Santa Clara de Louredo

Parish of the municipality of Beja (Beja), district of Beja.

Santa Clara de Louredo had 747 residents in the 2021 Census, 33,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,5% 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 Beja.

Population (inh.)

485 – 747
784 – 884
889 – 1.181
1.188 – 1.525
10.710 – 13.363

Density (inh./km²)

4,3 – 5,9
6,3 – 7,1
7,3 – 14,4
28,7 – 74,0
260,6 – 475,8

Area (km²)

16,1 – 51,3
53,1 – 68,3
70,2 – 78,2
139,7 – 166,1
199,7 – 209,4

Quantile classes · current parish

Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 12 parishes of Beja

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Baleizão	884	139,74	6,3
2	Beringel	1.188	16,05	74,0
3	Cabeça Gorda	1.125	78,16	14,4
4	Nossa Senhora das Neves	1.525	53,14	28,7
5	Santa Clara de Louredo	747	71,88	10,4
6	São Matias	513	70,23	7,3
7	União das freguesias de Albernoa e Trindade	889	209,39	4,3
8	União das freguesias de Beja (Salvador e Santa Maria da Feira)	10.710	22,51	475,8
9	União das freguesias de Beja (Santiago Maior e São João Baptista)	13.363	51,27	260,6
10	União das freguesias de Salvada e Quintos	1.181	199,72	5,9
11	União das freguesias de Santa Vitória e Mombeja	784	166,13	4,7
12	União das freguesias de Trigaches e São Brissos	485	68,26	7,1

Code (DTMNFR): 020510
Resident population (2021): 747
Area: 71,88 km²
Density: 10,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 2,2%
Rank in the municipality (population): 10th of 12

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: 344 (46,1%)
Women: 403 (53,9%)
Portuguese nationality: 737 (98,7%)
Foreign nationality: 10 (1,3%)
Ageing index: 272,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 255
Average household size *: 2,50 people
Dwellings: 352
Classic family dwellings: 345
Buildings: 328
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 8,5% (56)
Unemployment rate *: 4,39% (H 5,00% · M 3,68%)
Active / employed population: 296 / 283

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (747).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	91	48	43
15-24 years	64	32	32
25-64 years	344	178	166
65+ years	248	86	162

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

União das freguesias de Beja (Santiago Maior e São João Baptista) · União das freguesias de Albernoa e Trindade · Cabeça Gorda · União das freguesias de Santa Vitória e Mombeja · Nossa Senhora das Neves · União das freguesias de Salvada e Quintos

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Beja: 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: 533
Voters: 431
Turnout: 80,86% (2021: 70,11%)
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	278	64,50%	5
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	124	28,77%	2
CH CHEGA	23	5,34%	0
Blank votes	1	0,23%
Null votes	5	1,16%

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 Bairro 1ª Maio
Santa Clara de Louredo (BEJA)
7800-721 SANTA CLARA DE LOUREDO
Telephone: 284328898
Fax: 284328898
Email: freguesialouredo@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 37,96667, -7,86667
Wikipedia: Santa Clara de Louredo
Wikidata: Q1956364

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 19 schools in the municipality of Beja. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 19.

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5 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico de Beja — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua Pedro Soares, S/N. Campus do IPBeja – Apartado 6155 7800-295 · 284329327
Instituto Politécnico de Beja - Escola Superior Agrária — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua Pedro Soares, S/N – Apartado 6155 7800-295
Instituto Politécnico de Beja - Escola Superior de Educação — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua Pedro Soares, S/N – Apartado 6155 7800-295
Instituto Politécnico de Beja - Escola Superior de Saúde — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua Dr. José Correia Maltez – Apartado 6155 7800-111
Instituto Politécnico de Beja - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e de Gestão — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Rua Pedro Soares, S/N – Apartado 6155 7800-295

See in the catalogue

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

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Beja (IPMA no. 562), 7,6 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	9,9	14,1	5,7	60,2
Feb	10,9	15,7	6,0	48,2
Mar	13,4	18,9	7,9	52,7
Apr	15,1	21,1	9,2	58,1
May	18,5	25,3	11,7	45,5
Jun	22,2	30,2	14,2	12,0
Jul	24,7	33,5	15,8	1,1
Aug	25,0	33,4	16,6	4,4
Sep	22,3	29,3	15,4	27,4
Oct	18,5	23,9	13,2	74,4
Nov	13,6	17,9	9,2	75,9
Dec	10,8	14,8	6,8	80,2
Year	17,1	—	—	540,1

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Baixo Alentejo e Sotavento Algarvio. Station altitude: 246,0 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 Beja the median value in 2025 is 6,57 €/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: 7800-721 (Rua Bairro 1ª Maio, Santa Clara de Louredo (BEJA), 7800-721 SANTA CLARA DE LOUREDO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Beja): 284. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 284328898.

Public bodies

Junta de Santa Clara de Louredo — Rua Bairro 1ª Maio, Santa Clara de Louredo (BEJA), 7800-721 SANTA CLARA DE LOUREDO · 7800-721 · 284328898 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Beja — Presidente: Nuno Fernando Montes Palma Ferro · Praça da República, 7800-427 Beja · 7800-427 · 284311800 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-beja.pt

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

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