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União das freguesias de Pegões

Parish of the municipality of Montijo (Montijo), district of Setúbal.

União das freguesias de Pegões had 4.090 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 5,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Montijo.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.566
  • 3.243
  • 4.090
  • 5.379
  • 41.404
Density (inh./km²)
  • 7,4
  • 51,3
  • 275,5
  • 394,1
  • 1.316,1
Area (km²)
  • 11,8
  • 13,7
  • 31,5
  • 79,8
  • 212,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Montijo

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Canha1.566211,977,4
2Sarilhos Grandes3.24311,77275,5
3União das freguesias de Atalaia e Alto Estanqueiro-Jardia5.37913,65394,1
4União das freguesias de Montijo e Afonsoeiro41.40431,461.316,1
5União das freguesias de Pegões4.09079,7751,3
Code (DTMNFR)
150711
Resident population (2021)
4.090
Area
79,77 km²
Density
51,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 5

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Pegões”.

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
2.232 (54,6%)
Women
1.858 (45,4%)
Portuguese nationality
3.229 (78,9%)
Foreign nationality
861 (21,1%)
Ageing index
177,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.542
Average household size *
2,61 people
Dwellings
2.164
Classic family dwellings
2.142
Buildings
1.815
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,4% (302)
Unemployment rate *
5,69% (H 4,71% · M 7,15%)
Active / employed population
2.056 / 1.939

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 505 (12,3%); 15-24 years: 456 (11,1%); 25-64 years: 2.232 (54,6%); 65+ years: 897 (21,9%)0-14505 · 12,3%15-24456 · 11,1%25-642.232 · 54,6%65+897 · 21,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.090).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years505285220
15-24 years456264192
25-64 years2.2321.279953
65+ years897404493

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 Poceirão e Marateca (Palmela) · Canha · Vendas Novas (Vendas Novas) · Landeira (Vendas Novas)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Montijo
5,9 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
2.863
Voters
1.711
Turnout
59,76% (2021: 53,79%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
MVC
Montijo com Visão e Coração		49528,93%3
CH
CHEGA		48528,35%3
PS
Partido Socialista		43625,48%2
PPD/PSD.IL
PPD/PSD.IL - Montijo Merece Mais		1498,71%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		563,27%0
ADN
ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL		412,40%0
Blank votes271,58%
Null votes221,29%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: MVC.

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 prata com três gavelas de trigo de verde, atadas de vermelho; em chefe cruz da Ordem de Sant'Iago entre dois cachos de uvas de púrpura, folhados de verde. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE PEGÕES".

Flag: de verde. Cordões e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Pegões".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 426/2016, Diário da República n.º 96/2016, Série II de 2016-05-18 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Pegões). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua de São João - Urbanização Narciso de Matos
Pegões (MONTIJO)
2985-209 PEGÕES
Telephone
265896374
Fax
265896858
Email
jfpegoes@mail.telepac.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,68330, -8,67430
Wikipedia
União das Freguesias de Pegões
Wikidata
Q25441043

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