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Cascais

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

Cascais had 214.124 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 22,6% were aged 65 or over; 32,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

214.124inhabitants (2021 Census)
21district-seat telephone code
1town hall4parish councils94schools1NHS hospital in the name

Mayor: Nuno Francisco Piteira Lopes · Tel. 214815000 · Email: atendimento.municipal@cm-cascais.pt · www.cm-cascais.pt more contacts

NHS: Hospital de Cascais Dr. José de Almeida

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.)
  • 44.165
  • 46.529
  • 59.238
  • 64.192
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.110,5
  • 2.201,4
  • 2.909,5
  • 5.737,2
Area (km²)
  • 8,1
  • 20,4
  • 29,2
  • 39,8
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Cascais

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
1União das freguesias de Cascais e Estoril64.19229,162.201,4
2São Domingos de Rana59.23820,362.909,5
3União das freguesias de Carcavelos e Parede46.5298,115.737,2
4Alcabideche44.16539,771.110,5
INE code (DTMN)
1105
Resident population
214.124
Area
97,40 km²
Density
2.198,4 inh./km²
Parishes
4
Share of district population
9,4%
Rank in the district (population)
3rd of 16
National rank (population)
5th of 308
National rank (density)
9th of 308
National rank (area)
250th of 308

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

2021 Census in detail

Men
99.766 (46,6%)
Women
114.358 (53,4%)
Portuguese nationality
190.620 (89,0%)
Foreign nationality
23.499 (11,0%)
Stateless
5 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
156,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
86.484
Average household size
2,44 people
Dwellings
110.681
Buildings
44.226
With higher education (15+)
32,5% (59.424)
Unemployment rate
8,28%

Population by age group

0-1431.037 · 14,5%15-2423.515 · 11,0%25-64111.111 · 51,9%65+48.461 · 22,6%
Residents by age group (214.124 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
178.529
Voters
89.405 (50,08%)
Seats
11
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP (elected council president)30.25833,84%5
PS14.46016,17%2
Jonet13.20314,77%2
CH12.95414,49%2
IL5.7266,40%0
BE.L.PAN3.9794,45%0
PCP-PEV3.4943,91%0
ND/NC2.6532,97%0
ADN2700,30%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
178.529
Voters
89.389 (50,07%)
Seats
33
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP29.36032,85%12
PS14.83316,59%6
CH13.44215,04%5
Jonet12.04913,48%5
IL6.0866,81%2
BE.L.PAN4.7025,26%1
PCP-PEV3.7354,18%1
ND/NC2.4392,73%1
ADN3380,38%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
Nuno Francisco Piteira Lopes
Address
Praça 5 de Outubro, 2750-320 Cascais
Telephone
214815000
Email
atendimento.municipal@cm-cascais.pt
Website
www.cm-cascais.pt

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

On the web

Q273059 · Wikipedia · www.cascais.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Oeiras (10,9 km) · Sintra (11,5 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Lisboa: 31,0 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
Cascais 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 · Amadora · Arruda dos Vinhos · Azambuja · Cadaval · 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