Living in Freixo de Espada à Cinta
In Freixo de Espada à Cinta, average gross earnings are €1,132 a month (2024) and unemployment is 4.6% (2026).
The unemployment rate was 4.63% in June 2026. There were 100 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024.
Higher unemployment than 96% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 65% of Portuguese cities that publish it.
Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
No city-level rent figure is published for Freixo de Espada à Cinta. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
Is Freixo de Espada à Cinta a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (June 2026).
- Unemployment rate: 4.63 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202611
Freixo de Espada à Cinta 4.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Freixo de Espada à Cinta. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Freixo de Espada à Cinta. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 100 per 100,000 | 2024 | Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit.8Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Freixo de Espada à Cinta when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
Police recorded 2,470 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.
- Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 2,470 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20223
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 2,470 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 | 31 Dec 2022 | INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20223Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Freixo de Espada à Cinta. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
PLA search route through Portal da Oferta Formativa — State Language Course
AIMA / Portal da Oferta Formativa
For migrants seeking Portuguese as a non-native language.
Português Língua de Acolhimento (PLA) — State Language Course
AIMA / DGEstE public-school network / IEFP / Centros Qualifica
For migrants aged 16 or older whose mother tongue is not Portuguese, residence-permit holders, people with pending residence/protection/NISS evidence.
Population and city profile
The city covered 244.1 km² in 2021. Population density was 15.5 people per km² in 2021.
How many people live in Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
The published population was 1,968 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)1
By nationality
National passport93%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 244.1 km² | 2021 | Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain.6Official |
| Foreign residents | 138 people | 2023 | Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.10Independent |
| Population density | 15.48 people/km² | 2021 | Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.6Official |
| Population | 1,968 people | 19 Apr 2021 | Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)1Official |
International community in Freixo de Espada à Cinta
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Country of birth
Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,216 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 3,027 | 94.1% |
| Estrangeira | 189 | 5.9% |
| Europa | 90 | 2.8% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 82 | 2.5% |
| África | 59 | 1.8% |
| Angola | 49 | 1.5% |
| França | 44 | 1.4% |
| América | 30 | 0.9% |
| Bulgária | 19 | 0.6% |
| Brasil | 16 | 0.5% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 10 | 0.3% |
| Ásia | 9 | 0.3% |
| China | 9 | 0.3% |
| Alemanha | 9 | 0.3% |
| Outros países - Europa | 8 | 0.2% |
| Suíça | 8 | 0.2% |
| Espanha | 7 | 0.2% |
| Guiné-Bissau | 3 | 0.1% |
| Moçambique | 3 | 0.1% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 3 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - América | 2 | 0.1% |
| Canadá | 2 | 0.1% |
| Roménia | 2 | 0.1% |
| Oceânia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - Oceânia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bélgica | 1 | 0.0% |
| África do Sul | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source5
Citizenship
Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,216 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 3,150 | 97.9% |
| Estrangeira | 66 | 2.1% |
| Europa | 32 | 1.0% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 30 | 0.9% |
| Bulgária | 19 | 0.6% |
| América | 17 | 0.5% |
| África | 10 | 0.3% |
| Angola | 9 | 0.3% |
| Brasil | 8 | 0.2% |
| Ásia | 7 | 0.2% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 7 | 0.2% |
| Venezuela | 6 | 0.2% |
| Espanha | 4 | 0.1% |
| França | 4 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - Europa | 2 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - América | 2 | 0.1% |
| Suíça | 2 | 0.1% |
| Roménia | 2 | 0.1% |
| Canadá | 1 | 0.0% |
| Alemanha | 1 | 0.0% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source4
Alternatives for people set on Freixo de Espada à Cinta
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School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 18, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: PLNM (Português Língua Não Materna). How to enrol a child (gov.pt).
A country-wide rule for Portugal; Freixo de Espada à Cinta's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
The published population was 1,968 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT).
How safe is Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
Police recorded 2,470 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022.
What is the unemployment rate in Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.
How many foreign residents live in Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
138 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..
Is Freixo de Espada à Cinta a good place to live?
Freixo de Espada à Cinta may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
How many people born in Portuguesa live in Freixo de Espada à Cinta?
The official country of birth distribution records 3,027 people (94.1%) in the source-defined population for 2021-04-19. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Portugal: population, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 973bdadca6d943c73c00f16795c6a4ed]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/freixo-de-espada-a-cinta/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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Sources
- Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT) Censos 2021 · mapas.ine.pt · checked 2026-10-07
- INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-09-23
- INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022 INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-31
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014632 nationality ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014633 country of birth ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
- Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
- MEO fixed fibre meo.pt · checked 2026-09-15
- Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
- Vodafone Portugal mobile plan vodafone.pt · checked 2026-09-15
- Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value. pordata.pt · checked 2026-07-15
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- IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26
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