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Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova

Parish of the municipality of Elvas (Elvas), district of Portalegre.

Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova had 5.376 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 10,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Elvas.

Population (inh.)
  • 732 – 801
  • 1.028 – 1.031
  • 1.074
  • 1.629 – 5.376
  • 9.059
Density (inh./km²)
  • 7,2 – 9,7
  • 10,4 – 14,2
  • 34,2
  • 42,1 – 51,7
  • 91,8
Area (km²)
  • 25,5 – 47,6
  • 72,7 – 82,5
  • 98,5
  • 98,7 – 101,7
  • 104,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 8 parishes of Elvas

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso9.05998,6691,8
2Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova5.376104,0451,7
3Santa Eulália1.02898,5210,4
4São Brás e São Lourenço1.62947,6334,2
5São Vicente e Ventosa732101,687,2
6Terrugem1.03172,7314,2
7União das freguesias de Barbacena e Vila Fernando80182,539,7
8Vila Boim1.07425,5042,1
Code (DTMNFR)
120713
Resident population (2021)
5.376
Area
104,04 km²
Density
51,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
25,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 8

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
2.640 (49,1%)
Women
2.736 (50,9%)
Portuguese nationality
5.217 (97,0%)
Foreign nationality
159 (3,0%)
Ageing index
146,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.248
Average household size *
2,35 people
Dwellings
3.506
Classic family dwellings
3.499
Buildings
2.442
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,9% (402)
Unemployment rate *
13,84% (H 11,81% · M 16,16%)
Active / employed population
2.269 / 1.955

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 839 (15,6%); 15-24 years: 598 (11,1%); 25-64 years: 2.713 (50,5%); 65+ years: 1.226 (22,8%)0-14839 · 15,6%15-24598 · 11,1%25-642.713 · 50,5%65+1.226 · 22,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.376).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years839442397
15-24 years598293305
25-64 years2.7131.3451.368
65+ years1.226560666

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

São Vicente e Ventosa · Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso · Nossa Senhora da Expectação (Campo Maior) · São João Baptista (Campo Maior) · São Brás e São Lourenço

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Elvas
10,0 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
4.772
Voters
2.393
Turnout
50,15% (2021: 46,86%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
MCPE
Movimento Cívico por Elvas		93138,91%4
CH
CHEGA		68428,58%3
PS
Partido Socialista		47619,89%2
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM
AD - ALIANÇA DEMOCRÁTICA		1877,81%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		532,21%0
Blank votes230,96%
Null votes391,63%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: MCPE.

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 Tabolado, N.º 7
Caia e São Pedro (ELVAS)
7350-171 CAIA E SÃO PEDRO
Telephone
268639560
Fax
268639561
Email
jfreg.caiasaopedroealcacova@sapo.pt
Website
www.jf-caiasaopedroealcacova.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,91178, -7,10283
Wikipedia
Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova
Wikidata
Q18467041

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