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União das freguesias de Romeira e Várzea

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

União das freguesias de Romeira e Várzea had 2.450 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 18,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 5,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santarém.

Population (inh.)
  • 485 – 965
  • 980 – 1.045
  • 1.246 – 1.616
  • 2.154 – 2.744
  • 2.755 – 30.017
Density (inh./km²)
  • 28,2 – 37,5
  • 39,3 – 61,4
  • 63,0 – 75,5
  • 78,4 – 117,4
  • 256,5 – 540,8
Area (km²)
  • 5,6 – 11,5
  • 12,0 – 15,9
  • 21,5 – 32,5
  • 33,3 – 43,6
  • 49,2 – 105,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 19 parishes of Santarém

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Abitureiras88823,6937,5
2Abrã98022,4443,7
3Alcanede3.970105,8337,5
4Alcanhões1.34411,45117,4
5Almoster1.60340,8239,3
6Amiais de Baixo1.6166,30256,5
7Arneiro das Milhariças73812,0261,4
8Gançaria4855,5986,8
9Moçarria96512,1279,6
10Pernes1.24615,8978,4
11Póvoa da Isenta1.04513,9075,2
12São Vicente do Paul1.61649,1632,9
13União das freguesias de Achete, Azoia de Baixo e Póvoa de Santarém2.74443,5563,0
14União das freguesias de Azoia de Cima e Tremês2.15433,2964,7
15União das freguesias de Casével e Vaqueiros1.03736,7828,2
16União das freguesias de Romeira e Várzea2.45032,4575,5
17União de freguesias da cidade de Santarém30.01755,51540,8
18Vale de Figueira1.00921,5446,8
19Vale de Santarém2.75510,20270,1
Code (DTMNFR)
141632
Resident population (2021)
2.450
Area
32,45 km²
Density
75,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 19

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Romeira e Várzea”.

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
1.193 (48,7%)
Women
1.257 (51,3%)
Portuguese nationality
2.391 (97,6%)
Foreign nationality
59 (2,4%)
Ageing index
247,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
964
Average household size *
2,50 people
Dwellings
1.378
Classic family dwellings
1.373
Buildings
1.325
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
18,0% (393)
Unemployment rate *
5,87% (H 5,44% · M 6,32%)
Active / employed population
1.057 / 995

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 269 (11,0%); 15-24 years: 276 (11,3%); 25-64 years: 1.239 (50,6%); 65+ years: 666 (27,2%)0-14269 · 11,0%15-24276 · 11,3%25-641.239 · 50,6%65+666 · 27,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.450).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years269130139
15-24 years276145131
25-64 years1.239637602
65+ years666281385

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 Santarém
5,4 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
2.231
Voters
1.422
Turnout
63,74% (2021: 55,86%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
69648,95%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS
46232,49%3
CH
CHEGA
16511,60%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
433,02%0
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
261,83%0
Blank votes140,98%
Null votes161,13%

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

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 prata, oliveira arrancada de verde, frutada de negro; campanha de quatro burelas ondadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: «UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE ROMEIRA E VÁRZEA»

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

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

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 52/2016, Diário da República n.º 13/2016, Série II de 2016-01-20 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Romeira e Várzea). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Casal Novo, N.º 3
Outeiro da Várzea (SANTARÉM)
2005-016 VÁRZEA
Telephone
243469080
Email
uf.romeiravarzea@outlook.pt
Website
www.romeiraevarzea.freguesias.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,28670, -8,72900
Wikipedia
Romeira e Várzea
Wikidata
Q25439611

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