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União das freguesias de Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão

Parish of the municipality of Nisa (Nisa), district of Portalegre.

União das freguesias de Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão had 2.996 residents in the 2021 Census, 34,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 10 parishes and its centroid is 3,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Nisa.

Population (inh.)
  • 197 – 277
  • 290
  • 392 – 811
  • 989
  • 2.996
Density (inh./km²)
  • 2,3 – 2,5
  • 3,6
  • 10,2 – 19,5
  • 28,9
  • 34,5
Area (km²)
  • 23,5 – 27,2
  • 34,2
  • 54,7 – 124,2
  • 153,7
  • 158,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 7 parishes of Nisa

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alpalhão98934,2328,9
2Montalvão290124,172,3
3Santana27727,1910,2
4São Matias19754,663,6
5Tolosa81123,5334,5
6União das freguesias de Arez e Amieira do Tejo392158,232,5
7União das freguesias de Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão2.996153,6619,5
Code (DTMNFR)
121212
Resident population (2021)
2.996
Area
153,66 km²
Density
19,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
50,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 7

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão”.

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
1.412 (47,1%)
Women
1.584 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality
2.944 (98,3%)
Foreign nationality
52 (1,7%)
Ageing index
364,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.304
Average household size *
2,21 people
Dwellings
2.762
Classic family dwellings
2.758
Buildings
2.645
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,9% (405)
Unemployment rate *
7,44% (H 7,60% · M 7,27%)
Active / employed population
1.264 / 1.170

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 282 (9,4%); 15-24 years: 261 (8,7%); 25-64 years: 1.424 (47,5%); 65+ years: 1.029 (34,3%)0-14282 · 9,4%15-24261 · 8,7%25-641.424 · 47,5%65+1.029 · 34,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.996).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years282140142
15-24 years261133128
25-64 years1.424712712
65+ years1.029427602

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

Montalvão · São Matias · Santana · União das freguesias de Arez e Amieira do Tejo · Nossa Senhora da Graça de Póvoa e Meadas (Castelo de Vide) · São João Baptista (Castelo de Vide) · Alpalhão · Vila Velha de Ródão (Vila Velha de Ródão) · Tolosa · Gáfete (Crato)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Nisa
3,1 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
2.832
Voters
1.974
Turnout
69,70% (2021: 64,08%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		90545,85%5
PS
Partido Socialista		71336,12%3
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		29715,05%1
Blank votes261,32%
Null votes331,67%

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

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
Rua Visconde Vale da Sobreira, N.º 2/4
Espírito Santo (NISA)
6050-305 ESPÍRITO SANTO
Telephone
245412219/245413490
Email
freguesiadenisa@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
39,54270, -7,62730
Wikipedia
Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão
Wikidata
Q25441051

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