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Medelim

Parish of the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova (Idanha-a-Nova), district of Castelo Branco.

Medelim had 230 residents in the 2021 Census, 53,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 17,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova.

Population (inh.)
  • 190 – 226
  • 230 – 437
  • 508 – 514
  • 551 – 1.007
  • 1.053 – 2.388
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1,6 – 3,8
  • 4,3 – 5,7
  • 6,2 – 7,6
  • 8,4 – 12,5
  • 14,8 – 16,6
Area (km²)
  • 13,6 – 30,5
  • 36,7 – 58,0
  • 63,3 – 128,4
  • 135,4 – 177,4
  • 266,6 – 284,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 13 parishes of Idanha-a-Nova

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aldeia de Santa Margarida20113,6214,8
2Ladoeiro1.05363,2816,6
3Medelim23030,477,6
4Oledo28427,6710,3
5Penha Garcia551128,424,3
6Proença-a-Velha19058,003,3
7Rosmaninhal437266,591,6
8São Miguel de Acha51441,2612,5
9Toulões22636,736,2
10União das freguesias de Idanha-a-Nova e Alcafozes2.388284,788,4
11União das freguesias de Monfortinho e Salvaterra do Extremo508135,393,8
12União das freguesias de Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha766152,735,0
13União das freguesias de Zebreira e Segura1.007177,395,7
Code (DTMNFR)
050506
Resident population (2021)
230
Area
30,47 km²
Density
7,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
10th of 13

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
107 (46,5%)
Women
123 (53,5%)
Portuguese nationality
216 (93,9%)
Foreign nationality
14 (6,1%)
Ageing index
717,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
110
Average household size *
1,93 people
Dwellings
399
Classic family dwellings
390
Buildings
384
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,0% (17)
Unemployment rate *
0,00% (H 0,00% · M 0,00%)
Active / employed population
41 / 41

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 17 (7,4%); 15-24 years: 11 (4,8%); 25-64 years: 80 (34,8%); 65+ years: 122 (53,0%)0-1417 · 7,4%15-2411 · 4,8%25-6480 · 34,8%65+122 · 53,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (230).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years17107
15-24 years1156
25-64 years804436
65+ years1224874

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 Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha · Proença-a-Velha · União das freguesias de Pedrógão de São Pedro e Bemposta (Penamacor) · União das freguesias de Aldeia do Bispo, Águas e Aldeia de João Pires (Penamacor)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova
17,7 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
185
Voters
130
Turnout
70,27% (2021: 74,23%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		11890,77%7
Blank votes75,38%
Null votes53,85%

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 monte de verde movente da ponta, rematado por calvário de púrpura, entre dois gravatos de vermelho, com as ansas para dentro; campanha diminuta de três burelas ondadas de prata, azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "MEDELIM".

Flag: esquartelada de púrpura e amarelo. Cordão e borlas de ouro e púrpura. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Medelim - Idanha-a-Nova".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 545/2007, Diário da República n.º 127/2007, Série II de 2007-07-04 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Medelim). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Avenida Medina n 9
Medelim (IDANHA-A-NOVA)
6060-051 MEDELIM
Telephone
277312152
Fax
277312152
Email
freguesiamedelim@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,04917, -7,18306
Wikipedia
Medelim
Wikidata
Q946249

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