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Amadora

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

Amadora had 171.454 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 22,2% were aged 65 or over; 21,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

171.454inhabitants (2021 Census)
21district-seat telephone code
1town hall6parish councils63schools1NHS hospital in the name

Mayor: Vítor Manuel Torres Ferreira · Tel. 214369000 · Email: geral@cm-amadora.pt · www.cm-amadora.pt more contacts

NHS: Unidade Local de Saúde de Amadora / Sintra, E.P.E.

Summary for arrivals. The telephone code is that of the district/region seat (ANACOM numbering plan), not exclusive to this municipality. School, parish-council and town-hall counts come from the official lists already on this site. Hospitals are NHS institutions whose official name includes the municipality.

Population (inh.)
  • 16.837 – 20.788
  • 26.168
  • 27.093
  • 37.607
  • 42.961
Density (inh./km²)
  • 4.928,1 – 5.310,4
  • 6.708,0
  • 7.268,5
  • 9.676,1
  • 17.016,7
Area (km²)
  • 2,2 – 2,5
  • 2,8
  • 2,9
  • 5,3
  • 8,1
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 Amadora

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

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Mina de Água42.9618,095.310,4
2Águas Livres37.6072,2117.016,7
3Encosta do Sol27.0932,809.676,1
4Venteira26.1685,314.928,1
5Falagueira-Venda Nova20.7882,867.268,5
6Alfragide16.8372,516.708,0
INE code (DTMN)
1115
Resident population
171.454
Area
23,78 km²
Density
7.210,0 inh./km²
Parishes
6
Share of district population
7,5%
Rank in the district (population)
6th of 16
National rank (population)
11th of 308
National rank (density)
1st of 308
National rank (area)
304th of 308

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

2021 Census in detail

Men
79.393 (46,3%)
Women
92.061 (53,7%)
Portuguese nationality
152.250 (88,8%)
Foreign nationality
19.198 (11,2%)
Stateless
6 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
156,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
73.539
Average household size
2,32 people
Dwellings
87.189
Buildings
12.542
With higher education (15+)
21,9% (32.260)
Unemployment rate
9,94%

Population by age group

0-1424.351 · 14,2%15-2418.058 · 10,5%25-6490.958 · 53,1%65+38.087 · 22,2%
Residents by age group (171.454 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
142.579
Voters
70.475 (49,43%)
Seats
11
ListVotes%Seats
PS (elected council president)23.25733,00%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.MPT.RIR21.14730,01%4
CH12.40617,60%2
PCP-PEV4.9337,00%1
L2.5133,57%0
IL2.4803,52%0
B.E.1.2791,81%0
ADN4580,65%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
142.579
Voters
70.063 (49,14%)
Seats
33
ListVotes%Seats
PS22.19531,68%12
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.MPT.RIR19.46827,79%10
CH13.32819,02%7
PCP-PEV5.5107,86%2
L3.3634,80%1
IL2.5433,63%1
B.E.1.5402,20%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
Vítor Manuel Torres Ferreira
Address
Av. Movimento das Forças Armadas nº 1, 2700-595 Amadora
Telephone
214369000
Email
geral@cm-amadora.pt
Website
www.cm-amadora.pt

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

On the web

Q189166 · Wikipedia · www.cm-amadora.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Lisboa (6,8 km) · Odivelas (5,0 km) · Oeiras (6,3 km) · Sintra (13,1 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Lisboa: 20,9 km.

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

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
Amadora highlighted. Click a neighbouring municipality to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

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Other municipalities of the district of Lisboa

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

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