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União das freguesias de Beja (Salvador e Santa Maria da Feira)

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

União das freguesias de Beja (Salvador e Santa Maria da Feira) had 10.710 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 23,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 7,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Beja.

Population (inh.)
  • 485 – 747
  • 784 – 884
  • 889 – 1.181
  • 1.188 – 1.525
  • 10.710 – 13.363
Density (inh./km²)
  • 4,3 – 5,9
  • 6,3 – 7,1
  • 7,3 – 14,4
  • 28,7 – 74,0
  • 260,6 – 475,8
Area (km²)
  • 16,1 – 51,3
  • 53,1 – 68,3
  • 70,2 – 78,2
  • 139,7 – 166,1
  • 199,7 – 209,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 12 parishes of Beja

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Baleizão884139,746,3
2Beringel1.18816,0574,0
3Cabeça Gorda1.12578,1614,4
4Nossa Senhora das Neves1.52553,1428,7
5Santa Clara de Louredo74771,8810,4
6São Matias51370,237,3
7União das freguesias de Albernoa e Trindade889209,394,3
8União das freguesias de Beja (Salvador e Santa Maria da Feira)10.71022,51475,8
9União das freguesias de Beja (Santiago Maior e São João Baptista)13.36351,27260,6
10União das freguesias de Salvada e Quintos1.181199,725,9
11União das freguesias de Santa Vitória e Mombeja784166,134,7
12União das freguesias de Trigaches e São Brissos48568,267,1
Code (DTMNFR)
020520
Resident population (2021)
10.710
Area
22,51 km²
Density
475,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
32,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 12

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Beja (Salvador e Santa Maria da Feira)”.

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
5.133 (47,9%)
Women
5.577 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality
10.340 (96,5%)
Foreign nationality
370 (3,5%)
Ageing index
119,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
4.061
Average household size *
2,50 people
Dwellings
5.607
Classic family dwellings
5.533
Buildings
3.480
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
23,4% (2.090)
Unemployment rate *
5,65% (H 5,70% · M 5,60%)
Active / employed population
4.940 / 4.661

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.782 (16,6%); 15-24 years: 1.182 (11,0%); 25-64 years: 5.613 (52,4%); 65+ years: 2.133 (19,9%)0-141.782 · 16,6%15-241.182 · 11,0%25-645.613 · 52,4%65+2.133 · 19,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (10.710).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.782931851
15-24 years1.182612570
25-64 years5.6132.7642.849
65+ years2.1338261.307

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Beja
7,8 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
8.883
Voters
5.200
Turnout
58,54% (2021: 51,39%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
BEJA CONSEGUE
1.51829,19%4
PS
Partido Socialista
1.47328,33%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1.06120,40%3
CH
CHEGA
95618,38%2
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda
891,71%0
Blank votes410,79%
Null votes621,19%

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

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 de Santa Maria, N.º 7
Salvador Beja
7800-133 BEJA
Telephone
284313100
Fax
284313119
Email
geral@ufsalsm.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,03560, -7,84740
Wikipedia
Beja (Salvador e Santa Maria da Feira)
Wikidata
Q18468048

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