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Encosta do Sol

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

Encosta do Sol had 27.093 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 18,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 1,7 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)
111514
Resident population (2021)
27.093
Area
2,80 km²
Density
9.676,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
15,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd 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
12.657 (46,7%)
Women
14.436 (53,3%)
Portuguese nationality
23.871 (88,1%)
Foreign nationality
3.219 (11,9%)
Stateless
3 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
141,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
11.247
Average household size *
2,40 people
Dwellings
13.280
Classic family dwellings
13.278
Buildings
1.763
Buildings with 7 or more floors
211
With higher education (15+)
18,7% (4.319)
Unemployment rate *
11,15% (H 10,65% · M 11,61%)
Active / employed population
12.818 / 11.389

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 3.976 (14,7%); 15-24 years: 3.160 (11,7%); 25-64 years: 14.350 (53,0%); 65+ years: 5.607 (20,7%)0-143.976 · 14,7%15-243.160 · 11,7%25-6414.350 · 53,0%65+5.607 · 20,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (27.093).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years3.9762.0461.930
15-24 years3.1601.5691.591
25-64 years14.3506.7037.647
65+ years5.6072.3393.268

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 Pontinha e Famões (Odivelas) · Falagueira-Venda Nova · Mina de Água · Benfica (Lisboa) · Carnide (Lisboa)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Amadora
1,7 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
22.171
Voters
10.258
Turnout
46,27% (2021: 41,47%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		3.95838,58%9
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.MPT.RIR
AMADORA RESOLVE		2.30122,43%5
CH
CHEGA		2.05720,05%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		8127,92%1
L
LIVRE		3603,51%0
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		2862,79%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		1511,47%0
Blank votes1611,57%
Null votes1721,68%

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 prata, romãzeira de verde frutada de vermelho rematando monte de verde firmado em ponta e nos flancos, carregado de um forno de cal de prata aberto de vermelho, entre duas cotovias de prata, animadas de vermelho, a da dextra volvida; firmado no bordo do chefe meio sol de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas "ENCOSTA DO SOL".

Flag: vermelha, cordões e borlas de branco e vermelho. Haste e lanças douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei 53/91, com a legenda: "Freguesia de Encosta do Sol - Amadora".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 461/2014, Diário da República n.º 101/2014, Série II de 2014-05-27 (issuer: Freguesia de Encosta do Sol). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
RUA DE LUIZ VAZ DE CAMÕES
Encosta do Sol
2650-197 AMADORA
Telephone
214768400
Email
geral@jf-encostadosol.pt
Website
www.jf-encostadosol.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,77040, -9,21200
Wikipedia
Encosta do Sol
Wikidata
Q15808074

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