Benedita

Parish of the municipality of Alcobaça (Alcobaça), district of Leiria.

Benedita had 8.480 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 17,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 15,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Alcobaça.

Population (inh.)

1.411 – 1.846
2.826 – 3.111
3.669 – 4.141
4.438 – 6.729
7.243 – 8.480

Density (inh./km²)

75,4 – 86,9
94,0 – 109,4
119,1 – 130,2
131,1 – 212,5
290,6 – 738,3

Area (km²)

9,8 – 14,6
15,0 – 25,8
28,0 – 29,2
37,5 – 42,4
47,9 – 87,1

Quantile classes · current parish

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The 13 parishes of Alcobaça

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Alfeizerão	3.669	27,99	131,1
2	Aljubarrota	6.243	47,94	130,2
3	Benedita	8.480	29,18	290,6
4	Bárrio	1.411	15,01	94,0
5	Cela	3.075	25,83	119,1
6	Maiorga	1.846	10,04	183,9
7	São Martinho do Porto	3.111	14,64	212,5
8	Turquel	4.438	40,57	109,4
9	União das freguesias de Alcobaça e Vestiaria	7.243	9,81	738,3
10	União das freguesias de Coz, Alpedriz e Montes	2.826	37,47	75,4
11	União das freguesias de Pataias e Martingança	6.729	87,08	77,3
12	Vimeiro	1.753	20,17	86,9
13	Évora de Alcobaça	4.141	42,42	97,6

Code (DTMNFR): 100105
Resident population (2021): 8.480
Area: 29,18 km²
Density: 290,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 15,4%
Rank in the municipality (population): 1st of 13

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: 4.101 (48,4%)
Women: 4.379 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality: 8.193 (96,6%)
Foreign nationality: 287 (3,4%)
Ageing index: 164,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 3.267
Average household size *: 2,56 people
Dwellings: 4.015
Classic family dwellings: 4.010
Buildings: 3.075
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 18
With higher education (15+): 17,6% (1.296)
Unemployment rate *: 4,65% (H 3,99% · M 5,34%)
Active / employed population: 4.262 / 4.064

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (8.480).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	1.128	560	568
15-24 years	956	496	460
25-64 years	4.542	2.225	2.317
65+ years	1.854	820	1.034

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

Alvorninha (Caldas da Rainha) · Turquel · Santa Catarina (Caldas da Rainha) · Alcobertas (Rio Maior) · Rio Maior (Rio Maior)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Alcobaça: 15,1 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: 7.416
Voters: 4.728
Turnout: 63,75% (2021: 62,16%)
Seats: 13

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD Partido Social Democrata	1.752	37,06%	5
IL Iniciativa Liberal	1.133	23,96%	3
PS Partido Socialista	891	18,85%	3
CH CHEGA	633	13,39%	2
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	76	1,61%	0
Blank votes	116	2,45%
Null votes	127	2,69%

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 do Mercado, Casa da Vila
Benedita (ALCOBAÇA)
2475-126 BENEDITA
Telephone: 262929493
Email: junta@benedita.pt
Website: www.benedita.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 39,42726, -8,97839
Wikipedia: Benedita (Alcobaça)
Wikidata: Q817079

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 37 schools in the municipality of Alcobaça. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 37.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Benedita — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 13:00 e das 14:00 às 17:30 · Rua do Mercado 2475-126 Alcobaça 2475-126
Espaço Cidadão de Alcobaça e Vestiaria — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Alcobaça · Rua Judite Neves Vasco, 2460-007 Alcobaça 2460-007
Espaço Cidadão de UF Cós, Alpedriz e Montes — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Cós · Praça 25 de Abril, nº 3 - A 2460-396 Alcobaça 2460-396

There are 12 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Alcobaça / Estação de Fruticultura Vieira Natividade (IPMA no. 726), 14,5 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	9,7	15,3	4,0	112,6
Feb	10,4	16,3	4,5	81,7
Mar	12,7	18,5	6,8	74,1
Apr	14,0	19,7	8,2	83,2
May	16,3	22,1	10,4	61,8
Jun	18,9	24,6	13,1	18,8
Jul	20,5	26,1	14,9	7,5
Aug	20,9	27,0	14,8	12,7
Sep	19,4	25,9	13,0	38,1
Oct	16,7	22,9	10,5	102,5
Nov	12,5	18,2	6,9	127,8
Dec	10,6	16,1	5,2	104,4
Year	15,2	—	—	825,2

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Ribatejo e Oeste. Station altitude: 35,8 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Alcobaça the median value in 2025 is 6,76 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 2475-126 (Rua do Mercado, Casa da Vila, Benedita (ALCOBAÇA), 2475-126 BENEDITA).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Leiria): 244. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 262929493.

Public bodies

Junta de Benedita — Rua do Mercado, Casa da Vila, Benedita (ALCOBAÇA), 2475-126 BENEDITA · 2475-126 · 262929493 · [email protected] · http://www.benedita.pt

Câmara Municipal de Alcobaça — Presidente: Hermínio José da Cruz Augusto Rodrigues · Praça João de Deus Ramos, 2461-501 Alcobaça · 2461-501 · 262580800 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-alcobaca.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Alcobaça

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026