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Parish of the municipality of Fornos de Algodres (Fornos de Algodres), district of Guarda.

Maceira had 245 residents in the 2021 Census, 45,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 6,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 4,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Fornos de Algodres.

Population (inh.)
  • 166 – 218
  • 223 – 227
  • 245 – 262
  • 290 – 344
  • 553 – 1.433
Density (inh./km²)
  • 15,0 – 20,7
  • 22,4 – 23,3
  • 27,8 – 29,5
  • 30,4 – 32,4
  • 92,8 – 94,2
Area (km²)
  • 2,8 – 8,0
  • 8,1 – 9,7
  • 10,0 – 11,7
  • 13,8 – 15,2
  • 15,5 – 19,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 12 parishes of Fornos de Algodres

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Algodres29010,1528,6
2Casal Vasco2186,7332,4
3Figueiró da Granja34411,6829,5
4Fornos de Algodres1.43315,4592,8
5Infias2622,7894,2
6Maceira2458,0630,4
7Matança21513,8215,6
8Muxagata2239,9622,4
9Queiriz2279,7423,3
10União das freguesias de Cortiçô e Vila Chã1668,0420,7
11União das freguesias de Juncais, Vila Ruiva e Vila Soeiro do Chão55319,8727,8
12União das freguesias de Sobral Pichorro e Fuinhas22715,1715,0
Code (DTMNFR)
090509
Resident population (2021)
245
Area
8,06 km²
Density
30,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 12

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
119 (48,6%)
Women
126 (51,4%)
Portuguese nationality
243 (99,2%)
Foreign nationality
2 (0,8%)
Ageing index
853,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
98
Average household size *
2,26 people
Dwellings
249
Classic family dwellings
248
Buildings
247
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
6,9% (16)
Unemployment rate *
4,92% (H 5,88% · M 3,70%)
Active / employed population
61 / 58

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 13 (5,3%); 15-24 years: 19 (7,8%); 25-64 years: 102 (41,6%); 65+ years: 111 (45,3%)0-1413 · 5,3%15-2419 · 7,8%25-64102 · 41,6%65+111 · 45,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (245).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1376
15-24 years19127
25-64 years1025151
65+ years1114962

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 Sobral Pichorro e Fuinhas · Pena Verde (Aguiar da Beira) · União das freguesias de Cortiçô e Vila Chã · Matança · Queiriz

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Fornos de Algodres
4,7 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
198
Voters
157
Turnout
79,29% (2021: 75,93%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		8654,78%4
MSP
Maceira Sempre Primeiro		6943,95%3
Blank votes00,00%
Null votes21,27%

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 dos Ferreiros
Maceira (FORNOS DE ALGODRES)
6370-341 MACEIRA
Telephone
271789007
Fax
271789007
Email
freguesiamaceira@gmail.com
Website
www.jf-maceira.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,68556, -7,47167
Wikipedia
Maceira (Fornos de Algodres)
Wikidata
Q32708

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