Matas

Parish of the municipality of Ourém (Ourém), district of Santarém.

Matas had 927 residents in the 2021 Census, 29,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 9,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ourém.

Population (inh.)

691 – 986
991 – 1.401
1.495 – 1.879
2.087 – 3.226
4.655 – 13.212

Density (inh./km²)

34,4 – 50,2
71,4 – 75,5
82,4 – 94,7
106,4 – 114,5
118,5 – 355,0

Area (km²)

7,8 – 13,0
18,0 – 19,8
20,4 – 21,2
23,2 – 31,1
40,7 – 71,8

Quantile classes · current parish

Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Ourém

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Alburitel	1.060	11,19	94,7
2	Atouguia	2.087	19,61	106,4
3	Casal dos Bernardos	797	23,20	34,4
4	Caxarias	2.136	18,03	118,5
5	Cercal	691	7,76	89,1
6	Espite	986	19,78	49,9
7	Fátima	13.212	71,84	183,9
8	Gondemaria	991	8,92	111,1
9	Matas	927	12,98	71,4
10	Nossa Senhora da Piedade	7.250	20,42	355,0
11	Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias	4.655	40,67	114,5
12	Olival	1.745	21,19	82,4
13	Rio de Couros	1.495	20,91	71,5
14	Seiça	1.879	24,88	75,5
15	União das freguesias de Freixianda, Ribeira do Fárrio e Formigais	3.226	64,23	50,2
16	Urqueira	1.401	31,06	45,1

Code (DTMNFR): 142126
Resident population (2021): 927
Area: 12,98 km²
Density: 71,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 2,1%
Rank in the municipality (population): 14th of 16

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: 437 (47,1%)
Women: 490 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 915 (98,7%)
Foreign nationality: 12 (1,3%)
Ageing index: 268,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 354
Dwellings: 667
Classic family dwellings: 665
Buildings: 652
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 9,0% (74)
Unemployment rate †: 2,85%
Active / employed population: 386 / 375

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (927).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	103	50	53
15-24 years	102	48	54
25-64 years	445	219	226
65+ years	277	120	157

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Espite · Caranguejeira (Leiria) · Cercal · Olival · União das freguesias de Colmeias e Memória (Leiria)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ourém: 9,3 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: 898
Voters: 558
Turnout: 62,14%
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP OURÉM SEMPRE	269	48,21%	4
CH CHEGA	234	41,94%	3
Blank votes	39	6,99%
Null votes	16	2,87%

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

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 1º de janeiro nº 489
Matas
2435-391 Matas
Email: jf.matas.ourem@gmail.com

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 33 schools in the municipality of Ourém. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 33.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Matas — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 12:00 · Rua 1º de janeiro n,º 489 2435-391 Ourém 2435-391
Espaço Cidadão de Ourém — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 16:00; Localidade na fonte: Ourém · Praça D,ª Maria II, 1 2490-499 Ourém 2490-499

There are 6 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station São Pedro de Moel (IPMA no. 721), 31,8 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	10,7	14,4	7,0	72,3
Feb	11,1	14,9	7,4	51,4
Mar	12,6	16,3	9,0	45,6
Apr	13,8	17,1	10,5	53,9
May	15,6	18,8	12,4	42,1
Jun	17,4	20,6	14,2	15,5
Jul	18,2	21,1	15,3	7,4
Aug	18,5	21,6	15,4	11,2
Sep	17,9	21,3	14,5	30,4
Oct	16,5	20,1	13,0	76,7
Nov	13,6	17,0	10,2	85,7
Dec	11,9	15,4	8,3	73,0
Year	14,8	—	—	565,1

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Ribatejo e Oeste. Station altitude: 32,5 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Ourém the median value in 2025 is 6,69 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 2435-391 (Rua 1º de janeiro nº 489, Matas, 2435-391 Matas).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Santarém): 243. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database.

Public bodies

Junta de Matas — Rua 1º de janeiro nº 489, Matas, 2435-391 Matas · 2435-391 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Ourém — Presidente: Luís Miguel Marques Grossinho Coutinho Albuquerque · Praça D. Maria II, n.º 1, 2490-499 Ourém · 2490-499 · 249540900 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-ourem.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Ourém

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026