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Parish of the municipality of Oleiros (Oleiros), district of Castelo Branco.

Cambas had 254 residents in the 2021 Census, 60,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 0,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 8,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Oleiros.

Population (inh.)
  • 140 – 151
  • 154 – 167
  • 226 – 254
  • 260 – 638
  • 834 – 2.080
Density (inh./km²)
  • 5,2 – 5,4
  • 5,4 – 5,7
  • 7,3 – 7,7
  • 8,9 – 14,5
  • 14,7 – 19,2
Area (km²)
  • 17,7 – 19,2
  • 26,9 – 27,9
  • 29,4 – 31,0
  • 33,3 – 48,5
  • 93,5 – 143,6
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Oleiros

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Cambas25448,545,2
2Estreito-Vilar Barroco83493,518,9
3Isna15127,945,4
4Madeirã15426,875,7
5Mosteiro26017,7014,7
6Oleiros-Amieira2.080143,6414,5
7Orvalho63833,3119,2
8Sarnadas de São Simão16731,005,4
9Sobral14019,167,3
10Álvaro22629,417,7
Code (DTMNFR)
050603
Resident population (2021)
254
Area
48,54 km²
Density
5,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 10

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
122 (48,0%)
Women
132 (52,0%)
Portuguese nationality
245 (96,5%)
Foreign nationality
9 (3,5%)
Ageing index
3.850,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
140
Average household size *
1,81 people
Dwellings
480
Classic family dwellings
480
Buildings
479
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
0,4% (1)
Unemployment rate *
10,81% (H 4,00% · M 25,00%)
Active / employed population
37 / 33

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 4 (1,6%); 15-24 years: 11 (4,3%); 25-64 years: 85 (33,5%); 65+ years: 154 (60,6%)0-144 · 1,6%15-2411 · 4,3%25-6485 · 33,5%65+154 · 60,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (254).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years422
15-24 years1147
25-64 years854144
65+ years1547579

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

Oleiros-Amieira · Pampilhosa da Serra (Pampilhosa da Serra) · Orvalho · Janeiro de Baixo (Pampilhosa da Serra) · Estreito-Vilar Barroco · Cabril (Pampilhosa da Serra) · União das freguesias de Janeiro de Cima e Bogas de Baixo (Fundão)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Oleiros
8,4 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
263
Voters
179
Turnout
68,06% (2021: 63,70%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		13173,18%5
PS
Partido Socialista		4726,26%2
Blank votes00,00%
Null votes10,56%

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

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 prata, oliveira arrancada, de verde, frutada de negro, entre duas abelhas de negro, realçadas de ouro; campanha diminuta de três tiras ondadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro "Cambas"

Flag: verde. Cordão e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança de ouro

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda "Junta de Freguesia de Cambas - Oleiros".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 173/2007, Diário da República n.º 39/2007, Série II de 2007-02-23 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Cambas). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Castelo
Cambas (OLEIROS)
6185-181 CAMBAS
Telephone
272773179
Fax
272773179
Email
freguesia.cambas@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates
40,00917, -7,84722
Wikipedia
Cambas (Oleiros)
Wikidata
Q616187

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