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União das freguesias de Beja (Santiago Maior e São João Baptista)

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

União das freguesias de Beja (Santiago Maior e São João Baptista) had 13.363 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 28,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 6,9 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)
020521
Resident population (2021)
13.363
Area
51,27 km²
Density
260,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
40,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 12

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Beja (Santiago Maior e São João Baptista)”.

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
6.553 (49,0%)
Women
6.810 (51,0%)
Portuguese nationality
12.627 (94,5%)
Foreign nationality
736 (5,5%)
Ageing index
171,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
5.644
Average household size *
2,29 people
Dwellings
7.796
Classic family dwellings
7.762
Buildings
3.204
Buildings with 7 or more floors
21
With higher education (15+)
28,0% (3.230)
Unemployment rate *
5,53% (H 5,83% · M 5,22%)
Active / employed population
6.351 / 6.000

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.810 (13,5%); 15-24 years: 1.431 (10,7%); 25-64 years: 7.026 (52,6%); 65+ years: 3.096 (23,2%)0-141.810 · 13,5%15-241.431 · 10,7%25-647.026 · 52,6%65+3.096 · 23,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (13.363).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.810962848
15-24 years1.431764667
25-64 years7.0263.4853.541
65+ years3.0961.3421.754

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
6,9 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
11.278
Voters
7.056
Turnout
62,56% (2021: 54,47%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
BEJA CONSEGUE
2.36733,55%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1.82225,82%3
PS
Partido Socialista
1.60022,68%3
CH
CHEGA
1.01414,37%2
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda
1031,46%0
Blank votes771,09%
Null votes731,03%

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
Beja (Santiago Maior)
7800-133 BEJA
Telephone
284313100
Fax
284313119
Email
geral@ufsmaiorsjbaptista.pt
Website
www.ufsmaiorsjbaptista.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,01361, -7,86972
Wikipedia
Beja (Santiago Maior e São João Baptista)
Wikidata
Q18468051

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