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União das freguesias de Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas

Parish of the municipality of Almada (Almada), district of Setúbal.

União das freguesias de Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas had 48.608 residents in the 2021 Census, 29,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 26,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 2 parishes and its centroid is 5,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Almada.

Population (inh.)
  • 13.968
  • 26.345
  • 39.584
  • 48.608
  • 48.733
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.372,1
  • 1.572,8
  • 1.677,6
  • 5.023,4
  • 7.903,7
Area (km²)
  • 6,2
  • 7,9
  • 10,2
  • 16,8
  • 29,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Almada

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Costa da Caparica13.96810,181.372,1
2União das freguesias de Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas48.6086,157.903,7
3União das freguesias de Caparica e Trafaria26.34516,751.572,8
4União das freguesias de Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda48.73329,051.677,6
5União das freguesias de Laranjeiro e Feijó39.5847,885.023,4
Code (DTMNFR)
150312
Resident population (2021)
48.608
Area
6,15 km²
Density
7.903,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
27,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 5

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas”.

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
22.126 (45,5%)
Women
26.482 (54,5%)
Portuguese nationality
44.011 (90,5%)
Foreign nationality
4.596 (9,5%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
266,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
22.573
Average household size *
2,14 people
Dwellings
28.086
Classic family dwellings
28.046
Buildings
4.385
Buildings with 7 or more floors
523
With higher education (15+)
26,7% (11.563)
Unemployment rate *
9,81% (H 10,08% · M 9,55%)
Active / employed population
21.875 / 19.730

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 5.336 (11,0%); 15-24 years: 4.591 (9,4%); 25-64 years: 24.468 (50,3%); 65+ years: 14.213 (29,2%)0-145.336 · 11,0%15-244.591 · 9,4%25-6424.468 · 50,3%65+14.213 · 29,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (48.608).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years5.3362.7152.621
15-24 years4.5912.3282.263
25-64 years24.46811.39813.070
65+ years14.2135.6858.528

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

União das freguesias de Laranjeiro e Feijó · União das freguesias de Caparica e Trafaria

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Almada
5,1 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
41.329
Voters
21.761
Turnout
52,65% (2021: 49,95%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		5.76726,50%6
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		5.75626,45%6
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		4.09918,84%4
CH
CHEGA		3.07514,13%3
BE.L
Almada em Comum - Coligação Bloco de Esquerda e LIVRE		1.7728,14%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		7603,49%0
Blank votes3231,48%
Null votes2090,96%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua D. Leonor de Mascarenhas, 44 A
Almada
2804-522 ALMADA
Email
contabilidade@uf-acppc.pt
Website
www.uf-acppc.pt

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Coordinates
38,68000, -9,15800
Wikipedia
Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas
Wikidata
Q17419943

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

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