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São João do Peso

Parish of the municipality of Vila de Rei (Vila de Rei), district of Castelo Branco.

São João do Peso had 132 residents in the 2021 Census, 61,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 7,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila de Rei.

Population (inh.)
  • 132
  • 552
  • 2.595
Density (inh./km²)
  • 10,1
  • 15,1
  • 18,3
Area (km²)
  • 13,1
  • 36,5
  • 142,0
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Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 3 parishes of Vila de Rei

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Fundada55236,5415,1
2São João do Peso13213,0510,1
3Vila de Rei2.595141,9518,3
Code (DTMNFR)
051002
Resident population (2021)
132
Area
13,05 km²
Density
10,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 3

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
51 (38,6%)
Women
81 (61,4%)
Portuguese nationality
128 (97,0%)
Foreign nationality
4 (3,0%)
Ageing index
2.025,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
54
Average household size *
1,74 people
Dwellings
180
Classic family dwellings
179
Buildings
173
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,2% (8)
Unemployment rate *
19,35% (H 23,53% · M 14,29%)
Active / employed population
31 / 25

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 4 (3,0%); 15-24 years: 5 (3,8%); 25-64 years: 42 (31,8%); 65+ years: 81 (61,4%)0-144 · 3,0%15-245 · 3,8%25-6442 · 31,8%65+81 · 61,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (132).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years422
15-24 years541
25-64 years422022
65+ years812556

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

Vila de Rei · União das freguesias de Cumeada e Marmeleiro (Sertã) · Cardigos (Mação) · Fundada

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila de Rei
7,2 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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Manuel Farinha Portela, N.º 15
São João do Peso (VILA DE REI)
6110-055 SÃO JOÃO DO PESO
Telephone
274866789
Email
peso1@sapo.pt
Website
www.jf-sjpeso.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,71639, -8,07111
Wikipedia
São João do Peso
Wikidata
Q943415

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