Terrugem

Parish of the municipality of Elvas (Elvas), district of Portalegre.

Terrugem had 1.031 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 13,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Elvas.

Population (inh.)

732 – 801
1.028 – 1.031
1.074
1.629 – 5.376
9.059

Density (inh./km²)

7,2 – 9,7
10,4 – 14,2
34,2
42,1 – 51,7
91,8

Area (km²)

25,5 – 47,6
72,7 – 82,5
98,5
98,7 – 101,7
104,0

Quantile classes · current parish

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

The 8 parishes of Elvas

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso	9.059	98,66	91,8
2	Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova	5.376	104,04	51,7
3	Santa Eulália	1.028	98,52	10,4
4	São Brás e São Lourenço	1.629	47,63	34,2
5	São Vicente e Ventosa	732	101,68	7,2
6	Terrugem	1.031	72,73	14,2
7	União das freguesias de Barbacena e Vila Fernando	801	82,53	9,7
8	Vila Boim	1.074	25,50	42,1

Code (DTMNFR): 120716
Resident population (2021): 1.031
Area: 72,73 km²
Density: 14,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 5,0%
Rank in the municipality (population): 5th of 8

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: 490 (47,5%)
Women: 541 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.025 (99,4%)
Foreign nationality: 6 (0,6%)
Ageing index: 269,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 432
Dwellings: 740
Classic family dwellings: 730
Buildings: 708
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 8,8% (81)
Unemployment rate †: 7,23%
Active / employed population: 429 / 398

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.031).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	106	57	49
15-24 years	89	40	49
25-64 years	550	277	273
65+ years	286	116	170

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Ciladas (Vila Viçosa) · União das freguesias de Barbacena e Vila Fernando · Vila Boim · Borba (Matriz) (Borba) · Orada (Borba) · Santo Aleixo (Monforte) · Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu (Vila Viçosa)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Elvas: 13,4 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: 900
Voters: 678
Turnout: 75,33%
Seats: 7

List	Votes	%	Seats
MCPE Movimento Cívico por Elvas	344	50,74%	5
CH CHEGA	119	17,55%	1
PS Partido Socialista	118	17,40%	1
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM AD - ALIANÇA DEMOCRÁTICA	47	6,93%	0
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	28	4,13%	0
Blank votes	12	1,77%
Null votes	10	1,47%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: MCPE.

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 Poço, n.º 21
Terrugem
7350-491 Terrugem
Email: fterrugem@mail.telepac.pt

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 15 schools in the municipality of Elvas. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

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

Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre - Escola Superior de Biociências de Elvas — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Edifício do Trem Auto, Avenida 14 de Janeiro - Apartado 254 7350-903

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 Elvas (IPMA no. 835), 19,6 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	9,0	13,9	4,1	56,7
Feb	10,3	15,9	4,7	48,9
Mar	13,2	19,2	7,1	54,2
Apr	15,2	21,6	8,8	53,4
May	18,9	26,0	11,8	41,6
Jun	23,1	31,2	15,0	16,8
Jul	25,8	34,8	16,8	1,9
Aug	25,9	34,6	17,1	5,3
Sep	22,7	30,1	15,2	24,6
Oct	18,2	24,2	12,3	76,7
Nov	12,9	17,9	8,0	81,0
Dec	9,9	14,5	5,3	73,3
Year	17,1	—	—	534,5

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Beira Baixa e Alto Alentejo. Station altitude: 210,0 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 Elvas the median value in 2025 is 4,61 €/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: 7350-491 (Rua do Poço, n.º 21, Terrugem, 7350-491 Terrugem).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Portalegre): 245. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database.

Public bodies

Junta de Terrugem — Rua do Poço, n.º 21, Terrugem, 7350-491 Terrugem · 7350-491 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Elvas — Presidente: José António Rondão Almeida · Rua Isabel Maria Picão, s/n, 7350-476 Elvas · 7350-476 · 268639740 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-elvas.pt

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

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