União das freguesias de Faro (Sé e São Pedro)

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

União das freguesias de Faro (Sé e São Pedro) had 46.299 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 26,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 5,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Faro.

Population (inh.)

3.892
4.379
4.439
8.613
46.299

Density (inh./km²)

83,5
114,6
203,5
406,3
619,4

Area (km²)

21,2
21,8
38,2
46,6
74,8

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

The 5 parishes of Faro

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Conceição	4.439	21,81	203,5
2	Estoi	3.892	46,59	83,5
3	Montenegro	8.613	21,20	406,3
4	Santa Bárbara de Nexe	4.379	38,22	114,6
5	União das freguesias de Faro (Sé e São Pedro)	46.299	74,75	619,4

Code (DTMNFR): 080508
Resident population (2021): 46.299
Area: 74,75 km²
Density: 619,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 68,5%
Rank in the municipality (population): 1st of 5

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Faro (Sé e São Pedro)”.

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: 21.692 (46,9%)
Women: 24.607 (53,1%)
Portuguese nationality: 41.885 (90,5%)
Foreign nationality: 4.413 (9,5%)
Stateless: 1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index: 163,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 19.905
Average household size *: 2,29 people
Dwellings: 26.184
Classic family dwellings: 26.122
Buildings: 7.991
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 412
With higher education (15+): 26,4% (10.624)
Unemployment rate *: 9,28% (H 9,80% · M 8,80%)
Active / employed population: 23.063 / 20.923

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (46.299).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	6.120	3.093	3.027
15-24 years	4.991	2.557	2.434
25-64 years	25.205	11.904	13.301
65+ years	9.983	4.138	5.845

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

Conceição · Montenegro · Olhão (Olhão) · Pechão (Olhão) · Almancil (Loulé) · Santa Bárbara de Nexe

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Faro: 5,5 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: 39.423
Voters: 21.354
Turnout: 54,17% (2021: 43,63%)
Seats: 19

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	8.293	38,84%	8
PPD/PSD.IL.CDS-PP.PAN.MPT FARO CAPITAL DE CONFIANÇA	7.143	33,45%	7
CH CHEGA	3.347	15,67%	3
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	941	4,41%	1
L LIVRE	690	3,23%	0
B.E. Bloco de Esquerda	327	1,53%	0
Blank votes	373	1,75%
Null votes	240	1,12%

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 Reitor Teixeira Guedes, N.º 2
Faro (Sé)
8004-026 FARO
Telephone: 289889761
Fax: 289889769
Email: geral@uf-faro.pt
Website: www.uf-faro.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 37,01600, -7,93560
Wikipedia: Faro (Sé e São Pedro)
Wikidata: Q18468188

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

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

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 34 schools in the municipality of Faro. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 34.

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

Universidade do Algarve — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Campus da Penha 8005-139 · 289800100;289800120
Universidade do Algarve - Escola Superior de Educação e Comunicação — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Campus da Penha 8005-139 · 289800127
Universidade do Algarve - Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Campus da Penha 8005-139 · 289800100;289800136;289800137
Universidade do Algarve - Escola Superior de Saúde — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av.ª Dr. Adelino da Palma Carlos 8000-510 · 289800100
Universidade do Algarve - Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Campus de Gambelas 8005-139 · 289800914
Universidade do Algarve - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Campus de Gambelas 8005-139 · 289800905
Universidade do Algarve - Faculdade de Economia — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Campus de Gambelas, Edifício 9 8005-139 · 289800915;289817571
Universidade do Algarve - Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Campus de Gambelas, Edifício 2 – Ala Norte 8005-139 · 289800095
Universidade do Algarve - Instituto Superior de Engenharia — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Campus da Penha 8005-139 · 289800124

See in the catalogue

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

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

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 da Loja de Cidadão de Faro — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 08:30 às 19:00 - Sábado das 09:00 às 13:00 · Loja do Cidadão - Mercado Municipal de Faro, Largo Dr, Francisco Sá Carneiro 8000-151 Faro 8000-151
Loja de Cidadão de Faro — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 08:30 às 19:30 Sábado: 08:30 às 14:00 · Mercado Municipal de Faro - Largo Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro 8000-151 Faro 8000-151

See all in the catalogue

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

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Faro (IPMA no. 554), 5,8 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	12,3	16,3	8,3	49,3
Feb	12,9	17,0	8,8	41,9
Mar	14,9	18,9	10,8	46,8
Apr	16,6	20,7	12,4	39,0
May	19,3	23,5	15,0	26,2
Jun	22,3	26,8	17,8	5,1
Jul	24,5	29,4	19,6	0,9
Aug	24,6	29,2	19,9	3,0
Sep	22,4	26,4	18,3	21,5
Oct	19,6	23,3	15,8	56,0
Nov	15,7	19,6	11,9	75,5
Dec	13,4	17,1	9,7	90,0
Year	18,2	—	—	455,1

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Baixo Alentejo e Sotavento Algarvio. Station altitude: 5,0 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 Faro the median value in 2025 is 9,67 €/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: 8004-026 (Rua Reitor Teixeira Guedes, N.º 2, Faro (Sé), 8004-026 FARO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Faro): 289. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 289889761.

Public bodies

Junta de União das freguesias de Faro (Sé e São Pedro) — Rua Reitor Teixeira Guedes, N.º 2, Faro (Sé), 8004-026 FARO · 8004-026 · 289889761 · [email protected] · http://www.uf-faro.pt

Câmara Municipal de Faro — Presidente: António Miguel Ventura Pina · Largo da Sé, 8004 - 001 Faro · 8004-001 · 289870870 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-faro.pt

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

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