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União das freguesias de Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador

Parish of the municipality of Moura (Moura), district of Beja.

União das freguesias de Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador had 8.039 residents in the 2021 Census, 24,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 9 parishes and its centroid is 9,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Moura.

Population (inh.)
  • 657 – 761
  • 862
  • 909
  • 2.030
  • 8.039
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3,7 – 4,1
  • 6,2
  • 15,8
  • 18,7
  • 28,0
Area (km²)
  • 57,7 – 108,6
  • 138,2
  • 179,5
  • 187,1
  • 287,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 6 parishes of Moura

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Amareleja2.030108,5618,7
2Póvoa de São Miguel761187,084,1
3Safara90957,7115,8
4Santo Aleixo da Restauração657179,503,7
5Sobral da Adiça862138,206,2
6União das freguesias de Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador8.039287,4228,0
Code (DTMNFR)
021009
Resident population (2021)
8.039
Area
287,42 km²
Density
28,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
60,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 6

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador”.

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
3.857 (48,0%)
Women
4.182 (52,0%)
Portuguese nationality
7.937 (98,7%)
Foreign nationality
102 (1,3%)
Ageing index
150,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.240
Average household size *
2,42 people
Dwellings
5.423
Classic family dwellings
5.358
Buildings
4.499
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
13,1% (880)
Unemployment rate *
16,69% (H 15,54% · M 17,95%)
Active / employed population
3.517 / 2.930

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.301 (16,2%); 15-24 years: 933 (11,6%); 25-64 years: 3.853 (47,9%); 65+ years: 1.952 (24,3%)0-141.301 · 16,2%15-24933 · 11,6%25-643.853 · 47,9%65+1.952 · 24,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (8.039).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.301670631
15-24 years933474459
25-64 years3.8531.9091.944
65+ years1.9528041.148

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Moura
9,9 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
7.137
Voters
4.126
Turnout
57,81% (2021: 55,65%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
1.69241,01%6
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1.46935,60%5
CH
CHEGA
45110,93%1
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Acreditar na Mudança
41610,08%1
Blank votes581,41%
Null votes400,97%

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 azul com três crescentes de prata alinhados em banda acompanhados de ramo de grão-de-bico e de oliveira, ambos de ouro e frutados de prata. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro «UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE MOURA (SANTO AGOSTINHO E SÃO JOÃO BAPTISTA) E SANTO AMADOR».

Flag: esquartelada de branco e azul; cordões e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda «União das Freguesia de Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 867/2020, Diário da República n.º 152/2020, Série II de 2020-08-06 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua das Terçarias
Moura (Santo Agostinho)
7860-035 MOURA
Telephone
285252499
Fax
285254544
Email
executivo@ufmsa.pt
Website
www.ufmsa.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,12460, -7,38860
Wikipedia
Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador
Wikidata
Q25445158

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