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São Brás e São Lourenço

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

São Brás e São Lourenço had 1.629 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 3,9 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)
120707
Resident population (2021)
1.629
Area
47,63 km²
Density
34,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd 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
805 (49,4%)
Women
824 (50,6%)
Portuguese nationality
1.601 (98,3%)
Foreign nationality
28 (1,7%)
Ageing index
158,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
676
Average household size *
2,41 people
Dwellings
952
Classic family dwellings
952
Buildings
836
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
16,9% (235)
Unemployment rate *
9,08% (H 6,94% · M 11,46%)
Active / employed population
738 / 671

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 238 (14,6%); 15-24 years: 172 (10,6%); 25-64 years: 842 (51,7%); 65+ years: 377 (23,1%)0-14238 · 14,6%15-24172 · 10,6%25-64842 · 51,7%65+377 · 23,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.629).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years238120118
15-24 years1728785
25-64 years842416426
65+ years377182195

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 · Ciladas (Vila Viçosa) · Vila Boim · União das freguesias de Barbacena e Vila Fernando · Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Elvas
3,9 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
1.491
Voters
921
Turnout
61,77% (2021: 59,15%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		35838,87%4
CH
CHEGA		22224,10%2
MCPE
Movimento Cívico por Elvas		20822,58%2
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM
AD - ALIANÇA DEMOCRÁTICA		9410,21%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		111,19%0
Blank votes181,95%
Null votes101,09%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de ouro, com aqueduto de negro, posto em faixa e movente dos flancos, entre duas palmas de azul, passadas em aspa, em chefe e uma anta arqueológica de vermelho, em campanha. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «S. BRÁS e S. LOURENÇO».

Flag: azul. Cordão e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de S. Brás e S. Lourenço - Elvas»

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 495/2011, Diário da República n.º 100/2011, Série II de 2011-05-24 (issuer: Freguesia de São Brás e São Lourenço). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Bairro da Abóbada, N.º 3 - Varche
São Brás e São Lourenço (ELVAS)
7350-422 SÃO BRÁS E SÃO LOURENÇO
Telephone
268629261
Fax
268629261
Email
jfsbsl.geral@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
38,87753, -7,22528
Wikipedia
São Brás e São Lourenço
Wikidata
Q2220297

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