Vale de Água

Parish of the municipality of Santiago do Cacém (Santiago do Cacém), district of Setúbal.

Vale de Água had 500 residents in the 2021 Census, 39,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 7,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 9,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santiago do Cacém.

Population (inh.)

500 – 670
737 – 836
1.803 – 2.071
2.954 – 7.892
10.309

Density (inh./km²)

5,2 – 6,1
6,6 – 11,1
14,3 – 21,5
25,1 – 38,0
137,3

Area (km²)

51,4 – 75,1
76,1 – 82,4
129,8 – 137,5
137,7 – 161,8
207,9

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Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 9 parishes of Santiago do Cacém

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Abela	836	137,68	6,1
2	Alvalade	1.803	161,82	11,1
3	Cercal	2.954	137,49	21,5
4	Ermidas-Sado	2.071	82,40	25,1
5	Santo André	10.309	75,11	137,3
6	São Domingos	670	129,79	5,2
7	São Francisco da Serra	737	51,38	14,3
8	União das freguesias de Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra	7.892	207,93	38,0
9	Vale de Água	500	76,10	6,6

Code (DTMNFR): 150915
Resident population (2021): 500
Area: 76,10 km²
Density: 6,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 1,8%
Rank in the municipality (population): 9th of 9

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: 241 (48,2%)
Women: 259 (51,8%)
Portuguese nationality: 487 (97,4%)
Foreign nationality: 13 (2,6%)
Ageing index: 455,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 218
Dwellings: 441
Classic family dwellings: 441
Buildings: 435
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 7,0% (32)
Unemployment rate †: 7,82%
Active / employed population: 179 / 165

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (500).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	43	28	15
15-24 years	37	11	26
25-64 years	224	113	111
65+ years	196	89	107

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

São Domingos · Cercal · União das freguesias de Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra · Bicos (Odemira) · Colos (Odemira)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santiago do Cacém: 9,1 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: 448
Voters: 301
Turnout: 67,19%
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	194	64,45%	5
STC STC - SOMOS TODOS CIDADÃOS	102	33,89%	2
Blank votes	4	1,33%
Null votes	1	0,33%

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

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 da República s/n
VALE DE ÁGUA
7540-610 Vale de Água
Email: geral@jfvaledeagua.pt

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 20 schools in the municipality of Santiago do Cacém. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 20.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão da Unidade Local de Saúde do Litoral Alentejano — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 13:00; Localidade na fonte: Santiado do Cacém · Monte do Gilbardinho 7540-236 Santiago do Cacém 7540-236

There are 3 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Alvalade (IPMA no. 783), 20,2 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	9,7	15,8	3,5	63,0
Feb	10,6	17,2	4,0	48,5
Mar	13,1	20,1	6,1	52,5
Apr	15,0	21,9	8,0	53,7
May	18,2	25,6	10,7	33,3
Jun	21,4	29,6	13,2	7,8
Jul	23,4	32,3	14,4	0,8
Aug	23,8	32,9	14,6	2,3
Sep	21,5	30,1	13,0	23,0
Oct	18,1	25,4	10,9	67,8
Nov	13,4	19,6	7,2	74,6
Dec	10,7	16,5	4,9	83,1
Year	16,6	—	—	510,4

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Alentejo Litoral e Barlavento Algarvio. Station altitude: 47,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Santiago do Cacém the median value in 2025 is 9,00 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 7540-610 (Rua da República s/n, VALE DE ÁGUA, 7540-610 Vale de Água).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Setúbal): 265. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database.

Public bodies

Junta de Vale de Água — Rua da República s/n, VALE DE ÁGUA, 7540-610 Vale de Água · 7540-610 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Santiago do Cacém — Presidente: Bruno Gonçalves Pereira · Praça do Município, 7540-136 Santiago do Cacém · 7540-136 · 269829400 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-santiagocacem.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Santiago do Cacém

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026