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Manteigas (Santa Maria)

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Parish of the municipality of Manteigas (Manteigas), district of Guarda.

Manteigas (Santa Maria) had 1.253 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 3,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Manteigas.

Population (inh.)
  • 208
  • 274
  • 1.174
  • 1.253
Density (inh./km²)
  • 12,4
  • 12,4
  • 19,3
  • 56,2
Area (km²)
  • 16,8
  • 22,0
  • 22,3
  • 60,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Manteigas

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Manteigas (Santa Maria)1.25322,3056,2
2Manteigas (São Pedro)1.17460,8819,3
3Sameiro27422,0312,4
4Vale de Amoreira20816,7612,4
Code (DTMNFR)
090802
Resident population (2021)
1.253
Area
22,30 km²
Density
56,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
43,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 4

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
599 (47,8%)
Women
654 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
1.239 (98,9%)
Foreign nationality
14 (1,1%)
Ageing index
343,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
581
Average household size *
2,16 people
Dwellings
1.052
Classic family dwellings
1.051
Buildings
789
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
15,8% (180)
Unemployment rate *
9,28% (H 7,94% · M 10,76%)
Active / employed population
528 / 479

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 115 (9,2%); 15-24 years: 106 (8,5%); 25-64 years: 637 (50,8%); 65+ years: 395 (31,5%)0-14115 · 9,2%15-24106 · 8,5%25-64637 · 50,8%65+395 · 31,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.253).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1155857
15-24 years1065749
25-64 years637314323
65+ years395170225

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

Manteigas (São Pedro) · Sameiro · Gouveia (Gouveia) · União das freguesias de Aldeias e Mangualde da Serra (Gouveia) · Folgosinho (Gouveia)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Manteigas
3,5 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
1.255
Voters
901
Turnout
71,79% (2021: 71,85%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
MTG 2030
Manteigas 2030		44449,28%5
PS
Partido Socialista		24827,52%2
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		19121,20%2
Blank votes50,55%
Null votes131,44%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: MTG 2030.

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de azul, monte de três cômoros de ouro, firmado nos flancos e movente da ponta carregado de ovelha de sua cor; em chefe estrela de prata e nos flancos duas lanças de ouro hasteadas de prata; em ponta uma gémina ondada de azul. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro "Manteigas (Santa Maria)".

Flag: branca; cordões e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lanças douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda: "Manteigas (Santa Maria)".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 407/2015, Diário da República n.º 90/2015, Série II de 2015-05-11 (issuer: Freguesia de Manteigas (Santa Maria)). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Praça Luís de Camões, N.º 34
Manteigas (Santa Maria)
6260-151 MANTEIGAS
Fax
275982008
Email
geral@jfsmaria.pt
Website
www.jfsmaria.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,42389, -7,52139
Wikipedia
Santa Maria (Manteigas)
Wikidata
Q45920

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