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União das freguesias de Freixial e Juncal do Campo

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

União das freguesias de Freixial e Juncal do Campo had 668 residents in the 2021 Census, 48,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 10,5 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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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alcains4.61536,94124,9
2Almaceda51172,197,1
3Benquerenças63761,0310,4
4Castelo Branco34.455170,26202,4
5Escalos de Baixo67846,0914,7
6Escalos de Cima75515,4149,0
7Lardosa88844,4720,0
8Louriçal do Campo55722,3125,0
9Lousa50135,8214,0
10Malpica do Tejo381246,021,6
11Mata36023,9815,0
12Monforte da Beira320120,352,7
13Ninho do Açor33211,8028,1
14Salgueiro do Campo77530,3425,5
15Santo André das Tojeiras58874,877,9
16Sarzedas1.017172,055,9
17Sobral do Campo29031,179,3
18São Vicente da Beira961100,009,6
19Tinalhas51316,1931,7
20União das freguesias de Cebolais de Cima e Retaxo1.60925,1364,0
21União das freguesias de Freixial e Juncal do Campo66840,6716,4
22União das freguesias de Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos e Cafede86141,0721,0
Code (DTMNFR)
050229
Resident population (2021)
668
Area
40,67 km²
Density
16,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
11th of 22

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Freixial e Juncal do Campo”.

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
311 (46,6%)
Women
357 (53,4%)
Portuguese nationality
631 (94,5%)
Foreign nationality
37 (5,5%)
Ageing index
855,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
326
Average household size *
1,97 people
Dwellings
812
Classic family dwellings
810
Buildings
801
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,8% (49)
Unemployment rate *
3,67% (H 3,51% · M 3,85%)
Active / employed population
218 / 210

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 38 (5,7%); 15-24 years: 34 (5,1%); 25-64 years: 271 (40,6%); 65+ years: 325 (48,7%)0-1438 · 5,7%15-2434 · 5,1%25-64271 · 40,6%65+325 · 48,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (668).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years382018
15-24 years342311
25-64 years271136135
65+ years325132193

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

Salgueiro do Campo · Sarzedas · Almaceda · Tinalhas · Sobral do Campo · União das freguesias de Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos e Cafede · Ninho do Açor

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Castelo Branco
10,5 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
641
Voters
474
Turnout
73,95% (2021: 72,26%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		27257,38%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
SEMPRE por todos		18939,87%3
Blank votes20,42%
Null votes112,32%

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 da Fonte Nova s/n
Freixial do Campo (CASTELO BRANCO)
6000-521 FREIXIAL DO CAMPO
Telephone
272959402
Fax
272959402
Email
geral@jf-freixialjuncaldocampo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,91550, -7,59420
Wikipedia
Freixial e Juncal do Campo
Wikidata
Q20059618

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