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São Bento

Parish of the municipality of Porto de Mós (Porto de Mós), district of Leiria.

São Bento had 751 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 6,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Porto de Mós.

Population (inh.)
  • 731 – 751
  • 892 – 1.549
  • 1.574 – 2.477
  • 2.548 – 3.197
  • 3.482 – 6.001
Density (inh./km²)
  • 18,2 – 22,0
  • 27,8 – 40,7
  • 70,1 – 120,0
  • 192,7 – 212,9
  • 222,9 – 231,1
Area (km²)
  • 10,7 – 13,2
  • 15,6 – 22,1
  • 26,6 – 28,2
  • 32,1 – 33,3
  • 38,6 – 41,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Porto de Mós

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alqueidão da Serra1.54922,1070,1
2Calvaria de Cima2.47710,72231,1
3Juncal3.19726,64120,0
4Mira de Aire3.48215,62222,9
5Pedreiras2.54813,22192,7
6Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro6.00128,19212,9
7Serro Ventoso89232,1027,8
8São Bento75141,3018,2
9União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria73133,3122,0
10União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga1.57438,6440,7
Code (DTMNFR)
101610
Resident population (2021)
751
Area
41,30 km²
Density
18,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th of 10

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
354 (47,1%)
Women
397 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality
737 (98,1%)
Foreign nationality
14 (1,9%)
Ageing index
264,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
320
Average household size *
2,33 people
Dwellings
556
Classic family dwellings
554
Buildings
553
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,2% (41)
Unemployment rate *
1,81% (H 1,10% · M 2,65%)
Active / employed population
332 / 326

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 90 (12,0%); 15-24 years: 69 (9,2%); 25-64 years: 354 (47,1%); 65+ years: 238 (31,7%)0-1490 · 12,0%15-2469 · 9,2%25-64354 · 47,1%65+238 · 31,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (751).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years904545
15-24 years692940
25-64 years354183171
65+ years23897141

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 Porto de Mós
6,4 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
699
Voters
526
Turnout
75,25% (2021: 71,76%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
23644,87%4
IPSB
CANDIDATURA INDEPENDENTE POR SÃO BENTO
15429,28%2
CH
CHEGA
11722,24%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
40,76%0
Blank votes50,95%
Null votes101,90%

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 Luís de Camões, nº 246
São Bento (PORTO DE MÓS)
2480-142 SÃO BENTO
Telephone
249841193
Email
info@freguesiadesaobento.pt
Website
www.freguesiadesaobento.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,52639, -8,78833
Wikipedia
São Bento (Porto de Mós)
Wikidata
Q1027092

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