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Juncal

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

Juncal had 3.197 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 9,2 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)
101606
Resident population (2021)
3.197
Area
26,64 km²
Density
120,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
13,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 10

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
1.528 (47,8%)
Women
1.669 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
3.108 (97,2%)
Foreign nationality
89 (2,8%)
Ageing index
209,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.213
Average household size *
2,57 people
Dwellings
1.660
Classic family dwellings
1.653
Buildings
1.576
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,5% (351)
Unemployment rate *
3,61% (H 2,81% · M 4,40%)
Active / employed population
1.497 / 1.443

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 385 (12,0%); 15-24 years: 359 (11,2%); 25-64 years: 1.648 (51,5%); 65+ years: 805 (25,2%)0-14385 · 12,0%15-24359 · 11,2%25-641.648 · 51,5%65+805 · 25,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.197).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years385198187
15-24 years359185174
25-64 years1.648787861
65+ years805358447

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

União das freguesias de Coz, Alpedriz e Montes (Alcobaça) · Pedreiras · Calvaria de Cima · Aljubarrota (Alcobaça) · Maceira (Leiria)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Porto de Mós
9,2 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
2.773
Voters
1.700
Turnout
61,31% (2021: 63,51%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		86751,00%5
PS
Partido Socialista		68240,12%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		492,88%0
Blank votes623,65%
Null votes402,35%

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 dos Bombeiros
Juncal (PORTO DE MÓS)
2480-375 JUNCAL
Telephone
244471091
Fax
244471091
Email
geral@freguesia-juncal.pt
Website
www.freguesia-juncal.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,60000, -8,90000
Wikipedia
Juncal (Porto de Mós)
Wikidata
Q1713248

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