Carregueiros

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

Carregueiros had 1.067 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 5,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Tomar.

Population (inh.)

844 – 1.067
1.080 – 1.116
1.216 – 2.439
2.528 – 2.681
3.421 – 16.932

Density (inh./km²)

24,6 – 35,0
44,1 – 65,5
70,3 – 77,0
83,9 – 86,4
100,1 – 557,3

Area (km²)

12,4 – 22,3
24,5 – 29,1
30,4 – 34,3
34,7 – 36,0
36,7 – 44,4

Quantile classes · current parish

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

The 12 parishes of Tomar

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Asseiceira	2.439	29,07	83,9
2	Carregueiros	1.067	12,35	86,4
3	Junceira	855	13,05	65,5
4	Olalhas	1.216	34,72	35,0
5	Paialvo	2.234	22,31	100,1
6	Sabacheira	844	34,26	24,6
7	Serra	1.116	33,51	33,3
8	São Pedro de Tomar	2.681	36,66	73,1
9	União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira	1.080	24,50	44,1
10	União das freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira	2.528	35,96	70,3
11	União das freguesias de Madalena e Beselga	3.421	44,44	77,0
12	União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais	16.932	30,38	557,3

Code (DTMNFR): 141804
Resident population (2021): 1.067
Area: 12,35 km²
Density: 86,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 2,9%
Rank in the municipality (population): 10th of 12

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: 516 (48,4%)
Women: 551 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.032 (96,7%)
Foreign nationality: 35 (3,3%)
Ageing index: 244,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 448
Average household size *: 2,38 people
Dwellings: 713
Classic family dwellings: 713
Buildings: 691
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 14,0% (132)
Unemployment rate *: 8,10% (H 8,93% · M 7,21%)
Active / employed population: 432 / 397

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.067).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	121	70	51
15-24 years	111	61	50
25-64 years	539	257	282
65+ years	296	128	168

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

União das freguesias de Madalena e Beselga · União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira · União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais · Sabacheira

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Tomar: 5,7 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: 947
Voters: 661
Turnout: 69,80% (2021: 62,14%)
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	371	56,13%	5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS	146	22,09%	1
PS Partido Socialista	94	14,22%	1
CH CHEGA	32	4,84%	0
Blank votes	9	1,36%
Null votes	9	1,36%

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 S. Simão, N.º 2
Carregueiros (TOMAR)
2305-204 CARREGUEIROS
Telephone: 249341067
Fax: 249341073
Email: jfcarregueiros@mail.telepac.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 39,62528, -8,44083
Wikipedia: Carregueiros
Wikidata: Q1044927

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

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

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 26 schools in the municipality of Tomar. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 26.

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3 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico de Tomar — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Quinta do Contador - Estrada da Serra 2300-330
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - Escola Superior de Gestão de Tomar — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Quinta do Contador - Estrada da Serra 2300-330
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Quinta do Contador - Estrada da Serra 2300-330

See in the catalogue

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

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Alvega (IPMA no. 812), 40,4 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	8,9	15,1	2,8	82,5
Feb	9,9	17,0	2,9	61,8
Mar	12,7	20,3	5,1	66,3
Apr	14,7	22,2	7,2	64,2
May	17,9	26,0	9,9	53,7
Jun	21,5	30,3	12,6	14,8
Jul	23,8	33,3	14,2	4,3
Aug	24,0	33,8	14,2	6,3
Sep	21,2	30,2	12,1	32,0
Oct	17,3	24,6	10,1	98,8
Nov	12,4	18,5	6,3	100,4
Dec	9,8	15,4	4,1	85,2
Year	16,2	—	—	670,3

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Lisboa e Vale do Tejo. Station altitude: 51,0 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 Tomar the median value in 2025 is 6,85 €/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: 2305-204 (Rua S. Simão, N.º 2, Carregueiros (TOMAR), 2305-204 CARREGUEIROS).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Santarém): 243. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 249341067.

Public bodies

Junta de Carregueiros — Rua S. Simão, N.º 2, Carregueiros (TOMAR), 2305-204 CARREGUEIROS · 2305-204 · 249341067 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Tomar — Presidente: Tiago Manuel Henriques Ferreira Carrão · Praça da República, 2300-550 Tomar · 2300-550 · 249329800 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-tomar.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Tomar

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