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União das freguesias de Assafarge e Antanhol

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

União das freguesias de Assafarge e Antanhol had 4.993 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 29,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 6,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Coimbra.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.825 – 2.716
  • 2.794 – 3.244
  • 3.659 – 3.997
  • 4.188 – 13.880
  • 15.315 – 41.150
Density (inh./km²)
  • 122,1 – 130,1
  • 161,3 – 210,5
  • 230,4 – 261,2
  • 272,1 – 672,6
  • 709,2 – 2.135,4
Area (km²)
  • 7,9 – 10,3
  • 10,6 – 17,6
  • 17,6 – 19,3
  • 19,5 – 24,3
  • 24,7 – 33,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 18 parishes of Coimbra

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Almalaguês2.85323,16123,2
2Brasfemes1.9329,18210,5
3Ceira3.24412,42261,2
4Cernache3.96219,17206,7
5Santo António dos Olivais41.15019,272.135,4
6São João do Campo1.8257,92230,4
7São Silvestre2.79410,27272,1
8Torres do Mondego2.03416,66122,1
9União das freguesias de Antuzede e Vil de Matos2.84217,62161,3
10União das freguesias de Assafarge e Antanhol4.99319,51255,9
11União das freguesias de Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu)13.8808,331.666,3
12União das freguesias de Eiras e São Paulo de Frades17.57424,78709,2
13União das freguesias de Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas11.85817,63672,6
14União das freguesias de Souselas e Botão4.18833,01126,9
15União das freguesias de São Martinho de Árvore e Lamarosa2.71620,88130,1
16União das freguesias de São Martinho do Bispo e Ribeira de Frades15.31524,68620,5
17União das freguesias de Taveiro, Ameal e Arzila3.99724,34164,2
18União das freguesias de Trouxemil e Torre de Vilela3.65910,56346,5
Code (DTMNFR)
060333
Resident population (2021)
4.993
Area
19,51 km²
Density
255,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 18

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Assafarge e Antanhol”.

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
2.441 (48,9%)
Women
2.552 (51,1%)
Portuguese nationality
4.902 (98,2%)
Foreign nationality
91 (1,8%)
Ageing index
188,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.928
Average household size *
2,59 people
Dwellings
2.350
Classic family dwellings
2.350
Buildings
2.052
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
29,6% (1.294)
Unemployment rate *
5,26% (H 4,14% · M 6,30%)
Active / employed population
2.454 / 2.325

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 623 (12,5%); 15-24 years: 511 (10,2%); 25-64 years: 2.688 (53,8%); 65+ years: 1.171 (23,5%)0-14623 · 12,5%15-24511 · 10,2%25-642.688 · 53,8%65+1.171 · 23,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.993).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years623327296
15-24 years511278233
25-64 years2.6881.2961.392
65+ years1.171540631

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

União das freguesias de Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas · Cernache · União das freguesias de São Martinho do Bispo e Ribeira de Frades · Almalaguês · União das freguesias de Vila Seca e Bem da Fé (Condeixa-a-Nova) · Anobra (Condeixa-a-Nova) · União das freguesias de Taveiro, Ameal e Arzila

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Coimbra
6,0 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
4.623
Voters
2.801
Turnout
60,59% (2021: 56,40%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL.NC.PPM.VP.MPT
JUNTOS SOMOS COIMBRA		1.29946,38%5
PS.L.PAN
AVANÇAR COIMBRA		1.00735,95%4
CH
CHEGA		2258,03%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1515,39%0
Blank votes873,11%
Null votes321,14%

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

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 da Igreja
Assafarge (COIMBRA)
3040-657 ASSAFARGE
Telephone
239438801
Email
geral@assafargeantanhol.pt
Website
www.assafargeantanhol.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,15900, -8,43200
Wikipedia
Assafarge e Antanhol
Wikidata
Q17460817

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