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União das freguesias de Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão)

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

União das freguesias de Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão) had 20.946 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 28,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 10,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Setúbal.

Population (inh.)
  • 5.357
  • 6.809
  • 20.946
  • 37.757
  • 52.627
Density (inh./km²)
  • 81,8
  • 204,9
  • 302,2
  • 1.026,8
  • 2.062,2
Area (km²)
  • 25,5
  • 33,2
  • 36,8
  • 65,5
  • 69,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Setúbal

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Gâmbia-Pontes-Alto da Guerra6.80933,23204,9
2Sado5.35765,4981,8
3Setúbal (São Sebastião)52.62725,522.062,2
4União das freguesias de Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão)20.94669,32302,2
5União das freguesias de Setúbal (São Julião, Nossa Senhora da Anunciada e Santa Maria da Graça)37.75736,771.026,8
Code (DTMNFR)
151209
Resident population (2021)
20.946
Area
69,32 km²
Density
302,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
17,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 5

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão)”.

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
10.113 (48,3%)
Women
10.833 (51,7%)
Portuguese nationality
19.989 (95,4%)
Foreign nationality
956 (4,6%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
146,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
7.913
Average household size *
2,57 people
Dwellings
10.672
Classic family dwellings
10.650
Buildings
8.948
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
28,7% (5.123)
Unemployment rate *
6,90% (H 6,58% · M 7,22%)
Active / employed population
9.572 / 8.912

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 3.108 (14,8%); 15-24 years: 2.455 (11,7%); 25-64 years: 10.831 (51,7%); 65+ years: 4.552 (21,7%)0-143.108 · 14,8%15-242.455 · 11,7%25-6410.831 · 51,7%65+4.552 · 21,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (20.946).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years3.1081.6131.495
15-24 years2.4551.2501.205
25-64 years10.8315.1775.654
65+ years4.5522.0732.479

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 Setúbal
10,6 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
18.402
Voters
10.453
Turnout
56,80% (2021: 47,30%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
3.03229,01%4
SET-V 25
Setúbal de Volta
2.24821,51%3
CH
CHEGA
2.08419,94%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1.47414,10%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
9739,31%1
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda
2422,32%0
Blank votes2652,54%
Null votes1351,29%

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 ouro, cruz da Ordem de Santiago e dois cachos de uvas de púrpura, com pés de verde, tudo ordenado em roquete; em orla, ramo de oliveira de verde, frutado de negro. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres.

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

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 150/2015, Diário da República n.º 39/2015, Série II de 2015-02-25 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão)). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua José Augusto Coelho, 27
Vila Nogueira de Azeitão
2925-542 AZEITÃO
Telephone
212199930
Fax
212199931
Email
geral@jfreg-azeitao.com
Website
www.jf-azeitao.com

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

More information

Coordinates
38,51940, -9,01380
Wikipedia
Azeitão
Wikidata
Q793641

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