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União das freguesias de Alcanena e Vila Moreira

Parish of the municipality of Alcanena (Alcanena), district of Santarém.

União das freguesias de Alcanena e Vila Moreira had 4.854 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 1,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Alcanena.

Population (inh.)
  • 633 – 700
  • 781
  • 963 – 1.633
  • 2.908
  • 4.854
Density (inh./km²)
  • 37,9 – 43,3
  • 47,4
  • 58,5 – 115,7
  • 137,6
  • 314,6
Area (km²)
  • 6,8 – 14,6
  • 15,4
  • 16,5 – 18,5
  • 21,1
  • 34,5
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 7 parishes of Alcanena

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Bugalhos96316,4658,5
2Minde2.90821,14137,6
3Moitas Venda7816,75115,7
4Monsanto70018,4637,9
5Serra de Santo António63314,6243,3
6União das freguesias de Alcanena e Vila Moreira4.85415,43314,6
7União das freguesias de Malhou, Louriceira e Espinheiro1.63334,4647,4
Code (DTMNFR)
140211
Resident population (2021)
4.854
Area
15,43 km²
Density
314,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
38,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 7

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Alcanena e Vila Moreira”.

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
2.322 (47,8%)
Women
2.532 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
4.600 (94,8%)
Foreign nationality
254 (5,2%)
Ageing index
191,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.024
Average household size *
2,35 people
Dwellings
2.850
Classic family dwellings
2.848
Buildings
1.943
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
12,6% (532)
Unemployment rate *
4,79% (H 4,31% · M 5,28%)
Active / employed population
2.234 / 2.127

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 639 (13,2%); 15-24 years: 506 (10,4%); 25-64 years: 2.488 (51,3%); 65+ years: 1.221 (25,2%)0-14639 · 13,2%15-24506 · 10,4%25-642.488 · 51,3%65+1.221 · 25,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.854).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years639311328
15-24 years506274232
25-64 years2.4881.2181.270
65+ years1.221519702

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

Bugalhos · Monsanto · Moitas Venda · União das freguesias de Malhou, Louriceira e Espinheiro · Zibreira (Torres Novas)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Alcanena
1,9 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
4.180
Voters
2.379
Turnout
56,91% (2021: 54,07%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
CIDADÃOS POR ALCANENA - CONCELHO COM FUTURO		1.27853,72%5
PS
Partido Socialista		66728,04%3
CH
CHEGA		2289,58%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1335,59%0
Blank votes441,85%
Null votes291,22%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo António Machado Baptista, N.º 6
Alcanena
2380-036 ALCANENA
Telephone
249881581
Fax
249881581
Email
geral@jf-alcanena-vilamoreira.pt
Website
www.jf-alcanena-vilamoreira.pt

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Coordinates
39,45960, -8,66320
Wikipedia
Alcanena e Vila Moreira
Wikidata
Q18467934

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

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