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Carriço

Parish of the municipality of Pombal (Pombal), district of Leiria.

Carriço had 3.330 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 16,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Pombal.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.270 – 1.562
  • 1.622 – 1.797
  • 1.869 – 2.236
  • 2.436 – 2.774
  • 3.330 – 16.884
Density (inh./km²)
  • 40,1 – 45,2
  • 57,8 – 65,1
  • 65,5 – 76,4
  • 79,0 – 106,8
  • 112,1 – 185,5
Area (km²)
  • 8,9 – 22,3
  • 22,8 – 26,4
  • 27,0 – 37,3
  • 41,4 – 47,7
  • 54,1 – 94,0
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 Pombal

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Abiul2.23654,1441,3
2Albergaria dos Doze1.51023,0565,5
3Almagreira2.77442,6165,1
4Carnide1.62222,3172,7
5Carriço3.33083,0540,1
6Guia2.68037,3271,8
7Ilha1.79716,03112,1
8Louriçal4.20347,6688,2
9Mata Mourisca1.56227,0257,8
10Meirinhas1.6498,89185,5
11Pelariga2.01226,3576,4
12Pombal16.88493,98179,7
13Redinha1.86941,3945,2
14Santiago de Litém1.93531,7660,9
15São Simão de Litém1.27016,0779,0
16Vermoil2.43622,80106,8
17Vila Cã1.40131,5744,4
Code (DTMNFR)
101505
Resident population (2021)
3.330
Area
83,05 km²
Density
40,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 17

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
1.621 (48,7%)
Women
1.709 (51,3%)
Portuguese nationality
3.237 (97,2%)
Foreign nationality
93 (2,8%)
Ageing index
264,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.317
Average household size *
2,49 people
Dwellings
1.901
Classic family dwellings
1.899
Buildings
1.846
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
7,9% (235)
Unemployment rate *
3,31% (H 3,01% · M 3,66%)
Active / employed population
1.542 / 1.491

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 342 (10,3%); 15-24 years: 357 (10,7%); 25-64 years: 1.728 (51,9%); 65+ years: 903 (27,1%)0-14342 · 10,3%15-24357 · 10,7%25-641.728 · 51,9%65+903 · 27,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.330).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years342170172
15-24 years357191166
25-64 years1.728854874
65+ years903406497

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

Guia · Marinha das Ondas (Figueira da Foz) · Louriçal

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Pombal
16,4 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
3.110
Voters
1.717
Turnout
55,21% (2021: 49,07%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.29675,48%8
PS
Partido Socialista		30717,88%1
Blank votes784,54%
Null votes362,10%

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
Avenida da Igreja, N.º 1
Carriço (POMBAL)
3105-057 CARRIÇO
Telephone
236951431
Fax
236951431
Email
geral@jf-carrico.pt
Website
www.freguesiadecarrico.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,98250, -8,80722
Wikipedia
Carriço
Wikidata
Q1045133

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