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Mira de Aire

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Parish of the municipality of Porto de Mós (Porto de Mós), district of Leiria.

Mira de Aire had 3.482 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 8,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Porto de Mós.

Population (inh.)
  • 731 – 751
  • 892 – 1.549
  • 1.574 – 2.477
  • 2.548 – 3.197
  • 3.482 – 6.001
Density (inh./km²)
  • 18,2 – 22,0
  • 27,8 – 40,7
  • 70,1 – 120,0
  • 192,7 – 212,9
  • 222,9 – 231,1
Area (km²)
  • 10,7 – 13,2
  • 15,6 – 22,1
  • 26,6 – 28,2
  • 32,1 – 33,3
  • 38,6 – 41,3
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 Porto de Mós

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alqueidão da Serra1.54922,1070,1
2Calvaria de Cima2.47710,72231,1
3Juncal3.19726,64120,0
4Mira de Aire3.48215,62222,9
5Pedreiras2.54813,22192,7
6Porto de Mós - São João Baptista e São Pedro6.00128,19212,9
7Serro Ventoso89232,1027,8
8São Bento75141,3018,2
9União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria73133,3122,0
10União das freguesias de Arrimal e Mendiga1.57438,6440,7
Code (DTMNFR)
101608
Resident population (2021)
3.482
Area
15,62 km²
Density
222,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
15,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd 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
1.659 (47,6%)
Women
1.823 (52,4%)
Portuguese nationality
3.247 (93,3%)
Foreign nationality
235 (6,7%)
Ageing index
236,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.517
Average household size *
2,27 people
Dwellings
2.227
Classic family dwellings
2.226
Buildings
1.496
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,8% (395)
Unemployment rate *
7,36% (H 4,94% · M 9,90%)
Active / employed population
1.577 / 1.461

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 404 (11,6%); 15-24 years: 355 (10,2%); 25-64 years: 1.769 (50,8%); 65+ years: 954 (27,4%)0-14404 · 11,6%15-24355 · 10,2%25-641.769 · 50,8%65+954 · 27,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.482).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years404209195
15-24 years355176179
25-64 years1.769857912
65+ years954417537

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

Minde (Alcanena) · União das freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria · São Mamede (Batalha) · Alqueidão da Serra · Serra de Santo António (Alcanena)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Porto de Mós
8,6 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
3.105
Voters
1.750
Turnout
56,36% (2021: 56,88%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		78044,57%5
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		44825,60%2
PS
Partido Socialista		39922,80%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		341,94%0
Blank votes482,74%
Null votes412,34%

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 azul, monte de dois cômoros de prata, movente dos flancos e de uma campanha nublada de negro; em chefe, rosa de ouro, botoada e apontada de verde e uma lançadeira de ouro com fio de azul, posta em faixa, em ponta. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "MIRA de AIRE".

Flag: esquartelada de branco e azul. Cordão e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Mira de Aire - Porto de Mós".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 601/2010, Diário da República n.º 113/2010, Série II de 2010-06-14 (issuer: Freguesia de Mira de Aire). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua General Humberto Delgado, N.º 466
Mira de Aire (PORTO DE MÓS)
2485-130 MIRA DE AIRE
Telephone
244440442
Fax
244440442
Email
geral@jf-miradeaire.pt
Website
www.jf-miradeaire.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,54426, -8,71600
Wikipedia
Mira de Aire
Wikidata
Q1937924

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