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Lorvão

Parish of the municipality of Penacova (Penacova), district of Coimbra.

Lorvão had 3.143 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 7,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Penacova.

Population (inh.)
  • 677 – 713
  • 813 – 955
  • 1.618
  • 2.370 – 2.824
  • 3.143
Density (inh./km²)
  • 22,5 – 36,7
  • 39,9 – 42,3
  • 42,7
  • 87,1 – 88,8
  • 116,6
Area (km²)
  • 17,9 – 22,2
  • 22,6 – 26,7
  • 27,0
  • 30,1 – 32,4
  • 37,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 8 parishes of Penacova

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carvalho67730,1422,5
2Figueira de Lorvão2.37026,6888,8
3Lorvão3.14326,95116,6
4Penacova2.82432,4287,1
5Sazes do Lorvão71317,8639,9
6União das freguesias de Friúmes e Paradela81322,1836,7
7União das freguesias de Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego95522,5842,3
8União das freguesias de São Pedro de Alva e São Paio de Mondego1.61837,9442,7
Code (DTMNFR)
061304
Resident population (2021)
3.143
Area
26,95 km²
Density
116,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
24,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 8

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
1.487 (47,3%)
Women
1.656 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
3.111 (99,0%)
Foreign nationality
32 (1,0%)
Ageing index
362,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.302
Average household size *
2,39 people
Dwellings
2.024
Classic family dwellings
2.023
Buildings
1.896
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,9% (342)
Unemployment rate *
4,17% (H 2,74% · M 5,70%)
Active / employed population
1.414 / 1.355

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 273 (8,7%); 15-24 years: 304 (9,7%); 25-64 years: 1.577 (50,2%); 65+ years: 989 (31,5%)0-14273 · 8,7%15-24304 · 9,7%25-641.577 · 50,2%65+989 · 31,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.143).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years273152121
15-24 years304140164
25-64 years1.577780797
65+ years989415574

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

Figueira de Lorvão · Arrifana (Vila Nova de Poiares) · União das freguesias de Eiras e São Paulo de Frades (Coimbra) · Torres do Mondego (Coimbra) · Penacova · Brasfemes (Coimbra)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Penacova
7,3 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
3.097
Voters
1.853
Turnout
59,83% (2021: 58,00%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		1.18964,17%7
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		43323,37%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1015,45%0
CH
CHEGA		854,59%0
Blank votes231,24%
Null votes221,19%

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 Evaristo Lopes Guimarães, N.º 3
Lorvão (PENACOVA)
3360-106 LORVÃO
Telephone
239477162
Email
geral@freguesiadelorvao.pt
Website
www.freguesiadelorvao.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,25938, -8,31683
Official website
www.freguesia-lorvao.eu
Wikipedia
Lorvão
Wikidata
Q1454968

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