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União das freguesias de Oliveira do Hospital e São Paio de Gramaços

Parish of the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital (Oliveira do Hospital), district of Coimbra.

União das freguesias de Oliveira do Hospital e São Paio de Gramaços had 5.835 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 18,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 1,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital.

Population (inh.)
  • 314 – 473
  • 474 – 559
  • 704 – 928
  • 1.124 – 1.369
  • 1.382 – 5.835
Density (inh./km²)
  • 23,4 – 40,1
  • 40,6 – 56,4
  • 64,0 – 71,0
  • 83,4 – 113,9
  • 123,9 – 426,9
Area (km²)
  • 5,7 – 7,3
  • 7,4 – 13,2
  • 13,5 – 14,5
  • 14,6 – 15,8
  • 18,7 – 33,7
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 17 parishes of Oliveira do Hospital

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aldeia das Dez47418,6925,4
2Alvoco das Várzeas31411,6227,0
3Avô4737,1766,0
4Bobadela7045,68123,9
5Ervedal88321,7640,6
6Lagares1.38213,19104,8
7Lourosa55913,9440,1
8Meruge4907,2567,6
9Nogueira do Cravo2.16814,98144,7
10Seixo da Beira1.36933,7340,6
11São Gião34114,5523,4
12Travanca de Lagos1.12415,8371,0
13União das freguesias de Lagos da Beira e Lajeosa1.12713,5183,4
14União das freguesias de Oliveira do Hospital e São Paio de Gramaços5.83513,67426,9
15União das freguesias de Penalva de Alva e São Sebastião da Feira92814,5064,0
16União das freguesias de Santa Ovaia e Vila Pouca da Beira8467,43113,9
17Vila Franca da Beira3967,0256,4
Code (DTMNFR)
061124
Resident population (2021)
5.835
Area
13,67 km²
Density
426,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
30,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 17

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Oliveira do Hospital e São Paio de Gramaços”.

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
2.794 (47,9%)
Women
3.041 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality
5.676 (97,3%)
Foreign nationality
159 (2,7%)
Ageing index
157,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.285
Average household size *
2,48 people
Dwellings
3.259
Classic family dwellings
3.252
Buildings
1.694
Buildings with 7 or more floors
26
With higher education (15+)
18,3% (920)
Unemployment rate *
5,18% (H 5,43% · M 4,93%)
Active / employed population
2.858 / 2.710

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 806 (13,8%); 15-24 years: 656 (11,2%); 25-64 years: 3.104 (53,2%); 65+ years: 1.269 (21,7%)0-14806 · 13,8%15-24656 · 11,2%25-643.104 · 53,2%65+1.269 · 21,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.835).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years806429377
15-24 years656352304
25-64 years3.1041.4711.633
65+ years1.269542727

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 Penalva de Alva e São Sebastião da Feira · União das freguesias de Lagos da Beira e Lajeosa · Nogueira do Cravo · Bobadela · Travanca de Lagos

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital
1,9 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
5.119
Voters
3.358
Turnout
65,60% (2021: 63,23%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		1.52345,35%7
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.07331,95%4
CDS-PP/NC
Oliveira, o motivo		62018,46%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		401,19%0
Blank votes551,64%
Null votes471,40%

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
Av.ª Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, N.º 7c r/c
Oliveira do Hospital
3400-059 OLIVEIRA DO HOSPITAL
Email
geral@freguesia-oliveiradohospital.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,36667, -7,86667
Wikipedia
Oliveira do Hospital e São Paio de Gramaços
Wikidata
Q20191116

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