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União das freguesias de Madalena e Beselga

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

União das freguesias de Madalena e Beselga had 3.421 residents in the 2021 Census, 29,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 5,8 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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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Asseiceira2.43929,0783,9
2Carregueiros1.06712,3586,4
3Junceira85513,0565,5
4Olalhas1.21634,7235,0
5Paialvo2.23422,31100,1
6Sabacheira84434,2624,6
7Serra1.11633,5133,3
8São Pedro de Tomar2.68136,6673,1
9União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira1.08024,5044,1
10União das freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira2.52835,9670,3
11União das freguesias de Madalena e Beselga3.42144,4477,0
12União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais16.93230,38557,3
Code (DTMNFR)
141819
Resident population (2021)
3.421
Area
44,44 km²
Density
77,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
9,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 12

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Madalena e Beselga”.

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
1.682 (49,2%)
Women
1.739 (50,8%)
Portuguese nationality
3.352 (98,0%)
Foreign nationality
69 (2,0%)
Ageing index
320,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.456
Average household size *
2,33 people
Dwellings
2.402
Classic family dwellings
2.398
Buildings
2.333
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,0% (434)
Unemployment rate *
6,06% (H 5,30% · M 6,93%)
Active / employed population
1.452 / 1.364

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 319 (9,3%); 15-24 years: 325 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 1.756 (51,3%); 65+ years: 1.021 (29,8%)0-14319 · 9,3%15-24325 · 9,5%25-641.756 · 51,3%65+1.021 · 29,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.421).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years319169150
15-24 years325172153
25-64 years1.756888868
65+ years1.021453568

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 Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais · Assentiz (Torres Novas) · Carregueiros · Paialvo · Sabacheira · Asseiceira · São Pedro de Tomar · Alburitel (Ourém)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Tomar
5,8 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
3.254
Voters
2.033
Turnout
62,48% (2021: 54,58%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		95046,73%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		62730,84%3
CH
CHEGA		28814,17%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1025,02%0
Blank votes361,77%
Null votes301,48%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Estrada de Caldelas, N.º 220
Cem Soldos (TOMAR)
2305-417 MADALENA
Telephone
249345342
Email
madalena.beselga@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
39,58700, -8,44800
Wikipedia
Madalena e Beselga
Wikidata
Q17510548

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