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Parish of the municipality of Anadia (Anadia), district of Aveiro.

Moita had 2.206 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 6,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Anadia.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.294 – 1.545
  • 1.953 – 2.206
  • 2.288 – 2.429
  • 2.491 – 3.252
  • 3.835 – 6.239
Density (inh./km²)
  • 48,1 – 64,5
  • 65,1 – 97,5
  • 110,1 – 148,8
  • 186,9 – 200,6
  • 226,9 – 433,6
Area (km²)
  • 6,5 – 14,4
  • 15,4 – 16,9
  • 17,4 – 22,1
  • 23,7 – 25,6
  • 34,2 – 40,6
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 Anadia

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Avelãs de Caminho1.2946,45200,6
2Avelãs de Cima1.95340,5848,1
3Moita2.20634,1864,5
4Sangalhos3.83516,90226,9
5São Lourenço do Bairro2.28815,38148,8
6União das freguesias de Amoreira da Gândara, Paredes do Bairro e Ancas2.42922,06110,1
7União das freguesias de Arcos e Mogofores6.23914,39433,6
8União das freguesias de Tamengos, Aguim e Óis do Bairro3.25217,40186,9
9Vila Nova de Monsarros1.54523,7265,1
10Vilarinho do Bairro2.49125,5697,5
Code (DTMNFR)
010307
Resident population (2021)
2.206
Area
34,18 km²
Density
64,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
8,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th 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
1.067 (48,4%)
Women
1.139 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality
2.172 (98,5%)
Foreign nationality
34 (1,5%)
Ageing index
324,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
834
Average household size *
2,59 people
Dwellings
1.194
Classic family dwellings
1.193
Buildings
1.148
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,6% (290)
Unemployment rate *
2,57% (H 2,93% · M 2,18%)
Active / employed population
971 / 946

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 213 (9,7%); 15-24 years: 206 (9,3%); 25-64 years: 1.096 (49,7%); 65+ years: 691 (31,3%)0-14213 · 9,7%15-24206 · 9,3%25-641.096 · 49,7%65+691 · 31,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.206).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years213112101
15-24 years20610898
25-64 years1.096537559
65+ years691310381

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

Vila Nova de Monsarros · Avelãs de Cima · Espinho (Mortágua) · União das freguesias de Arcos e Mogofores · União das freguesias de Tamengos, Aguim e Óis do Bairro

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Anadia
6,1 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
2.052
Voters
1.191
Turnout
58,04% (2021: 55,87%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
ANADIA PRIMEIRO - PSD - CDS		88073,89%8
PS
Partido Socialista		18115,20%1
CH
CHEGA		726,05%0
Blank votes383,19%
Null votes201,68%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.

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 Alto da Feira, N.º 2
Moita (ANADIA)
3780-476 MOITA
Telephone
231511891
Fax
231511891
Email
juntafreguesiamoita@hotmail.com
Website
www.freguesiadamoita.eu

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

More information

Coordinates
40,44250, -8,41583
Wikipedia
Moita (Anadia)
Wikidata
Q2258694

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