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União das freguesias de Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda

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

União das freguesias de Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda had 48.733 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 29,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 2,8 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)
150314
Resident population (2021)
48.733
Area
29,05 km²
Density
1.677,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
27,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 5

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda”.

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
23.554 (48,3%)
Women
25.179 (51,7%)
Portuguese nationality
46.110 (94,6%)
Foreign nationality
2.622 (5,4%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
132,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
18.874
Average household size *
2,54 people
Dwellings
25.856
Classic family dwellings
25.815
Buildings
17.414
Buildings with 7 or more floors
26
With higher education (15+)
29,8% (12.269)
Unemployment rate *
7,48% (H 7,40% · M 7,55%)
Active / employed population
23.244 / 21.506

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 7.599 (15,6%); 15-24 years: 5.340 (11,0%); 25-64 years: 25.763 (52,9%); 65+ years: 10.031 (20,6%)0-147.599 · 15,6%15-245.340 · 11,0%25-6425.763 · 52,9%65+10.031 · 20,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (48.733).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years7.5993.9553.644
15-24 years5.3402.7742.566
25-64 years25.76312.31713.446
65+ years10.0314.5085.523

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

Costa da Caparica · Corroios (Seixal) · União das freguesias de Caparica e Trafaria · Sesimbra (Castelo) (Sesimbra) · União das freguesias de Laranjeiro e Feijó

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Almada
2,8 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
41.622
Voters
22.994
Turnout
55,24% (2021: 50,38%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		7.54232,80%7
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		4.80720,91%5
CH
CHEGA		4.19018,22%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		3.12713,60%3
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		1.3465,85%1
BE.L
Almada em Comum - Coligação Bloco de Esquerda e LIVRE		1.1665,07%1
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		1940,84%0
Blank votes3771,64%
Null votes2451,07%

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 de Marco Cabaço, N.º 17
Charneca de Caparica (ALMADA)
2821-001 CHARNECA DE CAPARICA
Telephone
212972827
Fax
212971137
Email
geral@jf-charnecacaparica-sobreda.pt
Website
www.jf-charnecacaparica-sobreda.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,63000, -9,20000
Wikipedia
Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda
Wikidata
Q17508552

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