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Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro

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

Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro had 6.001 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 18,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 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)
101614
Resident population (2021)
6.001
Area
28,19 km²
Density
212,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
25,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st 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
2.947 (49,1%)
Women
3.054 (50,9%)
Portuguese nationality
5.723 (95,4%)
Foreign nationality
278 (4,6%)
Ageing index
174,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.442
Average household size *
2,43 people
Dwellings
3.327
Classic family dwellings
3.325
Buildings
2.494
Buildings with 7 or more floors
4
With higher education (15+)
18,1% (946)
Unemployment rate *
3,98% (H 3,54% · M 4,46%)
Active / employed population
2.990 / 2.871

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 778 (13,0%); 15-24 years: 646 (10,8%); 25-64 years: 3.217 (53,6%); 65+ years: 1.360 (22,7%)0-14778 · 13,0%15-24646 · 10,8%25-643.217 · 53,6%65+1.360 · 22,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (6.001).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years778417361
15-24 years646347299
25-64 years3.2171.5921.625
65+ years1.360591769

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
5,2 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
5.264
Voters
3.199
Turnout
60,77% (2021: 60,96%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
2.16567,68%10
PS
Partido Socialista
48115,04%2
CH
CHEGA
34910,91%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
571,78%0
Blank votes902,81%
Null votes571,78%

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 verde com duas chaves, uma de ouro e outra de prata, passadas em aspa com os palhetões para cima e atadas de prata, entre duas mós de ouro; em chefe, cordeiro pascal de prata nimbado de ouro, segurando na dextra lábaro crucífero de prata com cruz firmada de vermelho e haste de ouro. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: "Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro".

Flag: de amarelo. Cordões e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda: "Freguesia de Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 941/2016, Diário da República n.º 209/2016, Série II de 2016-10-31 (issuer: Freguesia de Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua D. Fuas Roupinho , N.º 11
Porto de Mós
2480-335 PORTO DE MÓS
Telephone
244401818
Fax
244482614
Email
geral@jf-portodemos.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,60194, -8,83250
Wikipedia
Porto de Mós (freguesia)
Wikidata
Q18464532

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