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Mafra

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

Mafra had 86.515 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 17,8% were aged 65 or over; 23,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

86.515inhabitants (2021 Census)
21district-seat telephone code
1town hall11parish councils27schools

Mayor: Hugo Manuel Moreira Luís · Tel. 261810100 · Email: geral@cm-mafra.pt · www.cm-mafra.pt more contacts

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.)
  • 2.848 – 4.396
  • 4.434 – 4.693
  • 4.918 – 7.645
  • 9.647 – 10.815
  • 12.359 – 20.781
Density (inh./km²)
  • 125,7 – 144,8
  • 172,5 – 177,0
  • 312,9 – 346,9
  • 366,9 – 433,4
  • 572,5 – 1.025,6
Area (km²)
  • 8,2 – 16,9
  • 24,4 – 24,8
  • 28,5 – 29,5
  • 30,6 – 31,7
  • 37,1 – 48,0
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 11 parishes of Mafra

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
1Mafra20.78147,95433,4
2Ericeira12.35912,051.025,6
3União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés10.81529,48366,9
4União das freguesias de Malveira e São Miguel de Alcainça9.64716,85572,5
5Milharado7.64524,43312,9
6Encarnação4.91828,51172,5
7União das freguesias de Igreja Nova e Cheleiros4.69337,07126,6
8União das freguesias de Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira4.43430,63144,8
9Santo Isidoro4.39624,83177,0
10União das freguesias de Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário3.97931,65125,7
11Carvoeira2.8488,21346,9
INE code (DTMN)
1109
Resident population
86.515
Area
291,66 km²
Density
296,6 inh./km²
Parishes
11
Share of district population
3,8%
Rank in the district (population)
9th of 16
National rank (population)
27th of 308
National rank (density)
54th of 308
National rank (area)
109th of 308

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

2021 Census in detail

Men
41.916 (48,4%)
Women
44.599 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality
80.737 (93,3%)
Foreign nationality
5.777 (6,7%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
108,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
33.209
Average household size
2,57 people
Dwellings
44.961
Buildings
28.790
With higher education (15+)
23,2% (16.751)
Unemployment rate
6,23%

Population by age group

0-1414.177 · 16,4%15-249.794 · 11,3%25-6447.169 · 54,5%65+15.375 · 17,8%
Residents by age group (86.515 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
70.900
Voters
42.980 (60,62%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
#HML 2025 (elected council president)14.39433,49%4
PPD/PSD14.24833,15%3
PS5.62913,10%1
CH4.89111,38%1
IL1.4253,32%0
PCP-PEV1.2822,98%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
70.900
Voters
42.979 (60,62%)
Seats
27
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD14.02032,62%10
#HML 202512.59029,29%8
PS6.20614,44%4
CH5.57412,97%3
IL1.7694,12%1
PCP-PEV1.6163,76%1

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
Hugo Manuel Moreira Luís
Address
Praça do Município, 2644-001 Mafra
Telephone
261810100
Email
geral@cm-mafra.pt
Website
www.cm-mafra.pt

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

On the web

Q986419 · Wikipedia · www.cm-mafra.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Arruda dos Vinhos (18,6 km) · Loures (17,6 km) · Sintra (15,9 km) · Sobral de Monte Agraço (13,4 km) · Torres Vedras (16,5 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Lisboa: 11,5 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
Mafra 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 · Cascais · Lisboa · Loures · Lourinhã · 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