TodoPortugal.pt

and if more World there had been, there would they have gone

Mira de Aire

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

Mira de Aire had 3.482 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 8,6 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

Hover a row to highlight it on the map. Click a header to sort.

#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)
101608
Resident population (2021)
3.482
Area
15,62 km²
Density
222,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
15,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd 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
1.659 (47,6%)
Women
1.823 (52,4%)
Portuguese nationality
3.247 (93,3%)
Foreign nationality
235 (6,7%)
Ageing index
236,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.517
Average household size *
2,27 people
Dwellings
2.227
Classic family dwellings
2.226
Buildings
1.496
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,8% (395)
Unemployment rate *
7,36% (H 4,94% · M 9,90%)
Active / employed population
1.577 / 1.461

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 404 (11,6%); 15-24 years: 355 (10,2%); 25-64 years: 1.769 (50,8%); 65+ years: 954 (27,4%)0-14404 · 11,6%15-24355 · 10,2%25-641.769 · 50,8%65+954 · 27,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.482).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years404209195
15-24 years355176179
25-64 years1.769857912
65+ years954417537

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

Minde (Alcanena) · União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria · São Mamede (Batalha) · Alqueidão da Serra · Serra de Santo António (Alcanena)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Porto de Mós
8,6 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
3.105
Voters
1.750
Turnout
56,36% (2021: 56,88%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		78044,57%5
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		44825,60%2
PS
Partido Socialista		39922,80%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		341,94%0
Blank votes482,74%
Null votes412,34%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de azul, monte de dois cômoros de prata, movente dos flancos e de uma campanha nublada de negro; em chefe, rosa de ouro, botoada e apontada de verde e uma lançadeira de ouro com fio de azul, posta em faixa, em ponta. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "MIRA de AIRE".

Flag: esquartelada de branco e azul. Cordão e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Mira de Aire - Porto de Mós".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 601/2010, Diário da República n.º 113/2010, Série II de 2010-06-14 (issuer: Freguesia de Mira de Aire). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua General Humberto Delgado, N.º 466
Mira de Aire (PORTO DE MÓS)
2485-130 MIRA DE AIRE
Telephone
244440442
Fax
244440442
Email
geral@jf-miradeaire.pt
Website
www.jf-miradeaire.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,54426, -8,71600
Wikipedia
Mira de Aire
Wikidata
Q1937924

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