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Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa

Parish of the municipality of Óbidos (Óbidos), district of Leiria.

Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa had 3.819 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 9 parishes and its centroid is 2,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Óbidos.

Population (inh.)
  • 936 – 954
  • 1.033
  • 1.361 – 1.456
  • 2.363
  • 3.819
Density (inh./km²)
  • 29,4 – 51,9
  • 75,1
  • 83,3 – 104,4
  • 131,8
  • 229,2
Area (km²)
  • 7,2 – 10,3
  • 17,5
  • 18,1 – 19,9
  • 31,9
  • 36,6
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 Óbidos

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1A dos Negros1.45617,4983,3
2Amoreira1.03319,9151,9
3Gaeiras2.36310,31229,2
4Olho Marinho1.36118,1275,1
5Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa3.81936,59104,4
6Usseira9547,24131,8
7Vau93631,8929,4
Code (DTMNFR)
101210
Resident population (2021)
3.819
Area
36,59 km²
Density
104,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
32,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 7

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
1.809 (47,4%)
Women
2.010 (52,6%)
Portuguese nationality
3.604 (94,4%)
Foreign nationality
215 (5,6%)
Ageing index
205,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.513
Average household size *
2,48 people
Dwellings
2.534
Classic family dwellings
2.532
Buildings
2.452
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
16,4% (549)
Unemployment rate *
5,77% (H 5,41% · M 6,15%)
Active / employed population
1.681 / 1.584

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 473 (12,4%); 15-24 years: 413 (10,8%); 25-64 years: 1.959 (51,3%); 65+ years: 974 (25,5%)0-14473 · 12,4%15-24413 · 10,8%25-641.959 · 51,3%65+974 · 25,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.819).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years473226247
15-24 years413207206
25-64 years1.9599481.011
65+ years974428546

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

Usseira · Gaeiras · Vau · União das freguesias de Caldas da Rainha - Santo Onofre e Serra do Bouro (Caldas da Rainha) · Nadadouro (Caldas da Rainha) · Amoreira · A dos Negros · Roliça (Bombarral) · União das freguesias de Caldas da Rainha - Nossa Senhora do Pópulo, Coto e São Gregório (Caldas da Rainha)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Óbidos
2,0 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
3.577
Voters
2.106
Turnout
58,88% (2021: 54,64%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.04849,76%5
MF
MAIS FREGUESIA		39018,52%2
PS
Partido Socialista		37217,66%2
CH
CHEGA		1768,36%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		411,95%0
Blank votes411,95%
Null votes381,80%

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

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: de ouro, rastro de negro realçado de prata entre dois sobreiros arrancados de verde e descortiçados de vermelho; em chefe, escudete ogival de azul carregado de onze besantes de prata, entre dois crescentes de vermelho; em campanha, aqueduto de três arcos de negro, lavrado de prata, firmado e movente. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas, " Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa".

Flag: azul; Cordão e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda "Freguesia de Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa.

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 403/2015, Diário da República n.º 89/2015, Série II de 2015-05-08 (issuer: Freguesia de Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo de São João de Deus
Óbidos
2510-087 Óbidos
Telephone
262950555
Email
jfsmaria.pedro.sobral@sapo.pt
Website
www.jfsmariapedrosobral.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,35500, -9,16139
Wikipedia
Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa
Wikidata
Q20061134

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