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

Serra had 1.116 residents in the 2021 Census, 40,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 8,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Tomar.

Population (inh.)
  • 844 – 1.067
  • 1.080 – 1.116
  • 1.216 – 2.439
  • 2.528 – 2.681
  • 3.421 – 16.932
Density (inh./km²)
  • 24,6 – 35,0
  • 44,1 – 65,5
  • 70,3 – 77,0
  • 83,9 – 86,4
  • 100,1 – 557,3
Area (km²)
  • 12,4 – 22,3
  • 24,5 – 29,1
  • 30,4 – 34,3
  • 34,7 – 36,0
  • 36,7 – 44,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 12 parishes of Tomar

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Asseiceira2.43929,0783,9
2Carregueiros1.06712,3586,4
3Junceira85513,0565,5
4Olalhas1.21634,7235,0
5Paialvo2.23422,31100,1
6Sabacheira84434,2624,6
7Serra1.11633,5133,3
8São Pedro de Tomar2.68136,6673,1
9União das freguesias de Além da Ribeira e Pedreira1.08024,5044,1
10União das freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira2.52835,9670,3
11União das freguesias de Madalena e Beselga3.42144,4477,0
12União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais16.93230,38557,3
Code (DTMNFR)
141823
Resident population (2021)
1.116
Area
33,51 km²
Density
33,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th of 12

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
527 (47,2%)
Women
589 (52,8%)
Portuguese nationality
1.049 (94,0%)
Foreign nationality
67 (6,0%)
Ageing index
495,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
476
Dwellings
1.702
Classic family dwellings
1.699
Buildings
1.667
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,1% (114)
Unemployment rate †
9,89%
Active / employed population
374 / 337

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 90 (8,1%); 15-24 years: 85 (7,6%); 25-64 years: 495 (44,4%); 65+ years: 446 (40,0%)0-1490 · 8,1%15-2485 · 7,6%25-64495 · 44,4%65+446 · 40,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.116).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years904644
15-24 years854639
25-64 years495247248
65+ years446188258

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

Junceira · União das freguesias de Aldeia do Mato e Souto (Abrantes) · São Pedro de Tomar · Olalhas · Fontes (Abrantes)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Tomar
8,2 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
1.021
Voters
608
Turnout
59,55%
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
IN
Independentes do Nordeste		34757,07%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		16627,30%2
CH
CHEGA		7312,01%1
Blank votes71,15%
Null votes152,47%

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

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
Adro da Serra, nº 4
Serra
2300-251 Serra
Email
geral@jf-serra.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