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Oleiros-Amieira

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

Oleiros-Amieira had 2.080 residents in the 2021 Census, 35,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 10 parishes and its centroid is 3,0 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

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#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)
050614
Resident population (2021)
2.080
Area
143,64 km²
Density
14,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
42,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st 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
994 (47,8%)
Women
1.086 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
2.019 (97,1%)
Foreign nationality
61 (2,9%)
Ageing index
404,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
891
Average household size *
2,23 people
Dwellings
1.821
Classic family dwellings
1.817
Buildings
1.549
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
11,7% (222)
Unemployment rate *
2,54% (H 1,91% · M 3,28%)
Active / employed population
867 / 845

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 182 (8,8%); 15-24 years: 166 (8,0%); 25-64 years: 996 (47,9%); 65+ years: 736 (35,4%)0-14182 · 8,8%15-24166 · 8,0%25-64996 · 47,9%65+736 · 35,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.080).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years18210082
15-24 years1668284
25-64 years996512484
65+ years736300436

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

Álvaro · Estreito-Vilar Barroco · Cambas · Mosteiro · Isna · Pampilhosa da Serra (Pampilhosa da Serra) · Sarzedas (Castelo Branco) · Troviscal (Sertã) · Sobral · União das freguesias de Sobreira Formosa e Alvito da Beira (Proença-a-Nova)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Oleiros
3,0 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
1.933
Voters
1.481
Turnout
76,62% (2021: 75,56%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		73049,29%5
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		70047,27%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		80,54%0
Blank votes211,42%
Null votes221,49%

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 vermelho, barra ondada de três tiras ondadas de prata e azul, entre cruz da Ordem de Malta e ramo de pinheiro de ouro com suas pinhas de prata. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: "Oleiros - Amieira".

Flag: de branco. Cordões e borlas de vermelho e prata. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "Freguesia de Oleiros - Amieira".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 999/2016, Diário da República n.º 222/2016, Série II de 2016-11-18 (issuer: Freguesia de Oleiros - Amieira). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Dr. José de Carvalho, N.º 9
Oleiros
6160-421 OLEIROS
Telephone
272682140
Fax
272682140
Email
geral@oleirosamieira.pt
Website
www.oleirosamieira.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,94080, -7,89920
Wikipedia
Oleiros-Amieira
Wikidata
Q20060460

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