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Parish of the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha (Vila Nova da Barquinha), district of Santarém.

Tancos had 190 residents in the 2021 Census, 28,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 1,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha.

Population (inh.)
  • 190
  • 1.448
  • 1.734
  • 3.644
Density (inh./km²)
  • 71,5
  • 93,1
  • 120,4
  • 284,0
Area (km²)
  • 2,0
  • 12,8
  • 14,4
  • 20,3
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Vila Nova da Barquinha

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Atalaia1.73414,40120,4
2Praia do Ribatejo1.44820,2671,5
3Tancos1902,0493,1
4Vila Nova da Barquinha3.64412,83284,0
Code (DTMNFR)
142003
Resident population (2021)
190
Area
2,04 km²
Density
93,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 4

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
106 (55,8%)
Women
84 (44,2%)
Portuguese nationality
187 (98,4%)
Foreign nationality
3 (1,6%)
Ageing index
366,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
82
Average household size *
2,23 people
Dwellings
134
Classic family dwellings
133
Buildings
129
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
13,7% (24)
Unemployment rate *
8,75% (H 4,76% · M 13,16%)
Active / employed population
80 / 73

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 15 (7,9%); 15-24 years: 17 (8,9%); 25-64 years: 103 (54,2%); 65+ years: 55 (28,9%)0-1415 · 7,9%15-2417 · 8,9%25-64103 · 54,2%65+55 · 28,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (190).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years15123
15-24 years17134
25-64 years1035746
65+ years552431

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 Barquinha · Praia do Ribatejo · Carregueira (Chamusca) · Asseiceira (Tomar)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha
1,7 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
195
Voters
164
Turnout
84,10% (2021: 67,40%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
JPT
Juntos por Tancos - Por um futuro com tradição		8048,78%4
PS
Partido Socialista		7847,56%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		63,66%0
Blank votes00,00%
Null votes00,00%

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

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 prata, com pentágono de vermelho firmado na linha superior do escudo e nos flancos, movente de um pé ondado de três tiras, de prata e azul, com um sável nadando, de vermelho; o pentágono carregado de uma mão de carnação, alada de prata e sustendo nos dedos uma rosa de ouro, folhada do mesmo, botoada de azul. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "TANCOS".

Flag: esquartelada de vermelho e amarelo. Cordão e borlas de ouro e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de Tancos - Vila Nova da Barquinha".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1026/2009, Diário da República n.º 193/2009, Série II de 2009-10-06 (issuer: Freguesia de Tancos). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua da Escola Velha, N.º 4
Tancos (VILA NOVA DA BARQUINHA)
2260-316 TANCOS
Email
jftancos@gmail.com
Website
www.freguesiadetancos.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,46056, -8,39917
Wikipedia
Tancos
Wikidata
Q2296675

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