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Rosário

Parish of the municipality of Almodôvar (Almodôvar), district of Beja.

Rosário had 592 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 13,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Almodôvar.

Population (inh.)
  • 300 – 308
  • 371 – 483
  • 485
  • 515 – 592
  • 3.658
Density (inh./km²)
  • 2,6 – 3,9
  • 4,5 – 4,6
  • 8,8
  • 9,8 – 16,5
  • 24,2
Area (km²)
  • 21,3 – 35,0
  • 60,7 – 65,5
  • 108,3
  • 123,4 – 141,7
  • 222,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 8 parishes of Almodôvar

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aldeia dos Fernandes51521,2624,2
2Almodôvar3.658222,0716,5
3Gomes Aires30065,484,6
4Rosário59260,699,8
5Santa Clara-a-Nova485108,334,5
6Santa Cruz483123,383,9
7Senhora da Graça dos Padrões30835,008,8
8São Barnabé371141,672,6
Code (DTMNFR)
020203
Resident population (2021)
592
Area
60,69 km²
Density
9,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 8

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
291 (49,2%)
Women
301 (50,8%)
Portuguese nationality
577 (97,5%)
Foreign nationality
15 (2,5%)
Ageing index
289,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
254
Average household size *
2,24 people
Dwellings
437
Classic family dwellings
436
Buildings
408
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,5% (34)
Unemployment rate *
9,36% (H 9,40% · M 9,30%)
Active / employed population
235 / 213

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 65 (11,0%); 15-24 years: 54 (9,1%); 25-64 years: 285 (48,1%); 65+ years: 188 (31,8%)0-1465 · 11,0%15-2454 · 9,1%25-64285 · 48,1%65+188 · 31,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (592).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years652936
15-24 years543222
25-64 years285156129
65+ years18874114

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

Almodôvar · União das freguesias de Castro Verde e Casével (Castro Verde) · Ourique (Ourique) · Santa Bárbara de Padrões (Castro Verde)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Almodôvar
13,3 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
545
Voters
370
Turnout
67,89% (2021: 71,43%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		25167,84%5
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		9726,22%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		92,43%0
Blank votes41,08%
Null votes92,43%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS.

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
Rua de Trás, N.º 9 - Caixa Postal 1
Rosário (ALMÔDOVAR)
7700-235 ROSÁRIO
Telephone
286954244
Fax
286954244
Email
j.freguesiarosario@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
37,60000, -8,08333
Wikipedia
Rosário (Almodôvar)
Wikidata
Q1019746

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