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União das freguesias de Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail

Parish of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis (Oliveira de Azeméis), district of Aveiro.

União das freguesias de Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail had 20.665 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 1,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.854 – 1.918
  • 2.413 – 2.896
  • 3.072 – 3.466
  • 3.638 – 6.735
  • 9.962 – 20.665
Density (inh./km²)
  • 107,2 – 212,4
  • 228,0 – 315,8
  • 356,7 – 479,6
  • 546,3 – 712,5
  • 796,7 – 956,1
Area (km²)
  • 3,9 – 5,4
  • 7,1 – 8,1
  • 8,1 – 10,4
  • 11,8 – 17,9
  • 25,9 – 32,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 13 parishes of Oliveira de Azeméis

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carregosa3.46611,82293,2
2Cesar3.0725,43565,8
3Fajões2.8968,12356,7
4Loureiro3.63817,13212,4
5Macieira de Sarnes1.8563,87479,6
6Nogueira do Cravo2.6774,90546,3
7Ossela1.91817,89107,2
8Pindelo2.4137,64315,8
9São Martinho da Gândara1.8548,13228,0
10São Roque5.0237,05712,5
11União das freguesias de Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail20.66525,94796,7
12União das freguesias de Pinheiro da Bemposta, Travanca e Palmaz6.73532,76205,6
13Vila de Cucujães9.96210,42956,1
Code (DTMNFR)
011321
Resident population (2021)
20.665
Area
25,94 km²
Density
796,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
31,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 13

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail”.

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
9.856 (47,7%)
Women
10.809 (52,3%)
Portuguese nationality
20.108 (97,3%)
Foreign nationality
557 (2,7%)
Ageing index
183,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
7.971
Average household size *
2,56 people
Dwellings
9.565
Classic family dwellings
9.556
Buildings
5.487
Buildings with 7 or more floors
98
With higher education (15+)
16,6% (3.016)
Unemployment rate *
6,25% (H 4,87% · M 7,68%)
Active / employed population
10.515 / 9.858

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.500 (12,1%); 15-24 years: 2.173 (10,5%); 25-64 years: 11.415 (55,2%); 65+ years: 4.577 (22,1%)0-142.500 · 12,1%15-242.173 · 10,5%25-6411.415 · 55,2%65+4.577 · 22,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (20.665).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.5001.2671.233
15-24 years2.1731.0921.081
25-64 years11.4155.5225.893
65+ years4.5771.9752.602

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

União das freguesias de Pinheiro da Bemposta, Travanca e Palmaz · Loureiro · Ossela · São Roque · São Martinho da Gândara · Vila de Cucujães · Pindelo

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis
1,4 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
19.032
Voters
10.120
Turnout
53,17% (2021: 48,83%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		4.10940,60%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		3.78137,36%6
CH
CHEGA		1.14911,35%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		3573,53%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		1761,74%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1331,31%0
Blank votes2582,55%
Null votes1571,55%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Conselheiro Boaventura de Sousa
Oliveira de Azeméis
3720-218 OLIVEIRA DE AZEMÉIS
Telephone
256674181
Fax
256683868
Email
geral@ufoaz.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,84000, -8,47500
Wikipedia
Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail
Wikidata
Q18468715

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