222,1 – 272,8
  • 351,2 – 521,4
  • 552,5 – 1.115,7
Quantile classes · current municipality
Ourém 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 Santarém

Abrantes · Alcanena · Almeirim · Alpiarça · Benavente · Cartaxo · Chamusca · Constância · Coruche · Entroncamento · Ferreira do Zêzere · Golegã · Mação · Rio Maior · Salvaterra de Magos · Santarém · Sardoal · Tomar · Torres Novas · Vila Nova da Barquinha

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