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Vila Franca de Xira

Municipality of the district of Lisboa (District of Lisboa), region Grande Lisboa (NUTS III: Grande Lisboa).

Vila Franca de Xira had 137.529 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 18,5% were aged 65 or over; 19,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Population (inh.)
  • 7.954 – 12.645
  • 18.336
  • 21.258
  • 36.465
  • 40.871
Density (inh./km²)
  • 86,1 – 297,0
  • 459,2
  • 1.185,6
  • 1.524,5
  • 4.461,9
Area (km²)
  • 9,2 – 17,9
  • 23,9
  • 26,8
  • 27,5
  • 212,9
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 6 parishes of Vila Franca de Xira

Sorted by resident population (2021 Census, 2025 geography). Click a header to sort; hover a row to highlight it on the map.

#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1União das freguesias de Póvoa de Santa Iria e Forte da Casa40.8719,164.461,9
2União das freguesias de Alverca do Ribatejo e Sobralinho36.46523,921.524,5
3Vialonga21.25817,931.185,6
4Vila Franca de Xira18.336212,8786,1
5União das freguesias de Alhandra, São João dos Montes e Calhandriz12.64527,54459,2
6União das freguesias de Castanheira do Ribatejo e Cachoeiras7.95426,78297,0
INE code (DTMN)
1114
Resident population
137.529
Area
318,19 km²
Density
432,2 inh./km²
Parishes
6
Share of district population
6,0%
Rank in the district (population)
8th of 16
National rank (population)
17th of 308
National rank (density)
40th of 308
National rank (area)
100th of 308

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente, ind. 0014525, via dados.gov.pt); DGT, CAOP2025 (área e freguesias)

2021 Census in detail

Men
65.678 (47,8%)
Women
71.851 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
128.775 (93,6%)
Foreign nationality
8.748 (6,4%)
Stateless
6 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
121,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
55.696
Average household size
2,45 people
Dwellings
65.316
Buildings
16.919
With higher education (15+)
19,7% (23.005)
Unemployment rate
7,83%

Population by age group

0-1420.920 · 15,2%15-2415.227 · 11,1%25-6475.958 · 55,2%65+25.424 · 18,5%
Residents by age group (137.529 in total).

Source: INE, Censos 2021 (API de indicadores) — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012328, 0012481, 0014632, licence CC BY 4.0.

2025 local elections

Municipal council

Registered
115.082
Voters
61.290 (53,26%)
Seats
11
ListVotes%Seats
PS (elected council president)18.37529,98%4
PPD/PSD.IL14.27723,29%3
CH13.70722,36%3
PCP-PEV8.40613,72%1
L2.6394,31%0
B.E.1.0881,78%0
CDS-PP8841,44%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
115.082
Voters
61.289 (53,26%)
Seats
33
ListVotes%Seats
PS17.31628,25%10
CH14.02822,89%8
PPD/PSD.IL14.00522,85%8
PCP-PEV8.68714,17%5
L3.1545,15%2
B.E.1.2552,05%0
CDS-PP8611,40%0

Source: SGMAI — resultados oficiais das Autárquicas 2025. Official results; only the list that elects the council president is marked (the person’s name is not in these results).

Contacts

Mayor
Fernando Paulo Ferreira
Address
Paços do Concelho - Praça Afonso de Albuquerque, 2, 2600-093 Vila Franca de Xira
Telephone
263285600
Email
gap@cm-vfxira.pt
Website
www.cm-vfxira.pt

Source: DGAL — Portal Autárquico, Lista de Presidentes e contactos dos Municípios (atualizada 04/09/2026).

On the web

Q917326 · Wikipedia · www.cm-vfxira.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Alenquer (20,1 km) · Arruda dos Vinhos (11,1 km) · Azambuja (24,7 km) · Benavente (16,2 km) · Loures (16,0 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Lisboa: 16,9 km.

Source: DGT, CAOP2025 (CC BY 4.0) — adjacência de limites; distância em linha reta entre centróides (licence CC BY 4.0).

137.529inhabitants (2021 Census)
1town hall6parish councils49schools0NHS hospitals in the name

Arrival card. The telephone code, when shown, is that of the district seat. Schools, parish councils and town halls come from the lists already published for this municipality. The hospitals are NHS institutions whose official name includes the municipality. The IEFP figure, mainland only, is registered unemployment at the end of January 2026 and is not the Census rate. IEFP source.

Location in the district

Population (inh.)
  • 10.540 – 21.421
  • 26.240 – 83.072
  • 86.515 – 148.034
  • 171.454 – 201.590
  • 214.124 – 545.796
Density (inh./km²)
  • 76,5 – 178,3
  • 179,5 – 204,0
  • 296,6 – 1.205,4
  • 1.207,9 – 3.741,5
  • 5.455,2 – 7.210,0
Area (km²)
  • 23,8 – 52,1
  • 78,0 – 100,1
  • 147,2 – 174,9
  • 262,7 – 304,2
  • 318,2 – 407,2
Quantile classes · current municipality
Vila Franca de Xira highlighted. Click a neighbouring municipality to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

Compare Vila Franca de Xira with other municipalities…

Other municipalities of the district of Lisboa

Alenquer · Amadora · Arruda dos Vinhos · Azambuja · Cadaval · Cascais · Lisboa · Loures · Lourinhã · Mafra · Odivelas · Oeiras · Sintra · Sobral de Monte Agraço · Torres Vedras

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