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Odivelas

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

Odivelas had 148.034 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 20,9% were aged 65 or over; 23,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

148.034inhabitants (2021 Census)
21district-seat telephone code
1town hall4parish councils52schools1NHS hospital in the name

Mayor: Hugo Manuel dos Santos Martins · Tel. 219320000 · Email: geral@cm-odivelas.pt · www.cm-odivelas.pt more contacts

NHS: Unidade Local de Saúde de Loures / Odivelas, 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.)
  • 18.806
  • 34.531
  • 35.111
  • 59.586
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3.574,6
  • 3.812,3
  • 7.150,6
  • 11.822,6
Area (km²)
  • 2,6
  • 5,0
  • 9,2
  • 9,7
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 Odivelas

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
1Odivelas59.5865,0411.822,6
2União das freguesias de Pontinha e Famões35.1119,213.812,3
3União das freguesias de Ramada e Caneças34.5319,663.574,6
4União das freguesias de Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival Basto18.8062,637.150,6
INE code (DTMN)
1116
Resident population
148.034
Area
26,54 km²
Density
5.577,8 inh./km²
Parishes
4
Share of district population
6,5%
Rank in the district (population)
7th of 16
National rank (population)
15th of 308
National rank (density)
3rd of 308
National rank (area)
302nd of 308

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

2021 Census in detail

Men
69.724 (47,1%)
Women
78.310 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality
133.743 (90,3%)
Foreign nationality
14.284 (9,6%)
Stateless
7 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
138,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
60.139
Average household size
2,45 people
Dwellings
71.945
Buildings
16.974
With higher education (15+)
23,4% (29.391)
Unemployment rate
8,34%

Population by age group

0-1422.336 · 15,1%15-2415.301 · 10,3%25-6479.485 · 53,7%65+30.912 · 20,9%
Residents by age group (148.034 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
125.441
Voters
63.547 (50,66%)
Seats
11
ListVotes%Seats
PS (elected council president)25.54440,20%5
CH14.12622,23%3
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP13.15220,70%3
PCP-PEV3.8396,04%0
BE.L.PAN2.4613,87%0
IL2.3693,73%0
VP2610,41%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
125.441
Voters
63.546 (50,66%)
Seats
33
ListVotes%Seats
PS23.39436,81%14
CH14.83923,35%8
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP13.10920,63%7
PCP-PEV4.2356,66%2
BE.L.PAN3.0054,73%1
IL2.7404,31%1
VP3270,51%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
Hugo Manuel dos Santos Martins
Address
Paços do Concelho - Rua Guilherme Gomes Fernandes - Quinta da Memória, 2675-372 Odivelas
Telephone
219320000
Email
geral@cm-odivelas.pt
Website
www.cm-odivelas.pt

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

On the web

Q850837 · Wikipedia · www.cm-odivelas.pt/

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Amadora (5,0 km) · Lisboa (7,6 km) · Loures (8,2 km) · Sintra (14,0 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Lisboa: 16,3 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
Odivelas 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 · Mafra · 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