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União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga

Parish of the municipality of Porto de Mós (Porto de Mós), district of Leiria.

União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga had 1.574 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 7,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Porto de Mós.

Population (inh.)
  • 731 – 751
  • 892 – 1.549
  • 1.574 – 2.477
  • 2.548 – 3.197
  • 3.482 – 6.001
Density (inh./km²)
  • 18,2 – 22,0
  • 27,8 – 40,7
  • 70,1 – 120,0
  • 192,7 – 212,9
  • 222,9 – 231,1
Area (km²)
  • 10,7 – 13,2
  • 15,6 – 22,1
  • 26,6 – 28,2
  • 32,1 – 33,3
  • 38,6 – 41,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Porto de Mós

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alqueidão da Serra1.54922,1070,1
2Calvaria de Cima2.47710,72231,1
3Juncal3.19726,64120,0
4Mira de Aire3.48215,62222,9
5Pedreiras2.54813,22192,7
6Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro6.00128,19212,9
7Serro Ventoso89232,1027,8
8São Bento75141,3018,2
9União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria73133,3122,0
10União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga1.57438,6440,7
Code (DTMNFR)
101616
Resident population (2021)
1.574
Area
38,64 km²
Density
40,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 10

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Arrimal e Mendiga”.

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
790 (50,2%)
Women
784 (49,8%)
Portuguese nationality
1.530 (97,2%)
Foreign nationality
44 (2,8%)
Ageing index
185,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
600
Average household size *
2,61 people
Dwellings
857
Classic family dwellings
856
Buildings
838
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,8% (122)
Unemployment rate *
2,69% (H 2,08% · M 3,55%)
Active / employed population
743 / 723

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 194 (12,3%); 15-24 years: 209 (13,3%); 25-64 years: 812 (51,6%); 65+ years: 359 (22,8%)0-14194 · 12,3%15-24209 · 13,3%25-64812 · 51,6%65+359 · 22,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.574).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1949698
15-24 years20911693
25-64 years812427385
65+ years359151208

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Porto de Mós
7,7 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
1.340
Voters
1.008
Turnout
75,22% (2021: 75,04%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
MIAM
MOVIMENTO INDEPENDENTE POR ARRIMAL E MENDIGA
54053,57%5
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
41841,47%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
151,49%0
Blank votes222,18%
Null votes131,29%

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

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 vermelho, arco arquitetónico de prata, lavrado de negro, tendo em cada flanco um cinzel de prata e um maço do mesmo, encabado de ouro, passados em aspa; em chefe, seis besantes colocados em três faixas, três, dois, um, os primeiros e o último de ouro e os demais de prata; ponta ondada de quatro burelas ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: «UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE ARRIMAL E MENDIGA».

Flag: de branco. Cordões e borlas de vermelho e prata. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda «União das Freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 294/2017, Diário da República n.º 90/2017, Série II de 2017-05-10 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Principal, N.º 60
Mendiga (PORTO DE MÓS)
2480-215 MENDIGA
Telephone
244450353
Email
geral@uf-arrimal-mendiga.pt
Website
www.uf-arrimal-mendiga.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,49750, -8,84778
Wikipedia
Arrimal e Mendiga
Wikidata
Q17496490

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