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Santana

Parish of the municipality of Portel (Portel), district of Évora.

Santana had 474 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 9,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Portel.

Population (inh.)
  • 251 – 280
  • 378 – 388
  • 416
  • 474 – 1.149
  • 2.411
Density (inh./km²)
  • 2,9 – 3,2
  • 8,5 – 10,4
  • 10,7
  • 11,3 – 11,5
  • 15,4
Area (km²)
  • 36,3 – 37,5
  • 42,0 – 44,6
  • 78,9
  • 98,3 – 107,1
  • 156,4
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 Portel

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alqueva25178,853,2
2Amieira28098,292,9
3Monte do Trigo1.149107,1110,7
4Oriola41636,2511,5
5Portel2.411156,4415,4
6Santana47441,9511,3
7São Bartolomeu do Outeiro38837,5010,4
8Vera Cruz37844,628,5
Code (DTMNFR)
070906
Resident population (2021)
474
Area
41,95 km²
Density
11,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 8

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
222 (46,8%)
Women
252 (53,2%)
Portuguese nationality
457 (96,4%)
Foreign nationality
17 (3,6%)
Ageing index
278,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
204
Average household size *
2,32 people
Dwellings
383
Classic family dwellings
383
Buildings
372
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,6% (24)
Unemployment rate *
11,95% (H 9,32% · M 14,81%)
Active / employed population
226 / 199

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 47 (9,9%); 15-24 years: 45 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 251 (53,0%); 65+ years: 131 (27,6%)0-1447 · 9,9%15-2445 · 9,5%25-64251 · 53,0%65+131 · 27,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (474).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years471928
15-24 years452520
25-64 years251122129
65+ years1315675

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

Portel · Oriola · Vila de Frades (Vidigueira) · Vera Cruz · Vidigueira (Vidigueira)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Portel
9,1 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
382
Voters
297
Turnout
77,75% (2021: 62,62%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		17960,27%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		11237,71%3
Blank votes62,02%
Null votes00,00%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS.

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de púrpura, com faixa ondada de prata, carregada de burela ondada de azul, acompanhada em chefe por livro de prata aberto, carregado de uma flor-de-lis de azul e, em campanha, por dois machados de tirador de cortiça, de prata, com os cabos passados em aspa. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro "SANTANA - PORTEL"

Flag: amarela. Cordão e borlas de ouro e púrpura. Haste e lança de ouro

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda "Junta de Freguesia de Santana - Portel".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 651/2007, Diário da República n.º 151/2007, Série II de 2007-08-07 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Santana). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo da Praça, N.º 10
Santana (PORTEL)
7220-486 SANTANA
Telephone
266687233
Email
freguesiadesantana2020@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
38,26764, -7,80056
Wikipedia
Santana (Portel)
Wikidata
Q2451030

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