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Mexilhoeira Grande

Parish of the municipality of Portimão (Portimão), district of Faro.

Mexilhoeira Grande had 4.313 residents in the 2021 Census, 28,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 3,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Portimão.

Population (inh.)
  • 4.313
  • 6.314
  • 49.218
Density (inh./km²)
  • 47,3
  • 414,0
  • 650,5
Area (km²)
  • 15,3
  • 75,7
  • 91,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 3 parishes of Portimão

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alvor6.31415,25414,0
2Mexilhoeira Grande4.31391,1547,3
3Portimão49.21875,66650,5
Code (DTMNFR)
081102
Resident population (2021)
4.313
Area
91,15 km²
Density
47,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 3

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
2.102 (48,7%)
Women
2.211 (51,3%)
Portuguese nationality
3.803 (88,2%)
Foreign nationality
510 (11,8%)
Ageing index
204,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.713
Average household size *
2,42 people
Dwellings
2.925
Classic family dwellings
2.902
Buildings
2.438
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,4% (536)
Unemployment rate *
9,56% (H 9,50% · M 9,63%)
Active / employed population
1.767 / 1.598

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 596 (13,8%); 15-24 years: 353 (8,2%); 25-64 years: 2.148 (49,8%); 65+ years: 1.216 (28,2%)0-14596 · 13,8%15-24353 · 8,2%25-642.148 · 49,8%65+1.216 · 28,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.313).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years596287309
15-24 years353185168
25-64 years2.1481.0541.094
65+ years1.216576640

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

Marmelete (Monchique) · Monchique (Monchique) · Portimão · Odiáxere (Lagos) · Alvor · Bensafrim (Lagos)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Portimão
3,5 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
3.536
Voters
2.173
Turnout
61,45% (2021: 55,20%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		1.34461,85%7
CH
CHEGA		36116,61%1
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Coligação PSD.CDS.IL Portimão 2025		29813,71%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		663,04%0
BE.L
Unidos Por Portimão		381,75%0
ADN
ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL		200,92%0
Blank votes231,06%
Null votes231,06%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Padre Domingos Monteiro da Costa, N.º 2
Mexilhoeira Grande (PORTIMÃO)
8500-132 MEXILHOEIRA GRANDE
Telephone
282968225
Fax
282969235
Email
secretariageral@freguesiamexgrande.pt
Website
www.freguesiamexgrande.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
37,15881, -8,61444
Wikipedia
Mexilhoeira Grande
Wikidata
Q1019708

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