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Águas Livres

Parish of the municipality of Amadora (Amadora), district of Lisboa.

Águas Livres had 37.607 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 20,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 1,8 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Amadora.

Population (inh.)
  • 16.837 – 20.788
  • 26.168
  • 27.093
  • 37.607
  • 42.961
Density (inh./km²)
  • 4.928,1 – 5.310,4
  • 6.708,0
  • 7.268,5
  • 9.676,1
  • 17.016,7
Area (km²)
  • 2,2 – 2,5
  • 2,8
  • 2,9
  • 5,3
  • 8,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 6 parishes of Amadora

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alfragide16.8372,516.708,0
2Encosta do Sol27.0932,809.676,1
3Falagueira-Venda Nova20.7882,867.268,5
4Mina de Água42.9618,095.310,4
5Venteira26.1685,314.928,1
6Águas Livres37.6072,2117.016,7
Code (DTMNFR)
111513
Resident population (2021)
37.607
Area
2,21 km²
Density
17.016,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
21,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 6

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
17.253 (45,9%)
Women
20.354 (54,1%)
Portuguese nationality
32.381 (86,1%)
Foreign nationality
5.225 (13,9%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
171,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
16.689
Average household size *
2,24 people
Dwellings
20.319
Classic family dwellings
20.314
Buildings
2.763
Buildings with 7 or more floors
338
With higher education (15+)
20,3% (6.574)
Unemployment rate *
10,13% (H 9,82% · M 10,42%)
Active / employed population
17.951 / 16.132

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 5.256 (14,0%); 15-24 years: 3.723 (9,9%); 25-64 years: 19.640 (52,2%); 65+ years: 8.988 (23,9%)0-145.256 · 14,0%15-243.723 · 9,9%25-6419.640 · 52,2%65+8.988 · 23,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (37.607).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years5.2562.6502.606
15-24 years3.7231.8731.850
25-64 years19.6409.09110.549
65+ years8.9883.6395.349

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

Alfragide · Venteira · Falagueira-Venda Nova · Benfica (Lisboa)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Amadora
1,8 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
31.492
Voters
14.710
Turnout
46,71% (2021: 40,63%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		4.57331,09%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.MPT.RIR
AMADORA RESOLVE		4.01227,27%6
CH
CHEGA		2.72518,52%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1.4049,54%2
L
LIVRE		6684,54%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		4683,18%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		3902,65%0
Blank votes2631,79%
Null votes2071,41%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de verde, aqueduto de três arcos de ouro lavrado de negro movente dos flancos, entre armação de moinho de prata vestida e cordoada do mesmo e romãzeira de prata arrancada do mesmo e frutada de vermelho em ponta. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: «ÁGUAS LIVRES».

Flag: de amarelo. Cordões e borlas de verde e ouro. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda «Freguesia de Águas Livres».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 189/2017, Diário da República n.º 67/2017, Série II de 2017-04-04 (issuer: Freguesia de Águas Livres). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Estrada Militar, N.º 82
Damaia
2720-797 AMADORA
Telephone
214702600
Fax
214702601
Email
geral@jf-aguaslivres.pt
Website
www.jf-aguaslivres.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,74462, -9,21509
Wikipedia
Águas Livres
Wikidata
Q14638417

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