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Santiago do Escoural

Parish of the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo (Montemor-o-Novo), district of Évora.

Santiago do Escoural had 1.047 residents in the 2021 Census, 37,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 17,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo.

Population (inh.)
  • 494 – 496
  • 509 – 591
  • 604 – 706
  • 1.011 – 1.047
  • 4.537 – 5.804
Density (inh./km²)
  • 2,7 – 3,4
  • 4,5 – 5,3
  • 7,1 – 7,6
  • 10,7 – 15,0
  • 31,0 – 37,2
Area (km²)
  • 55,5 – 67,4
  • 99,3 – 110,6
  • 114,4 – 121,8
  • 138,7 – 145,9
  • 187,0 – 192,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Montemor-o-Novo

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Cabrela509192,262,7
2Ciborro59155,4910,7
3Cortiçadas de Lavre70699,337,1
4Foros de Vale de Figueira1.01167,4015,0
5Lavre604114,375,3
6Nossa Senhora da Vila5.804187,0331,0
7Nossa Senhora do Bispo4.537121,8337,2
8Santiago do Escoural1.047138,707,6
9Silveiras496110,624,5
10São Cristóvão494145,923,4
Code (DTMNFR)
070605
Resident population (2021)
1.047
Area
138,70 km²
Density
7,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 10

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
505 (48,2%)
Women
542 (51,8%)
Portuguese nationality
1.028 (98,2%)
Foreign nationality
19 (1,8%)
Ageing index
425,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
471
Average household size *
2,16 people
Dwellings
914
Classic family dwellings
913
Buildings
788
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,4% (71)
Unemployment rate *
5,73% (H 6,28% · M 5,08%)
Active / employed population
436 / 411

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 92 (8,8%); 15-24 years: 74 (7,1%); 25-64 years: 490 (46,8%); 65+ years: 391 (37,3%)0-1492 · 8,8%15-2474 · 7,1%25-64490 · 46,8%65+391 · 37,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.047).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years924844
15-24 years743539
25-64 years490253237
65+ years391169222

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 Cristóvão · União das freguesias de São Sebastião da Giesteira e Nossa Senhora da Boa Fé (Évora) · Alcáçovas (Viana do Alentejo) · Nossa Senhora da Vila · União das freguesias de Nossa Senhora da Tourega e Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe (Évora)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo
17,8 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
931
Voters
637
Turnout
68,42% (2021: 67,11%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		34454,00%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		20832,65%3
CDS-PP.PPD/PSD
AD - Fazer Mais Fazer Melhor		6710,52%0
Blank votes121,88%
Null votes60,94%

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
Praça da República, N.º 1
Santiago do Escoural (MONTEMOR-O-NOVO)
7050-556 SANTIAGO DO ESCOURAL
Telephone
266857183
Fax
266857251
Email
geral@jf-santiagodoescoural.pt
Website
www.jf-santiagodoescoural.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,53333, -8,15000
Wikipedia
Santiago do Escoural
Wikidata
Q1019140

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