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

Ceira had 3.244 residents in the 2021 Census, 32,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 8,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Coimbra.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.825 – 2.716
  • 2.794 – 3.244
  • 3.659 – 3.997
  • 4.188 – 13.880
  • 15.315 – 41.150
Density (inh./km²)
  • 122,1 – 130,1
  • 161,3 – 210,5
  • 230,4 – 261,2
  • 272,1 – 672,6
  • 709,2 – 2.135,4
Area (km²)
  • 7,9 – 10,3
  • 10,6 – 17,6
  • 17,6 – 19,3
  • 19,5 – 24,3
  • 24,7 – 33,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).
Code (DTMNFR)
060311
Resident population (2021)
3.244
Area
12,42 km²
Density
261,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
11th of 18

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
1.543 (47,6%)
Women
1.701 (52,4%)
Portuguese nationality
3.194 (98,5%)
Foreign nationality
50 (1,5%)
Ageing index
318,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.354
Average household size *
2,40 people
Dwellings
1.936
Classic family dwellings
1.936
Buildings
1.623
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
16,8% (491)
Unemployment rate *
6,56% (H 8,01% · M 5,18%)
Active / employed population
1.433 / 1.339

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 327 (10,1%); 15-24 years: 253 (7,8%); 25-64 years: 1.624 (50,1%); 65+ years: 1.040 (32,1%)0-14327 · 10,1%15-24253 · 7,8%25-641.624 · 50,1%65+1.040 · 32,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.244).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years327169158
15-24 years253138115
25-64 years1.624790834
65+ years1.040446594

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Coimbra
8,1 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
3.047
Voters
1.707
Turnout
56,02% (2021: 52,38%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS.L.PAN
AVANÇAR COIMBRA
82648,39%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL.NC.PPM.VP.MPT
JUNTOS SOMOS COIMBRA
50229,41%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
20111,78%1
CH
CHEGA
1337,79%0
Blank votes231,35%
Null votes221,29%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS.L.PAN.

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 ouro, nora de vermelho com alcatruzes de prata, atados de negro, movente de contra-chefe diminuto ondado de azul e prata de três tiras; em chefe, estrela de azul de sete pontas, entre duas árvores de viveiro, de verde. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel Branco, com a legenda a negro: "Vila de Ceira".

Flag: esquartelada de azul e branco. Cordão e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro. Freguesia de Ceira, aos

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1043/2010, Diário da República n.º 206/2010, Série II de 2010-10-22 (issuer: Freguesia de Ceira). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Dr. Manuel Chaves e Castro
Ceira (COIMBRA)
3030-853 CEIRA
Telephone
239923351
Fax
239923199
Email
freguesiaceira@gmail.com
Website
www.freguesiaceira.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,16667, -8,38333
Wikipedia
Ceira (Coimbra)
Wikidata
Q1026336

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