Querença

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

Querença had 690 residents in the 2021 Census, 40,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 6,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Loulé.

Population (inh.)

381 – 814
1.016 – 1.746
2.448 – 4.789
6.807 – 11.291
17.930 – 24.420

Density (inh./km²)

3,1 – 18,5
19,3 – 20,5
51,4 – 103,6
108,6 – 181,2
388,1 – 639,9

Area (km²)

15,8 – 38,2
46,2 – 46,2
52,7 – 62,3
62,7 – 94,3
123,9 – 187,8

Quantile classes · current parish

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

The 11 parishes of Loulé

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Almancil	11.291	62,30	181,2
2	Alte	1.746	94,33	18,5
3	Ameixial	381	123,85	3,1
4	Benafim	1.016	52,69	19,3
5	Boliqueime	4.789	46,21	103,6
6	Loulé (São Clemente)	17.930	46,20	388,1
7	Loulé (São Sebastião)	6.807	62,70	108,6
8	Quarteira	24.420	38,16	639,9
9	Querença	690	33,66	20,5
10	Salir	2.448	187,75	13,0
11	Tôr	814	15,83	51,4

Code (DTMNFR): 080814
Resident population (2021): 690
Area: 33,66 km²
Density: 20,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,0%
Rank in the municipality (population): 10th of 11

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: 352 (51,0%)
Women: 338 (49,0%)
Portuguese nationality: 577 (83,6%)
Foreign nationality: 113 (16,4%)
Ageing index: 439,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 300
Dwellings: 554
Classic family dwellings: 551
Buildings: 533
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 11,2% (70)
Unemployment rate †: 9,50%
Active / employed population: 242 / 219

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (690).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	64	31	33
15-24 years	42	25	17
25-64 years	303	156	147
65+ years	281	140	141

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Salir · São Brás de Alportel (São Brás de Alportel) · Tôr · Loulé (São Clemente)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Loulé: 6,2 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: 601
Voters: 387
Turnout: 64,39%
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL FAZER MELHOR	246	63,57%	5
PS Partido Socialista	128	33,07%	2
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	6	1,55%	0
Blank votes	3	0,78%
Null votes	4	1,03%

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

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 Nossa Senhora da Assunção, nº. 6
Querença
8100-129 Querença
Telephone: 289422337
Email: geral@freguesiadequerenca.pt

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

Services and territory

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

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 35 schools in the municipality of Loulé. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 35.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

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 de Loulé — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 16:30; Localidade na fonte: Loulé · Rua Primeiro de Dezembro 8100-615 Loulé 8100-615

There are 7 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

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

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Faro (IPMA no. 554), 21,1 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 Loulé the median value in 2025 is 11,95 €/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: 8100-129 (Largo Nossa Senhora da Assunção, nº. 6, Querença, 8100-129 Querença).

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 289422337.

Public bodies

Junta de Querença — Largo Nossa Senhora da Assunção, nº. 6, Querença, 8100-129 Querença · 8100-129 · 289422337 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Loulé — Presidente: Telmo Manuel Machado Pinto · Praça da República, 8104-001 Loulé · 8104-001 · 289400800 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-loule.pt

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

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