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União das freguesias de Portunhos e Outil

Parish of the municipality of Cantanhede (Cantanhede), district of Coimbra.

União das freguesias de Portunhos e Outil had 1.850 residents in the 2021 Census, 33,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 8,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Cantanhede.

Population (inh.)
  • 724 – 1.040
  • 1.126 – 1.363
  • 1.711 – 1.850
  • 2.451 – 2.754
  • 3.036 – 7.791
Density (inh./km²)
  • 38,0 – 60,2
  • 61,3 – 65,9
  • 74,7 – 97,2
  • 98,0 – 123,4
  • 132,4 – 186,6
Area (km²)
  • 9,9 – 12,3
  • 17,6 – 18,4
  • 19,0 – 22,9
  • 26,6 – 30,7
  • 36,9 – 78,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 15 parishes of Cantanhede

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Ançã2.45118,10135,4
2Cadima2.64426,9998,0
3Cantanhede7.79141,76186,6
4Cordinhã9749,9298,2
5Febres3.03622,94132,4
6Murtede1.28820,1663,9
7Ourentã1.12618,3661,3
8Pocariça1.04012,3384,4
9Sanguinheira1.75326,6065,9
10São Caetano72419,0438,0
11Tocha3.70778,4447,3
12União das freguesias de Covões e Camarneira2.75436,8674,7
13União das freguesias de Portunhos e Outil1.85030,7260,2
14União das freguesias de Sepins e Bolho1.71117,6197,2
15União das freguesias de Vilamar e Corticeiro de Cima1.36311,05123,4
Code (DTMNFR)
060222
Resident population (2021)
1.850
Area
30,72 km²
Density
60,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th of 15

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Portunhos e Outil”.

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
860 (46,5%)
Women
990 (53,5%)
Portuguese nationality
1.829 (98,9%)
Foreign nationality
21 (1,1%)
Ageing index
325,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
702
Average household size *
2,50 people
Dwellings
976
Classic family dwellings
975
Buildings
964
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
16,3% (271)
Unemployment rate *
5,34% (H 4,50% · M 6,20%)
Active / employed population
749 / 709

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 189 (10,2%); 15-24 years: 175 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 871 (47,1%); 65+ years: 615 (33,2%)0-14189 · 10,2%15-24175 · 9,5%25-64871 · 47,1%65+615 · 33,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.850).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years18910683
15-24 years17571104
25-64 years871424447
65+ years615259356

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 Cantanhede
8,1 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
1.774
Voters
1.143
Turnout
64,43% (2021: 56,72%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
55448,47%5
PS
Partido Socialista
45840,07%4
CH
CHEGA
786,82%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
181,57%0
Blank votes151,31%
Null votes201,75%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de verde, parreira de dois ramos, arrancada, folhada e gavinhada de prata, frutada de ouro; em chefe, picão e maceta de prata com cabos de ouro, passados em aspa e, em campanha, ponte de cinco arcos de prata, lavrada de negro, movente dos flancos e de ponta ondada de três tiras ondadas de prata e azul. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a maiúsculas de negro - "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE PORTUNHOS E OUTIL"

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

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda: "União das Freguesias de Portunhos e Outil"

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 559/2014, Diário da República n.º 121/2014, Série II de 2014-06-26 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Portunhos e Outil). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Namorados, N.º 8
Portunhos (CANTANHEDE)
3060-522 PORTUNHOS
Email
geral@ufportunhosoutil.pt
Website
www.ufportunhosoutil.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,30130, -8,57390
Wikipedia
Portunhos e Outil
Wikidata
Q20059621

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