Meia Via

Parish of the municipality of Torres Novas (Torres Novas), district of Santarém.

Meia Via had 1.666 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 17,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 5,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Torres Novas.

Population (inh.)

940 – 1.428
1.666 – 1.757
2.021 – 2.600
2.602 – 4.990
8.020 – 8.087

Density (inh./km²)

40,4 – 44,7
61,9 – 68,3
79,2 – 89,4
204,0 – 342,5
364,7 – 407,3

Area (km²)

4,1 – 10,5
14,6 – 22,0
29,6 – 32,8
35,4 – 39,3
39,7 – 42,1

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 Torres Novas

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Assentiz	2.600	32,82	79,2
2	Chancelaria	1.428	35,37	40,4
3	Meia Via	1.666	4,09	407,3
4	Pedrógão	1.757	39,34	44,7
5	Riachos	4.990	14,57	342,5
6	União das freguesias de Brogueira, Parceiros de Igreja e Alcorochel	2.602	42,07	61,9
7	União das freguesias de Olaia e Paço	2.021	29,58	68,3
8	União das freguesias de Torres Novas (Santa Maria, Salvador e Santiago)	8.087	39,65	204,0
9	União das freguesias de Torres Novas (São Pedro), Lapas e Ribeira Branca	8.020	21,99	364,7
10	Zibreira	940	10,51	89,4

Code (DTMNFR): 141917
Resident population (2021): 1.666
Area: 4,09 km²
Density: 407,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 4,9%
Rank in the municipality (population): 8th 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: 813 (48,8%)
Women: 853 (51,2%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.633 (98,0%)
Foreign nationality: 33 (2,0%)
Ageing index: 188,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 627
Average household size *: 2,54 people
Dwellings: 846
Classic family dwellings: 842
Buildings: 758
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 17,1% (243)
Unemployment rate *: 6,96% (H 6,99% · M 6,94%)
Active / employed population: 718 / 668

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.666).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	241	137	104
15-24 years	165	91	74
25-64 years	805	400	405
65+ years	455	185	270

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 Torres Novas (Santa Maria, Salvador e Santiago) · Nossa Senhora de Fátima (Entroncamento) · Riachos

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Torres Novas: 5,4 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: 1.427
Voters: 922
Turnout: 64,61% (2021: 54,72%)
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	361	39,15%	5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP AD - Tempo de Avançar!	286	31,02%	3
MPNT Movimento P`la Nossa Terra	144	15,62%	1
B.E. Bloco de Esquerda	51	5,53%	0
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	38	4,12%	0
Blank votes	23	2,49%
Null votes	19	2,06%

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: Largo da Igreja, 5 C - Meia Via
Meia Via (TORRES NOVAS)
2350-636 MEIA VIA
Telephone: 249821652
Fax: 249821652
Email: freguesiameiavia@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 39,47417, -8,49944
Wikipedia: Meia Via
Wikidata: Q1247615

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 16 schools in the municipality of Torres Novas. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 16.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Meia Via — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 16:00 · Largo da Igreja n,º 5 - C 2350-625 Torres Novas 2350-625
Espaço Cidadão da Loja de Cidadão de Torres Novas — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 08:30 às 18:00; Localidade na fonte: Torres Novas · Av, Dr, João Martins Azevedo Edificio B do Convento do Carmo 2350-748 Torres Novas 2350-748
Espaço Cidadão da União de Freguesias de Torres Novas — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 08:30 às 16:00; Localidade na fonte: Torres Novas · Largo D, Diogo de Almeida n,º 5 2350-427 Torres Novas 2350-427
Espaço Cidadão de Assentiz — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 16:30; Localidade na fonte: Assentis · Rua da Carvoa 2350-012 Torres Novas 2350-012
Espaço Cidadão de Torres Novas (São Pedro), Lapas e Ribeira Branca — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 08:30 às 16:00; Localidade na fonte: São Pedro - Valbom · Rua Tenente Coronel Salgueiro Maia, n,º 4 2350-811 Torres Novas 2350-811
Loja de Cidadão de Torres Novas — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 08:30 às 18:00h Sábado encerrado; Localidade na fonte: Torres Novas · Av. Dr. João Martins de Azevedo, edifício B-Convento do Carmo 2350-748 Torres Novas 2350-748

There are 12 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Santarém / Fonte Boa (IPMA no. 734), 36,5 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	10,3	14,8	5,8	80,3
Feb	11,5	16,6	6,5	54,4
Mar	14,1	19,6	8,6	55,6
Apr	15,7	21,2	10,1	57,2
May	18,5	24,6	12,4	44,8
Jun	21,5	28,3	14,8	16,3
Jul	23,6	30,8	16,4	3,3
Aug	24,1	31,5	16,7	5,3
Sep	22,2	29,0	15,4	25,2
Oct	18,5	23,9	13,1	89,5
Nov	13,8	18,1	9,4	95,4
Dec	11,1	15,3	7,0	80,8
Year	17,1	—	—	608,1

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Lisboa e Vale do Tejo. Station altitude: 71,9 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Torres Novas the median value in 2025 is 6,50 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 2350-636 (Largo da Igreja, 5 C - Meia Via, Meia Via (TORRES NOVAS), 2350-636 MEIA VIA).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Santarém): 243. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 249821652.

Public bodies

Junta de Meia Via — Largo da Igreja, 5 C - Meia Via, Meia Via (TORRES NOVAS), 2350-636 MEIA VIA · 2350-636 · 249821652 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Torres Novas — Presidente: José Manuel Paulo Trincão Marques · Largo das Forças Armadas, nº 1, 2350-754 Torres Novas · 2350-754 · 249839430 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-torresnovas.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Torres Novas

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026