Lavos

Parish of the municipality of Figueira da Foz (Figueira da Foz), district of Coimbra.

Lavos had 3.587 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 8,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Figueira da Foz.

Population (inh.)

819 – 1.255
1.485 – 2.298
2.546 – 2.768
3.188 – 3.587
8.885 – 10.051

Density (inh./km²)

30,4 – 75,5
85,4 – 91,4
98,2 – 121,8
138,1 – 369,2
763,3 – 2.442,4

Area (km²)

3,9 – 10,7
10,7 – 12,8
15,1 – 25,1
27,4 – 31,2
42,0 – 60,4

Quantile classes · current parish

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The 17 parishes of Figueira da Foz

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Alhadas	3.518	28,89	121,8
2	Alqueidão	1.485	19,66	75,5
3	Bom Sucesso	1.832	60,36	30,4
4	Brenha	819	5,93	138,1
5	Buarcos	8.885	11,64	763,3
6	Ferreira-a-Nova	1.255	12,78	98,2
7	Lavos	3.587	42,02	85,4
8	Maiorca	2.298	25,14	91,4
9	Marinha das Ondas	3.188	27,41	116,3
10	Moinhos da Gândara	1.098	10,74	102,2
11	Paião	2.768	31,19	88,8
12	Quiaios	2.546	49,33	51,6
13	Santana	862	15,05	57,3
14	São Julião da Figueira da Foz	9.501	3,89	2.442,4
15	São Pedro	2.588	7,01	369,2
16	Tavarede	10.051	10,71	938,5
17	Vila Verde	2.670	17,29	154,4

Code (DTMNFR): 060522
Resident population (2021): 3.587
Area: 42,02 km²
Density: 85,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 6,1%
Rank in the municipality (population): 4th of 17

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: 1.717 (47,9%)
Women: 1.870 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality: 3.508 (97,8%)
Foreign nationality: 79 (2,2%)
Ageing index: 280,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 1.385
Average household size *: 2,48 people
Dwellings: 2.155
Classic family dwellings: 2.146
Buildings: 2.054
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 13,6% (431)
Unemployment rate *: 6,95% (H 6,24% · M 7,75%)
Active / employed population: 1.424 / 1.325

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (3.587).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	408	219	189
15-24 years	322	154	168
25-64 years	1.711	843	868
65+ years	1.146	501	645

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

São Pedro · Paião · Marinha das Ondas · Alqueidão · Vila Verde

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Figueira da Foz: 8,9 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: 3.198
Voters: 1.899
Turnout: 59,38% (2021: 56,44%)
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP Figueira a Primeira	838	44,13%	5
TPL Todos por Lavos	766	40,34%	4
PS Partido Socialista	145	7,64%	0
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	55	2,90%	0
Blank votes	56	2,95%
Null votes	39	2,05%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.

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: LARGO DA IGREJA, 2
SANTA LUZIA
3090-461 LAVOS
Telephone: 233946300
Fax: 233946754
Email: freguesialavos@jflavos.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 40,09083, -8,83778
Wikipedia: Lavos
Wikidata: Q1339040

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 39 schools in the municipality of Figueira da Foz. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 39.

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

Universidade de Coimbra - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (Campus Figueira da Foz) — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Quinta das Olaias, Rua Fernandes Coelho, nº 37 3080-122 · 233209950

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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

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Lavos — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 12:30 e das 14:30 às 18:30 · Largo da Igreja nº 2 3090-461 Figueira da Foz 3090-461
Espaço Cidadão de Ferreira a Nova — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:00 e das 14:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Ferreira a Nova · Rua Celestino Lopes da Silva n,º 27 3090-446 Figueira da Foz 3090-446
Espaço Cidadão de São Pedro — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 10:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Cova-Gala · Rua de São Pedro nº 56 3090-711 Figueira da Foz 3090-711

There are 10 in the municipality in total.

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Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Coimbra / Bencanta (IPMA no. 707), 35,5 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	10,1	15,0	5,2	113,5
Feb	11,0	16,4	5,5	81,0
Mar	13,5	19,1	7,8	75,4
Apr	14,9	20,5	9,4	84,6
May	17,6	23,3	11,8	64,7
Jun	20,3	26,3	14,2	26,0
Jul	22,0	28,5	15,6	8,9
Aug	22,4	29,1	15,7	14,8
Sep	20,7	27,4	14,1	49,9
Oct	17,6	23,2	11,9	114,5
Nov	13,2	18,0	8,3	121,5
Dec	10,9	15,6	6,2	111,3
Year	16,2	—	—	866,0

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 26,6 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 Figueira da Foz the median value in 2025 is 7,83 €/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: 3090-461 (LARGO DA IGREJA, 2, SANTA LUZIA, 3090-461 LAVOS).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Coimbra): 239. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 233946300.

Public bodies

Junta de Lavos — LARGO DA IGREJA, 2, SANTA LUZIA, 3090-461 LAVOS · 3090-461 · 233946300 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Figueira da Foz — Presidente: Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes · Av. Saraiva de Carvalho, 3084-501 Figueira da Foz · 3084-501 · 233403300 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-figfoz.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Figueira da Foz

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