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Parish of the municipality of Ourém (Ourém), district of Santarém.

Olival had 1.745 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 2,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ourém.

Population (inh.)
  • 691 – 986
  • 991 – 1.401
  • 1.495 – 1.879
  • 2.087 – 3.226
  • 4.655 – 13.212
Density (inh./km²)
  • 34,4 – 50,2
  • 71,4 – 75,5
  • 82,4 – 94,7
  • 106,4 – 114,5
  • 118,5 – 355,0
Area (km²)
  • 7,8 – 13,0
  • 18,0 – 19,8
  • 20,4 – 21,2
  • 23,2 – 31,1
  • 40,7 – 71,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 16 parishes of Ourém

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alburitel1.06011,1994,7
2Atouguia2.08719,61106,4
3Casal dos Bernardos79723,2034,4
4Caxarias2.13618,03118,5
5Cercal6917,7689,1
6Espite98619,7849,9
7Fátima13.21271,84183,9
8Gondemaria9918,92111,1
9Matas92712,9871,4
10Nossa Senhora da Piedade7.25020,42355,0
11Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias4.65540,67114,5
12Olival1.74521,1982,4
13Rio de Couros1.49520,9171,5
14Seiça1.87924,8875,5
15União das freguesias de Freixianda, Ribeira do Fárrio e Formigais3.22664,2350,2
16Urqueira1.40131,0645,1
Code (DTMNFR)
142127
Resident population (2021)
1.745
Area
21,19 km²
Density
82,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th of 16

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
822 (47,1%)
Women
923 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality
1.701 (97,5%)
Foreign nationality
44 (2,5%)
Ageing index
299,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
718
Dwellings
1.461
Classic family dwellings
1.459
Buildings
1.437
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,3% (160)
Unemployment rate †
3,27%
Active / employed population
735 / 711

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 186 (10,7%); 15-24 years: 186 (10,7%); 25-64 years: 816 (46,8%); 65+ years: 557 (31,9%)0-14186 · 10,7%15-24186 · 10,7%25-64816 · 46,8%65+557 · 31,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.745).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1869492
15-24 years1869789
25-64 years816400416
65+ years557231326

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

Urqueira · Gondemaria · Nossa Senhora da Piedade · Cercal · Matas · Caxarias · Seiça · Espite

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ourém
2,9 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
1.728
Voters
1.067
Turnout
61,75%
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
OURÉM SEMPRE		53349,95%5
PS
Partido Socialista		48044,99%4
Blank votes191,78%
Null votes353,28%

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

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 lisonjado de prata e púrpura; brocante, uma mata de oliveiras de verde e, em ponta, ondado de azul e prata de três tiras. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com legenda a negro: "OLIVAL - OURÈM".

Flag: esquartelada de branco e 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 Olival - Ourém".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1066/2009, Diário da República n.º 207/2009, Série II de 2009-10-26 (issuer: Freguesia de Olival). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua da Fonte, nº: 13
Olival
2435-453 OLIVAL VNO
Email
geral@jf-olival.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