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União das freguesias de São Pedro de Alva e São Paio de Mondego

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

União das freguesias de São Pedro de Alva e São Paio de Mondego had 1.618 residents in the 2021 Census, 37,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 8,8 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)
061314
Resident population (2021)
1.618
Area
37,94 km²
Density
42,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 8

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “São Pedro de Alva e São Paio de 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
740 (45,7%)
Women
878 (54,3%)
Portuguese nationality
1.580 (97,7%)
Foreign nationality
38 (2,3%)
Ageing index
400,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
670
Average household size *
2,33 people
Dwellings
1.182
Classic family dwellings
1.180
Buildings
1.144
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,4% (152)
Unemployment rate *
1,83% (H 0,63% · M 3,16%)
Active / employed population
600 / 589

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 152 (9,4%); 15-24 years: 102 (6,3%); 25-64 years: 755 (46,7%); 65+ years: 609 (37,6%)0-14152 · 9,4%15-24102 · 6,3%25-64755 · 46,7%65+609 · 37,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.618).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1528270
15-24 years1024359
25-64 years755359396
65+ years609256353

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 Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego · União das freguesias de Friúmes e Paradela · São Martinho da Cortiça (Arganil) · União das freguesias de Ázere e Covelo (Tábua) · União das freguesias de Ovoa e Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) · Pinheiro de Ázere (Santa Comba Dão) · Carapinha (Tábua)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Penacova
8,8 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
1.659
Voters
1.072
Turnout
64,62% (2021: 63,57%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		55751,96%5
APM
AVANÇAR POR MONDALVA		42339,46%4
CH
CHEGA		403,73%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		121,12%0
Blank votes292,71%
Null votes111,03%

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
Av. 16 de Agosto, N.º 10
São Pedro de Alva (PENACOVA)
3360-258 SÃO PEDRO DE ALVA
Telephone
239456824
Fax
239456017
Email
geral@uf-spaspm.pt
Website
www.uf-spaspm.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,30000, -8,16667
Wikipedia
São Pedro de Alva e São Paio do Mondego
Wikidata
Q18469165

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