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Guia

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

Guia had 2.680 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 13,3 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)
101521
Resident population (2021)
2.680
Area
37,32 km²
Density
71,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th 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
1.327 (49,5%)
Women
1.353 (50,5%)
Portuguese nationality
2.542 (94,9%)
Foreign nationality
138 (5,1%)
Ageing index
217,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.073
Dwellings
1.524
Classic family dwellings
1.522
Buildings
1.273
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,6% (296)
Unemployment rate †
3,24%
Active / employed population
1.266 / 1.225

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 325 (12,1%); 15-24 years: 256 (9,6%); 25-64 years: 1.392 (51,9%); 65+ years: 707 (26,4%)0-14325 · 12,1%15-24256 · 9,6%25-641.392 · 51,9%65+707 · 26,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.680).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years325173152
15-24 years256138118
25-64 years1.392701691
65+ years707315392

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

Carriço · Mata Mourisca · Coimbrão (Leiria) · Ilha · Monte Redondo (Leiria) · Louriçal

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Pombal
13,3 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
2.396
Voters
1.480
Turnout
61,77%
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		86758,58%6
GUIA
GUIA INDEPENDENTES		43929,66%3
PS
Partido Socialista		1198,04%0
Blank votes302,03%
Null votes251,69%

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 Nossa Senhora da Guia, n.º 119
Guia
3105-089 Guia PBL
Email
geral@jf-guia.pt

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

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