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Parish of the municipality of Loulé (Loulé), district of Faro.

Tôr had 814 residents in the 2021 Census, 37,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 3,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Loulé.

Population (inh.)
  • 381 – 814
  • 1.016 – 1.746
  • 2.448 – 4.789
  • 6.807 – 11.291
  • 17.930 – 24.420
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3,1 – 18,5
  • 19,3 – 20,5
  • 51,4 – 103,6
  • 108,6 – 181,2
  • 388,1 – 639,9
Area (km²)
  • 15,8 – 38,2
  • 46,2 – 46,2
  • 52,7 – 62,3
  • 62,7 – 94,3
  • 123,9 – 187,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 11 parishes of Loulé

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Almancil11.29162,30181,2
2Alte1.74694,3318,5
3Ameixial381123,853,1
4Benafim1.01652,6919,3
5Boliqueime4.78946,21103,6
6Loulé (São Clemente)17.93046,20388,1
7Loulé (São Sebastião)6.80762,70108,6
8Quarteira24.42038,16639,9
9Querença69033,6620,5
10Salir2.448187,7513,0
11Tôr81415,8351,4
Code (DTMNFR)
080815
Resident population (2021)
814
Area
15,83 km²
Density
51,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th of 11

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
409 (50,2%)
Women
405 (49,8%)
Portuguese nationality
744 (91,4%)
Foreign nationality
70 (8,6%)
Ageing index
314,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
289
Dwellings
515
Classic family dwellings
513
Buildings
506
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,4% (67)
Unemployment rate †
9,28%
Active / employed population
291 / 264

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 98 (12,0%); 15-24 years: 73 (9,0%); 25-64 years: 335 (41,2%); 65+ years: 308 (37,8%)0-1498 · 12,0%15-2473 · 9,0%25-64335 · 41,2%65+308 · 37,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (814).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years985345
15-24 years733934
25-64 years335178157
65+ years308139169

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

Loulé (São Sebastião) · Querença · Salir · Loulé (São Clemente) · Benafim

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Loulé
3,4 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
728
Voters
488
Turnout
67,03%
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		25852,87%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
FAZER MELHOR		19339,55%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		112,25%0
Blank votes132,66%
Null votes132,66%

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 Rossio, nº. 1
Tôr
8100-381 Tôr
Email
geral@freguesiadator.pt

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

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