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União das freguesias de Tornada e Salir do Porto

Parish of the municipality of Caldas da Rainha (Caldas da Rainha), district of Leiria.

União das freguesias de Tornada e Salir do Porto had 4.434 residents in the 2021 Census, 29,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 7,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Caldas da Rainha.

Population (inh.)
  • 938 – 1.141
  • 1.400 – 1.646
  • 1.962 – 2.646
  • 2.692 – 4.434
  • 11.902 – 18.540
Density (inh./km²)
  • 48,9 – 81,8
  • 84,7 – 91,9
  • 105,0 – 145,5
  • 150,2 – 185,1
  • 432,6 – 585,0
Area (km²)
  • 9,6 – 10,6
  • 14,0 – 19,4
  • 20,0 – 24,6
  • 27,5 – 29,5
  • 31,7 – 37,6
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 Caldas da Rainha

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1A dos Francos1.64619,4484,7
2Alvorninha2.64637,6070,4
3Carvalhal Benfeito1.14113,9581,8
4Foz do Arelho1.4009,62145,5
5Landal93810,2191,9
6Nadadouro1.96210,60185,1
7Salir de Matos2.58324,59105,0
8Santa Catarina2.69219,98134,7
9União das freguesias de Caldas da Rainha - Nossa Senhora do Pópulo, Coto e São Gregório18.54031,69585,0
10União das freguesias de Caldas da Rainha - Santo Onofre e Serra do Bouro11.90227,51432,6
11União das freguesias de Tornada e Salir do Porto4.43429,53150,2
12Vidais1.02620,9748,9
Code (DTMNFR)
100619
Resident population (2021)
4.434
Area
29,53 km²
Density
150,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 12

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Tornada e Salir do Porto”.

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
2.134 (48,1%)
Women
2.300 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality
4.087 (92,2%)
Foreign nationality
347 (7,8%)
Ageing index
248,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.797
Average household size *
2,44 people
Dwellings
3.030
Classic family dwellings
3.024
Buildings
2.691
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
15,2% (596)
Unemployment rate *
7,30% (H 6,69% · M 7,95%)
Active / employed population
1.863 / 1.727

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 523 (11,8%); 15-24 years: 421 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 2.188 (49,3%); 65+ years: 1.302 (29,4%)0-14523 · 11,8%15-24421 · 9,5%25-642.188 · 49,3%65+1.302 · 29,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.434).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years523264259
15-24 years421221200
25-64 years2.1881.0561.132
65+ years1.302593709

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 Caldas da Rainha
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
4.028
Voters
2.234
Turnout
55,46% (2021: 50,48%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD COLIGAÇÃO PSD / CDS - SOMOS CALDAS
1.33959,94%6
VM
VM-VAMOS MUDAR
53523,95%2
CH
CHEGA
22610,12%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
622,78%0
Blank votes381,70%
Null votes341,52%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de azul com um castelo de prata, lavrado e aberto do campo, entre três âncoras de ouro, duas nos flancos e uma em ponta; em chefe coroa aberta de ouro, com o aro recamado de gemas. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres aparentes. Listel ondulado de prata, com a legenda a letras negras maiúsculas "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE TORNADA E SALIR DO PORTO"

Flag: esquartelada de branco e azul; cordões e borlas de azul e prata. Haste e lança douradas

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Tornada e Salir do Porto"

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 32/2017, Diário da República n.º 6/2017, Série II de 2017-01-09 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Tornada e Salir do Porto). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo do Rossio, N.º 7 - A
Tornada (CALDAS DA RAINHA)
2500-315 TORNADA
Telephone
262881430
Email
junta@tornadaesalirdoporto.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,46520, -9,14720
Wikipedia
Tornada e Salir do Porto
Wikidata
Q18469320

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