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União das freguesias de Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego

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

União das freguesias de Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego had 955 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 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)
061313
Resident population (2021)
955
Area
22,58 km²
Density
42,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 8

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego”.

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
457 (47,9%)
Women
498 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality
915 (95,8%)
Foreign nationality
40 (4,2%)
Ageing index
327,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
386
Average household size *
2,47 people
Dwellings
627
Classic family dwellings
627
Buildings
597
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,8% (67)
Unemployment rate *
6,20% (H 3,93% · M 9,20%)
Active / employed population
403 / 378

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 92 (9,6%); 15-24 years: 98 (10,3%); 25-64 years: 464 (48,6%); 65+ years: 301 (31,5%)0-1492 · 9,6%15-2498 · 10,3%25-64464 · 48,6%65+301 · 31,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (955).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years924646
15-24 years984751
25-64 years464234230
65+ years301130171

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 São Pedro de Alva e São Paio de Mondego · União das freguesias de Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça (Mortágua) · Penacova · União das freguesias de Friúmes e Paradela · Cercosa (Mortágua) · União das freguesias de Ovoa e Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Penacova
5,2 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
920
Voters
586
Turnout
63,70% (2021: 62,33%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		26044,37%4
PS
Partido Socialista		22438,23%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		589,90%0
CH
CHEGA		233,92%0
Blank votes81,37%
Null votes132,22%

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

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
Largo Nossa Senhora da Piedade, n.º 1
Oliveira do Mondego (PENACOVA)
3360-135 OLIVEIRA DO MONDEGO
Telephone
239456064
Fax
239456064
Email
uf.otmondego@gmail.com
Website
www.uf-otmondego.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,31667, -8,23333
Wikipedia
Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego
Wikidata
Q19329999

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