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Viana do Alentejo

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Parish of the municipality of Viana do Alentejo (Viana do Alentejo), district of Évora.

Viana do Alentejo had 2.528 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 11,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Viana do Alentejo.

Population (inh.)
  • 859
  • 1.931
  • 2.528
Density (inh./km²)
  • 7,2
  • 26,7
  • 27,7
Area (km²)
  • 31,0
  • 94,7
  • 268,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 3 parishes of Viana do Alentejo

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aguiar85930,9727,7
2Alcáçovas1.931268,007,2
3Viana do Alentejo2.52894,7026,7
Code (DTMNFR)
071302
Resident population (2021)
2.528
Area
94,70 km²
Density
26,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
47,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 3

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
1.199 (47,4%)
Women
1.329 (52,6%)
Portuguese nationality
2.445 (96,7%)
Foreign nationality
83 (3,3%)
Ageing index
203,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.020
Average household size *
2,39 people
Dwellings
1.624
Classic family dwellings
1.620
Buildings
1.534
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,4% (252)
Unemployment rate *
5,84% (H 4,34% · M 7,40%)
Active / employed population
1.130 / 1.064

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 324 (12,8%); 15-24 years: 260 (10,3%); 25-64 years: 1.284 (50,8%); 65+ years: 660 (26,1%)0-14324 · 12,8%15-24260 · 10,3%25-641.284 · 50,8%65+660 · 26,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.528).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years324169155
15-24 years260128132
25-64 years1.284629655
65+ years660273387

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

Vila Nova da Baronia (Alvito) · Aguiar · São Bartolomeu do Outeiro (Portel) · Alcáçovas · Alvito (Alvito) · Torre de Coelheiros (Évora) · União das freguesias de Nossa Senhora da Tourega e Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe (Évora) · Vila Ruiva (Cuba)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Viana do Alentejo
11,8 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
2.282
Voters
1.536
Turnout
67,31% (2021: 65,87%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		83954,62%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		48031,25%3
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.MPT
VIVA		16110,48%1
Blank votes322,08%
Null votes241,56%

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 Brito Camacho, N.º 17
Viana do Alentejo
7090-237 VIANA DO ALENTEJO
Telephone
266953317
Fax
266791255
Email
juntaviana@sapo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,31667, -8,00000
Wikipedia
Viana do Alentejo (freguesia)
Wikidata
Q2258818

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