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São João Baptista

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Parish of the municipality of Campo Maior (Campo Maior), district of Portalegre.

São João Baptista had 3.712 residents in the 2021 Census, 24,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 3,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Campo Maior.

Population (inh.)
  • 646
  • 3.684
  • 3.712
Density (inh./km²)
  • 18,1
  • 34,9
  • 35,1
Area (km²)
  • 35,8
  • 105,1
  • 106,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 3 parishes of Campo Maior

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Nossa Senhora da Expectação3.684105,0635,1
2Nossa Senhora da Graça dos Degolados64635,7518,1
3São João Baptista3.712106,3934,9
Code (DTMNFR)
120403
Resident population (2021)
3.712
Area
106,39 km²
Density
34,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
46,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 3

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
1.828 (49,2%)
Women
1.884 (50,8%)
Portuguese nationality
3.617 (97,4%)
Foreign nationality
95 (2,6%)
Ageing index
180,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.514
Average household size *
2,45 people
Dwellings
2.466
Classic family dwellings
2.466
Buildings
1.979
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,7% (376)
Unemployment rate *
6,64% (H 6,53% · M 6,77%)
Active / employed population
1.731 / 1.616

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 496 (13,4%); 15-24 years: 397 (10,7%); 25-64 years: 1.925 (51,9%); 65+ years: 894 (24,1%)0-14496 · 13,4%15-24397 · 10,7%25-641.925 · 51,9%65+894 · 24,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.712).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years496254242
15-24 years397221176
25-64 years1.925952973
65+ years894401493

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 da Graça dos Degolados · Nossa Senhora da Expectação · Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova (Elvas) · Assunção (Arronches) · São Vicente e Ventosa (Elvas)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Campo Maior
3,5 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
3.303
Voters
2.275
Turnout
68,88% (2021: 60,71%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		92840,79%4
SIM
Grupo de cidadãos eleitores - Somos lndependentes - Movimento por Campo Maior		72231,74%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		55024,18%2
Blank votes331,45%
Null votes421,85%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de vermelho, com lábaro farpado de prata, carregado por uma cruz de vermelho, arvorado em haste crucífera de ouro; em chefe, escudete de prata, carregado por cinco escudinhos de azul, cada um sobrecarregado de cinco besantes do campo; em orla, cinco fragmentos de corrente de prata com os elos das extremidades quebrados. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "S. João Baptista - Campo Maior".

Flag: branca. Cordão e borlas de prata e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de S. João Baptista - Campo Maior".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 103/2007, Diário da República n.º 21/2007, Série II de 2007-01-30 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de São João Baptista). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua de Santa Cruz, N.º 1 - R/C - Dto.
São João Baptista (CAMPO MAIOR)
7370-203 SÃO JOÃO BAPTISTA
Telephone
268689146
Email
geral@jf-sjbaptista.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,01389, -7,07194
Wikipedia
São João Baptista (Campo Maior)
Wikidata
Q2160393

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