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União das freguesias de São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João

Parish of the municipality of Rio Maior (Rio Maior), district of Santarém.

União das freguesias de São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João had 1.170 residents in the 2021 Census, 28,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Rio Maior.

Population (inh.)
  • 462 – 634
  • 792 – 797
  • 817 – 957
  • 1.124 – 1.170
  • 1.735 – 12.516
Density (inh./km²)
  • 22,8 – 30,0
  • 39,1 – 50,7
  • 53,7 – 54,2
  • 56,0 – 58,0
  • 67,3 – 137,5
Area (km²)
  • 14,2 – 14,8
  • 15,4 – 16,1
  • 16,7 – 20,2
  • 24,5 – 27,9
  • 32,0 – 91,0
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 Rio Maior

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alcobertas1.73532,0354,2
2Arrouquelas63427,8522,8
3Asseiceira1.12416,7167,3
4Fráguas81716,1250,7
5Rio Maior12.51691,00137,5
6São Sebastião46215,4030,0
7União das freguesias de Azambujeira e Malaqueijo79714,8453,7
8União das freguesias de Marmeleira e Assentiz79214,1556,0
9União das freguesias de Outeiro da Cortiçada e Arruda dos Pisões95724,4839,1
10União das freguesias de São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João1.17020,1758,0
Code (DTMNFR)
141418
Resident population (2021)
1.170
Area
20,17 km²
Density
58,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 10

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João”.

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
557 (47,6%)
Women
613 (52,4%)
Portuguese nationality
1.131 (96,7%)
Foreign nationality
39 (3,3%)
Ageing index
256,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
504
Average household size *
2,30 people
Dwellings
833
Classic family dwellings
832
Buildings
825
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,6% (131)
Unemployment rate *
4,51% (H 4,40% · M 4,62%)
Active / employed population
488 / 466

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 132 (11,3%); 15-24 years: 104 (8,9%); 25-64 years: 596 (50,9%); 65+ years: 338 (28,9%)0-14132 · 11,3%15-24104 · 8,9%25-64596 · 50,9%65+338 · 28,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.170).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1327062
15-24 years1045450
25-64 years596291305
65+ years338142196

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 Rio Maior
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
1.143
Voters
713
Turnout
62,38% (2021: 59,91%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Coligação Juntos Pelo Futuro
46865,64%6
PS
Partido Socialista
20328,47%3
Blank votes273,79%
Null votes152,10%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.

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, torre sineira ameiada, torreada e grimpada de prata, aberta do campo, com sino e seu cabeçote, tudo de ouro, entre dois ramos de oliveira de ouro, frutados de negro, postos em pala; em campanha, roda de azenha de ouro sainte de ponta de três tiras ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE SÃO JOÃO DA RIBEIRA E RIBEIRA DE SÃO JOÃO".

Flag: branca. Cordões e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91 de 7 de agosto, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 75/2015, Diário da República n.º 15/2015, Série II de 2015-01-22 (issuer: União das Freguesias de São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua 1º de Maio, N.º 4
São João da Ribeira (RIO MAIOR)
2040-460 SÃO JOÃO DA RIBEIRA
Telephone
243949131
Fax
243949131
Email
freguesiasjribeiraeribeirasj@gmail.com
Website
www.sjr-rsj.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,29390, -8,86670
Wikipedia
São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João
Wikidata
Q25439418

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