Escalos de Baixo

Parish of the municipality of Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco), district of Castelo Branco.

Escalos de Baixo had 678 residents in the 2021 Census, 39,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 9,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Castelo Branco.

Population (inh.)

290 – 381
501 – 557
588 – 755
775 – 961
1.017 – 34.455

Density (inh./km²)

1,6 – 7,9
9,3 – 14,0
14,7 – 21,0
25,0 – 31,7
49,0 – 202,4

Area (km²)

11,8 – 24,0
25,1 – 35,8
36,9 – 46,1
61,0 – 100,0
120,4 – 246,0

Quantile classes · current parish

Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 22 parishes of Castelo Branco

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Alcains	4.615	36,94	124,9
2	Almaceda	511	72,19	7,1
3	Benquerenças	637	61,03	10,4
4	Castelo Branco	34.455	170,26	202,4
5	Escalos de Baixo	678	46,09	14,7
6	Escalos de Cima	755	15,41	49,0
7	Lardosa	888	44,47	20,0
8	Louriçal do Campo	557	22,31	25,0
9	Lousa	501	35,82	14,0
10	Malpica do Tejo	381	246,02	1,6
11	Mata	360	23,98	15,0
12	Monforte da Beira	320	120,35	2,7
13	Ninho do Açor	332	11,80	28,1
14	Salgueiro do Campo	775	30,34	25,5
15	Santo André das Tojeiras	588	74,87	7,9
16	Sarzedas	1.017	172,05	5,9
17	Sobral do Campo	290	31,17	9,3
18	São Vicente da Beira	961	100,00	9,6
19	Tinalhas	513	16,19	31,7
20	União das freguesias de Cebolais de Cima e Retaxo	1.609	25,13	64,0
21	União das freguesias de Freixial e Juncal do Campo	668	40,67	16,4
22	União das freguesias de Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos e Cafede	861	41,07	21,0

Code (DTMNFR): 050232
Resident population (2021): 678
Area: 46,09 km²
Density: 14,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,3%
Rank in the municipality (population): 10th of 22

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: 321 (47,3%)
Women: 357 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality: 655 (96,6%)
Foreign nationality: 23 (3,4%)
Ageing index: 407,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 304
Dwellings: 711
Classic family dwellings: 710
Buildings: 699
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 8,3% (51)
Unemployment rate †: 6,47%
Active / employed population: 232 / 217

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (678).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	66	33	33
15-24 years	47	23	24
25-64 years	296	146	150
65+ years	269	119	150

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Castelo Branco · Mata · Escalos de Cima · Ladoeiro (Idanha-a-Nova) · Alcains · Malpica do Tejo · Lousa

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Castelo Branco: 9,9 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: 668
Voters: 454
Turnout: 67,96%
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP SEMPRE por todos	207	45,59%	4
PS Partido Socialista	194	42,73%	3
IL Iniciativa Liberal	38	8,37%	0
Blank votes	7	1,54%
Null votes	8	1,76%

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: Av. Eng Duarte Pacheco, 17
Escalos de Baixo
6005-150 Escalos de Baixo
Email: escalosdebaixojuntadefreguesia@gmail.com

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 27 schools in the municipality of Castelo Branco. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 27.

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6 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, n.º 12 6000-084
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - Escola Superior Agrária de Castelo Branco — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Quinta da Senhora de Mércules, Apartado 119 6001-909
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas de Castelo Branco — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Quinta da Senhora de Mércules 6000-909
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - Escola Superior de Educação de Castelo Branco — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · R. Prof. Dr. Faria de Vasconcelos 6000-266
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - Escola Superior de Saúde Dr. Lopes Dias — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. do Empresário - Campus da Talagueira 6000-767
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Castelo Branco — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. do Empresário - Campus da Talagueira 6000-767

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Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco, E.P.E. — Região de Saúde do Centro

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NHS institutions that report inpatient stays (ACSS). The source has no address or telephone; the link to the municipality is by official name.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Escalos de Baixo — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:30 · Rua do Centro de Dia, s/n 6005-150 Castelo Branco 6005-150

There are 16 in the municipality in total.

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Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Castelo Branco (IPMA no. 570), 8,4 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	8,3	12,3	4,2	87,6
Feb	9,6	14,2	5,0	66,5
Mar	12,3	17,4	7,3	70,9
Apr	14,1	19,4	8,8	65,1
May	17,6	23,4	11,7	53,8
Jun	21,9	28,7	15,0	17,4
Jul	24,9	32,5	17,4	6,9
Aug	25,1	32,5	17,7	6,7
Sep	21,7	27,9	15,4	39,4
Oct	16,9	21,7	12,1	114,9
Nov	11,8	15,8	7,8	110,7
Dec	8,9	12,7	5,1	104,5
Year	16,1	—	—	744,4

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Beira Baixa e Alto Alentejo. Station altitude: 386,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Castelo Branco the median value in 2025 is 5,17 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 6005-150 (Av. Eng Duarte Pacheco, 17, Escalos de Baixo, 6005-150 Escalos de Baixo).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Castelo Branco): 272. It is not exclusive to this parish.

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Public bodies

Junta de Escalos de Baixo — Av. Eng Duarte Pacheco, 17, Escalos de Baixo, 6005-150 Escalos de Baixo · 6005-150 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Castelo Branco — Presidente: Leopoldo Martins Rodrigues · Praça do Município, 6000-458 Castelo Branco · 6000-458 · 272330330 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-castelobranco.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Castelo Branco

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