TodoPortugal.pt

and if more World there had been, there would they have gone

Madeirã

Parish of the municipality of Oleiros (Oleiros), district of Castelo Branco.

Madeirã had 154 residents in the 2021 Census, 44,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 4,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 15,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Oleiros.

Population (inh.)
  • 140 – 151
  • 154 – 167
  • 226 – 254
  • 260 – 638
  • 834 – 2.080
Density (inh./km²)
  • 5,2 – 5,4
  • 5,4 – 5,7
  • 7,3 – 7,7
  • 8,9 – 14,5
  • 14,7 – 19,2
Area (km²)
  • 17,7 – 19,2
  • 26,9 – 27,9
  • 29,4 – 31,0
  • 33,3 – 48,5
  • 93,5 – 143,6
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 Oleiros

Hover a row to highlight it on the map. Click a header to sort.

#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Cambas25448,545,2
2Estreito-Vilar Barroco83493,518,9
3Isna15127,945,4
4Madeirã15426,875,7
5Mosteiro26017,7014,7
6Oleiros-Amieira2.080143,6414,5
7Orvalho63833,3119,2
8Sarnadas de São Simão16731,005,4
9Sobral14019,167,3
10Álvaro22629,417,7
Code (DTMNFR)
050606
Resident population (2021)
154
Area
26,87 km²
Density
5,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th 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
74 (48,1%)
Women
80 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality
140 (90,9%)
Foreign nationality
14 (9,1%)
Ageing index
766,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
80
Average household size *
1,93 people
Dwellings
191
Classic family dwellings
191
Buildings
190
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
4,8% (7)
Unemployment rate *
2,08% (H 3,57% · M 0,00%)
Active / employed population
48 / 47

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 9 (5,8%); 15-24 years: 8 (5,2%); 25-64 years: 68 (44,2%); 65+ years: 69 (44,8%)0-149 · 5,8%15-248 · 5,2%25-6468 · 44,2%65+69 · 44,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (154).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years963
15-24 years835
25-64 years683137
65+ years693435

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

Portela do Fojo-Machio (Pampilhosa da Serra) · Sobral · Pedrógão Pequeno (Sertã) · Troviscal (Sertã) · Mosteiro

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Oleiros
15,0 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
155
Voters
129
Turnout
83,23% (2021: 0,00%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		7054,26%4
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		5441,86%3
Blank votes43,10%
Null votes10,78%

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, medronheiro arrancado de prata, florido de ouro, em chefe rosa heráldica de ouro e em campanha faixa ondada de prata carregada de dois peixes nadantes de vermelho, realçados de negro. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas «MADEIRû.

Flag: de amarelo. Cordões e borlas de azul e ouro. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, de 7 de agosto, com a legenda «União de Madeirã».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 59/2016, Diário da República n.º 15/2016, Série II de 2016-01-22 (issuer: Freguesia de Madeirã). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo dos linhares
Madeirã (OLEIROS)
6160-206 MADEIRÃ
Telephone
272664120
Fax
272664203
Email
freguesiamadeira@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,94639, -8,04278
Wikipedia
Madeirã
Wikidata
Q1024440

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