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Parish of the municipality of Ferreira do Zêzere (Ferreira do Zêzere), district of Santarém.

Chãos had 465 residents in the 2021 Census, 40,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 7,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ferreira do Zêzere.

Population (inh.)
  • 465 – 583
  • 753
  • 993 – 1.139
  • 1.553
  • 2.314
Density (inh./km²)
  • 19,9 – 32,6
  • 33,9
  • 40,2 – 46,5
  • 51,5
  • 61,0
Area (km²)
  • 14,5 – 16,2
  • 22,1
  • 23,3 – 30,5
  • 37,9
  • 45,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 7 parishes of Ferreira do Zêzere

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Beco75316,2146,5
2Chãos46523,3419,9
3Ferreira do Zêzere2.31437,9361,0
4Igreja Nova do Sobral58314,5240,2
5Nossa Senhora do Pranto99330,4832,6
6União das freguesias de Areias e Pias1.55345,7633,9
7Águas Belas1.13922,1351,5
Code (DTMNFR)
141104
Resident population (2021)
465
Area
23,34 km²
Density
19,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th of 7

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
216 (46,5%)
Women
249 (53,5%)
Portuguese nationality
412 (88,6%)
Foreign nationality
53 (11,4%)
Ageing index
385,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
222
Average household size *
2,09 people
Dwellings
617
Classic family dwellings
617
Buildings
613
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,6% (44)
Unemployment rate *
11,11% (H 7,32% · M 16,13%)
Active / employed population
144 / 128

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 49 (10,5%); 15-24 years: 29 (6,2%); 25-64 years: 198 (42,6%); 65+ years: 189 (40,6%)0-1449 · 10,5%15-2429 · 6,2%25-64198 · 42,6%65+189 · 40,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (465).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years492227
15-24 years291910
25-64 years19892106
65+ years18983106

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 Areias e Pias · União das freguesias de Freixianda, Ribeira do Fárrio e Formigais (Ourém) · União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira (Tomar) · União das freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira (Tomar) · Pelmá (Alvaiázere)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ferreira do Zêzere
7,7 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
448
Voters
292
Turnout
65,18% (2021: 63,00%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		14449,32%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		12141,44%3
CH
CHEGA		144,79%0
Blank votes62,05%
Null votes72,40%

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 do Mercado, N.º 1
Chãos (FERREIRA DO ZÊZERE)
2240-300 CHÃOS
Telephone
249392164
Email
junta.chaos@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
39,71637, -8,40266
Wikipedia
Chãos
Wikidata
Q1005014

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