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Lobão

Parish of the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira (Santa Maria da Feira), district of Aveiro.

Lobão had 5.490 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 2,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.035 – 1.712
  • 1.988 – 3.474
  • 3.594 – 4.775
  • 4.813 – 7.096
  • 7.297 – 19.788
Density (inh./km²)
  • 161,7 – 260,9
  • 291,4 – 572,9
  • 717,4 – 770,9
  • 847,1 – 1.122,2
  • 1.193,0 – 1.387,0
Area (km²)
  • 3,1 – 3,9
  • 4,3 – 5,1
  • 5,3 – 6,4
  • 6,7 – 9,3
  • 10,3 – 29,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 28 parishes of Santa Maria da Feira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Argoncilhe8.1818,21996,5
2Arrifana6.3115,291.193,0
3Caldas de São Jorge2.6535,57476,3
4Canedo5.71329,37194,5
5Escapães3.3154,30770,9
6Fiães7.0966,381.112,2
7Fornos3.4333,141.093,3
8Gião1.7063,50487,4
9Guisande1.1484,40260,9
10Lobão5.4907,63719,5
11Louredo1.3038,06161,7
12Lourosa8.0035,771.387,0
13Milheirós de Poiares3.5947,87456,7
14Mosteirô1.9883,47572,9
15Mozelos7.2975,811.255,9
16Nogueira da Regedoura5.7235,101.122,2
17Paços de Brandão4.7753,561.341,3
18Pigeiros1.0355,07204,1
19Rio Meão4.8136,68720,5
20Romariz2.73911,08247,2
21Sanguedo3.4744,57760,2
22Santa Maria de Lamas4.7473,751.265,9
23São João de Ver11.02615,37717,4
24São Miguel de Souto4.49310,34434,5
25São Paio de Oleiros3.6613,91936,3
26União das freguesias de Santa Maria da Feira, Travanca, Sanfins e Espargo19.78823,36847,1
27Vale1.7129,33183,5
28Vila Maior1.4575,00291,4
Code (DTMNFR)
010941
Resident population (2021)
5.490
Area
7,63 km²
Density
719,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
10th of 28

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
2.684 (48,9%)
Women
2.806 (51,1%)
Portuguese nationality
5.378 (98,0%)
Foreign nationality
112 (2,0%)
Ageing index
149,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.023
Dwellings
2.735
Classic family dwellings
2.733
Buildings
2.177
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,0% (571)
Unemployment rate †
7,93%
Active / employed population
2.521 / 2.321

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 748 (13,6%); 15-24 years: 628 (11,4%); 25-64 years: 2.994 (54,5%); 65+ years: 1.120 (20,4%)0-14748 · 13,6%15-24628 · 11,4%25-642.994 · 54,5%65+1.120 · 20,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.490).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years748357391
15-24 years628340288
25-64 years2.9941.4851.509
65+ years1.120502618

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

Guisande · Caldas de São Jorge · Fiães · Gião · Vila Maior · Sanguedo

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira
2,4 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
5.358
Voters
3.268
Turnout
60,99%
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.11164,60%9
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		85726,22%4
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		1374,19%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		501,53%0
Blank votes672,05%
Null votes461,41%

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
Rua de S. Tiago, 1962
Lobão
4505-505 Lobão
Email
geral@jflobao.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