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São Miguel do Outeiro

Parish of the municipality of Tondela (Tondela), district of Viseu.

São Miguel do Outeiro had 739 residents in the 2021 Census, 33,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 9,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Tondela.

Population (inh.)
  • 355 – 619
  • 703 – 780
  • 819 – 1.144
  • 1.228 – 1.414
  • 1.537 – 5.214
Density (inh./km²)
  • 12,0 – 49,9
  • 50,5 – 64,8
  • 64,9 – 72,6
  • 82,6 – 116,0
  • 119,1 – 331,1
Area (km²)
  • 6,7 – 8,3
  • 8,7 – 11,7
  • 13,7 – 15,5
  • 15,8 – 19,0
  • 24,6 – 65,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 22 parishes of Tondela

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Barreiro de Besteiros75936,9920,5
2Campo de Besteiros1.3187,93166,2
3Canas de Santa Maria1.60713,85116,0
4Castelões1.41417,1282,6
5Dardavaz70313,6951,4
6Ferreirós do Dão3558,2942,8
7Guardão1.22818,9564,8
8Lajeosa do Dão1.53724,5962,5
9Lobão da Beira1.00214,0971,1
10Molelos2.22515,50143,6
11Mosteiro de Fráguas51310,2849,9
12Parada de Gonta6196,7392,0
13Sabugosa4757,1666,3
14Santiago de Besteiros1.14415,7572,6
15São Miguel do Outeiro73911,3864,9
16Tonda8937,50119,1
17Tourigo4418,7350,5
18União das freguesias de Caparrosa e Silvares81924,5733,3
19União das freguesias de Mouraz e Vila Nova da Rainha1.29315,5383,3
20União das freguesias de São João do Monte e Mosteirinho78065,1312,0
21União das freguesias de Tondela e Nandufe5.21415,75331,1
22Vilar de Besteiros83211,6971,2
Code (DTMNFR)
182137
Resident population (2021)
739
Area
11,38 km²
Density
64,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
16th of 22

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
356 (48,2%)
Women
383 (51,8%)
Portuguese nationality
730 (98,8%)
Foreign nationality
9 (1,2%)
Ageing index
345,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
302
Dwellings
519
Classic family dwellings
519
Buildings
513
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,2% (68)
Unemployment rate †
5,56%
Active / employed population
288 / 272

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 72 (9,7%); 15-24 years: 64 (8,7%); 25-64 years: 354 (47,9%); 65+ years: 249 (33,7%)0-1472 · 9,7%15-2464 · 8,7%25-64354 · 47,9%65+249 · 33,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (739).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years724329
15-24 years643628
25-64 years354169185
65+ years249108141

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Tondela
9,4 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
721
Voters
531
Turnout
73,65%
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
31659,51%5
PS
Partido Socialista
17432,77%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
163,01%0
Blank votes173,20%
Null votes81,51%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

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 N.ª Sr.ª da Conceição, nº 17
São Miguel do Outeiro
3460-456 SÃO MIGUEL DO OUTEIRO
Email
geral@jf-smouteiro.pt

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

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