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

Turquel had 4.438 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 10,1 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
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 13 parishes of Alcobaça

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alfeizerão3.66927,99131,1
2Aljubarrota6.24347,94130,2
3Benedita8.48029,18290,6
4Bárrio1.41115,0194,0
5Cela3.07525,83119,1
6Maiorga1.84610,04183,9
7São Martinho do Porto3.11114,64212,5
8Turquel4.43840,57109,4
9União das freguesias de Alcobaça e Vestiaria7.2439,81738,3
10União das freguesias de Coz, Alpedriz e Montes2.82637,4775,4
11União das freguesias de Pataias e Martingança6.72987,0877,3
12Vimeiro1.75320,1786,9
13Évora de Alcobaça4.14142,4297,6
Code (DTMNFR)
100114
Resident population (2021)
4.438
Area
40,57 km²
Density
109,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th 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
2.147 (48,4%)
Women
2.291 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality
4.242 (95,6%)
Foreign nationality
196 (4,4%)
Ageing index
155,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.704
Average household size *
2,55 people
Dwellings
2.348
Classic family dwellings
2.344
Buildings
1.990
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,5% (441)
Unemployment rate *
3,23% (H 2,27% · M 4,35%)
Active / employed population
2.133 / 2.064

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 590 (13,3%); 15-24 years: 540 (12,2%); 25-64 years: 2.391 (53,9%); 65+ years: 917 (20,7%)0-14590 · 13,3%15-24540 · 12,2%25-642.391 · 53,9%65+917 · 20,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.438).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years590298292
15-24 years540268272
25-64 years2.3911.1791.212
65+ years917402515

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

Évora de Alcobaça · Benedita · Alcobertas (Rio Maior) · Vimeiro · Santa Catarina (Caldas da Rainha) · União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga (Porto de Mós)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Alcobaça
10,1 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
3.894
Voters
2.711
Turnout
69,62% (2021: 66,83%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.18043,53%4
TA
Turquel Adoro-te		1.14742,31%4
CH
CHEGA		29310,81%1
Blank votes391,44%
Null votes521,92%

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 Principal, N.º 42
Turquel (ALCOBAÇA)
2460-816 TURQUEL
Telephone
262919733
Fax
262919986
Email
junta.turquel@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
39,46389, -8,97750
Official website
www.turquel.freguesias.pt
Wikipedia
Turquel
Wikidata
Q507373

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