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Parish of the municipality of Ferreira do Zêzere (Ferreira do Zêzere), district of Santarém.

Beco had 753 residents in the 2021 Census, 35,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 6,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ferreira do Zêzere.

Population (inh.)
  • 465 – 583
  • 753
  • 993 – 1.139
  • 1.553
  • 2.314
Density (inh./km²)
  • 19,9 – 32,6
  • 33,9
  • 40,2 – 46,5
  • 51,5
  • 61,0
Area (km²)
  • 14,5 – 16,2
  • 22,1
  • 23,3 – 30,5
  • 37,9
  • 45,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 7 parishes of Ferreira do Zêzere

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Beco75316,2146,5
2Chãos46523,3419,9
3Ferreira do Zêzere2.31437,9361,0
4Igreja Nova do Sobral58314,5240,2
5Nossa Senhora do Pranto99330,4832,6
6União das freguesias de Areias e Pias1.55345,7633,9
7Águas Belas1.13922,1351,5
Code (DTMNFR)
141103
Resident population (2021)
753
Area
16,21 km²
Density
46,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
9,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 7

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
345 (45,8%)
Women
408 (54,2%)
Portuguese nationality
723 (96,0%)
Foreign nationality
30 (4,0%)
Ageing index
397,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
325
Average household size *
2,32 people
Dwellings
755
Classic family dwellings
755
Buildings
754
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,3% (43)
Unemployment rate *
5,60% (H 3,55% · M 7,87%)
Active / employed population
268 / 253

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 67 (8,9%); 15-24 years: 74 (9,8%); 25-64 years: 346 (45,9%); 65+ years: 266 (35,3%)0-1467 · 8,9%15-2474 · 9,8%25-64346 · 45,9%65+266 · 35,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (753).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years672641
15-24 years743638
25-64 years346166180
65+ years266117149

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

Nossa Senhora do Pranto · Pussos São Pedro (Alvaiázere) · Arega (Figueiró dos Vinhos) · União das freguesias de Cernache do Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais (Sertã) · União das freguesias de Areias e Pias

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ferreira do Zêzere
6,5 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
704
Voters
491
Turnout
69,74% (2021: 69,66%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		24950,71%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		19138,90%3
CH
CHEGA		377,54%0
Blank votes91,83%
Null votes51,02%

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 Dr. José Manuel Garcês da Cunha
Beco (FERREIRA DO ZÊZERE)
2240-204 BECO
Telephone
249366811
Fax
249366811
Email
geral@jf-beco.pt
Website
www.jf-beco.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,77139, -8,29444
Wikipedia
Beco (Ferreira do Zêzere)
Wikidata
Q813770

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