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Parish of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis (Oliveira de Azeméis), district of Aveiro.

São Roque had 5.023 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 3,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.854 – 1.918
  • 2.413 – 2.896
  • 3.072 – 3.466
  • 3.638 – 6.735
  • 9.962 – 20.665
Density (inh./km²)
  • 107,2 – 212,4
  • 228,0 – 315,8
  • 356,7 – 479,6
  • 546,3 – 712,5
  • 796,7 – 956,1
Area (km²)
  • 3,9 – 5,4
  • 7,1 – 8,1
  • 8,1 – 10,4
  • 11,8 – 17,9
  • 25,9 – 32,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 13 parishes of Oliveira de Azeméis

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carregosa3.46611,82293,2
2Cesar3.0725,43565,8
3Fajões2.8968,12356,7
4Loureiro3.63817,13212,4
5Macieira de Sarnes1.8563,87479,6
6Nogueira do Cravo2.6774,90546,3
7Ossela1.91817,89107,2
8Pindelo2.4137,64315,8
9São Martinho da Gândara1.8548,13228,0
10São Roque5.0237,05712,5
11União das freguesias de Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail20.66525,94796,7
12União das freguesias de Pinheiro da Bemposta, Travanca e Palmaz6.73532,76205,6
13Vila de Cucujães9.96210,42956,1
Code (DTMNFR)
011318
Resident population (2021)
5.023
Area
7,05 km²
Density
712,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 13

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
2.457 (48,9%)
Women
2.566 (51,1%)
Portuguese nationality
4.936 (98,3%)
Foreign nationality
87 (1,7%)
Ageing index
206,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.891
Average household size *
2,65 people
Dwellings
2.241
Classic family dwellings
2.240
Buildings
1.615
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,9% (530)
Unemployment rate *
6,97% (H 6,69% · M 7,29%)
Active / employed population
2.581 / 2.401

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 571 (11,4%); 15-24 years: 499 (9,9%); 25-64 years: 2.774 (55,2%); 65+ years: 1.179 (23,5%)0-14571 · 11,4%15-24499 · 9,9%25-642.774 · 55,2%65+1.179 · 23,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.023).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years571312259
15-24 years499235264
25-64 years2.7741.3651.409
65+ years1.179545634

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 Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail · Pindelo · São João da Madeira (São João da Madeira) · Nogueira do Cravo · Vila de Cucujães · Macieira de Sarnes

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis
3,2 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
4.585
Voters
2.761
Turnout
60,22% (2021: 58,09%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		1.45552,70%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		1.14341,40%4
Blank votes1043,77%
Null votes592,14%

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 de Sourzac, N.º 55
São Roque (OLIVEIRA DE AZEMÉIS)
3720-693 SÃO ROQUE
Telephone
256871275
Fax
256878137
Email
geral@jf-vsroque.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,87306, -8,46750
Wikipedia
São Roque (Oliveira de Azeméis)
Wikidata
Q2239337

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