São Simão de Litém

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

São Simão de Litém had 1.270 residents in the 2021 Census, 41,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 12,7 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

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The 17 parishes of Pombal

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Abiul	2.236	54,14	41,3
2	Albergaria dos Doze	1.510	23,05	65,5
3	Almagreira	2.774	42,61	65,1
4	Carnide	1.622	22,31	72,7
5	Carriço	3.330	83,05	40,1
6	Guia	2.680	37,32	71,8
7	Ilha	1.797	16,03	112,1
8	Louriçal	4.203	47,66	88,2
9	Mata Mourisca	1.562	27,02	57,8
10	Meirinhas	1.649	8,89	185,5
11	Pelariga	2.012	26,35	76,4
12	Pombal	16.884	93,98	179,7
13	Redinha	1.869	41,39	45,2
14	Santiago de Litém	1.935	31,76	60,9
15	São Simão de Litém	1.270	16,07	79,0
16	Vermoil	2.436	22,80	106,8
17	Vila Cã	1.401	31,57	44,4

Code (DTMNFR): 101525
Resident population (2021): 1.270
Area: 16,07 km²
Density: 79,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 2,5%
Rank in the municipality (population): 17th 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: 608 (47,9%)
Women: 662 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.246 (98,1%)
Foreign nationality: 24 (1,9%)
Ageing index: 481,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 540
Dwellings: 1.232
Classic family dwellings: 1.231
Buildings: 1.216
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 9,0% (104)
Unemployment rate †: 4,76%
Active / employed population: 441 / 420

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.270).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	109	53	56
15-24 years	105	62	43
25-64 years	531	264	267
65+ years	525	229	296

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

Santiago de Litém · Albergaria dos Doze · Vermoil · União das freguesias de Colmeias e Memória (Leiria)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Pombal: 12,7 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: 1.318
Voters: 655
Turnout: 49,70%
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD Partido Social Democrata	584	89,16%	9
Blank votes	59	9,01%
Null votes	12	1,83%

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: Rua da Igreja
S. Simão de Litém
3100-724 S. Simão de Litém
Email: geral@jf-saosimaodelitem.pt

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 37 schools in the municipality of Pombal. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 37.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Simão de Litém — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:30; Localidade na fonte: S, Simão de Litém · Rua da Igreja 3100-724 Pombal 3100-724

There are 18 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station São Pedro de Moel (IPMA no. 721), 36,3 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	10,7	14,4	7,0	72,3
Feb	11,1	14,9	7,4	51,4
Mar	12,6	16,3	9,0	45,6
Apr	13,8	17,1	10,5	53,9
May	15,6	18,8	12,4	42,1
Jun	17,4	20,6	14,2	15,5
Jul	18,2	21,1	15,3	7,4
Aug	18,5	21,6	15,4	11,2
Sep	17,9	21,3	14,5	30,4
Oct	16,5	20,1	13,0	76,7
Nov	13,6	17,0	10,2	85,7
Dec	11,9	15,4	8,3	73,0
Year	14,8	—	—	565,1

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Ribatejo e Oeste. Station altitude: 32,5 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Pombal the median value in 2025 is 5,42 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 3100-724 (Rua da Igreja, S. Simão de Litém, 3100-724 S. Simão de Litém).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Leiria): 244. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database.

Public bodies

Junta de São Simão de Litém — Rua da Igreja, S. Simão de Litém, 3100-724 S. Simão de Litém · 3100-724 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Pombal — Presidente: Pedro Alexandre Antunes Faustino Pimpão dos Santos · Largo do Cardal, 3100-440 Pombal · 3100-440 · 236210500 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-pombal.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Pombal

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