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Mina de Água

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

Mina de Água had 42.961 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 20,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 2,1 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)
111516
Resident population (2021)
42.961
Area
8,09 km²
Density
5.310,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
25,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st 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
20.192 (47,0%)
Women
22.769 (53,0%)
Portuguese nationality
38.849 (90,4%)
Foreign nationality
4.112 (9,6%)
Ageing index
121,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
17.429
Average household size *
2,45 people
Dwellings
20.136
Classic family dwellings
20.119
Buildings
3.601
Buildings with 7 or more floors
342
With higher education (15+)
20,1% (7.277)
Unemployment rate *
8,99% (H 8,26% · M 9,68%)
Active / employed population
21.546 / 19.608

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 6.746 (15,7%); 15-24 years: 4.497 (10,5%); 25-64 years: 23.523 (54,8%); 65+ years: 8.195 (19,1%)0-146.746 · 15,7%15-244.497 · 10,5%25-6423.523 · 54,8%65+8.195 · 19,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (42.961).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years6.7463.4313.315
15-24 years4.4972.2562.241
25-64 years23.52310.98812.535
65+ years8.1953.5174.678

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

Belas (Sintra) · Encosta do Sol · Casal de Cambra (Sintra) · Venteira · Falagueira-Venda Nova · União das freguesias de Pontinha e Famões (Odivelas) · Queluz (Sintra)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Amadora
2,1 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
35.437
Voters
17.932
Turnout
50,60% (2021: 43,53%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		5.42830,27%7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.MPT.RIR
AMADORA RESOLVE		5.18428,91%6
CH
CHEGA		3.84521,44%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1.2927,20%1
L
LIVRE		7764,33%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		5573,11%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		3511,96%0
Blank votes2841,58%
Null votes2151,20%

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: de azul, duas armações de moinho de prata, encordoadas de vermelho, alinhadas em faixa, tendo em chefe mitra de vermelho perfilada de ouro com seus fanhões do mesmo entre duas romãs de ouro rachadas de vermelho; em campanha monte de prata movente da ponta e dos flancos carregado com uma entrada de mina de negro lavrada de prata, aberta e fenestrada do mesmo. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco com legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "MINA DE ÁGUA".

Flag: de branco com cordão e borlas de branco azul.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "FREGUESIA DE MINA DE ÁGUA".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 378/2014, Diário da República n.º 89/2014, Série II de 2014-05-09 (issuer: Freguesia de Mina de Água). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Avenida Movimento das Forças Armadas Nº16
Mina de Água
2700-596 AMADORA
Telephone
214932035
Fax
214913069
Email
geral@jf-minadeagua.pt
Website
www.jf-minadeagua.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,77710, -9,23730
Wikipedia
Mina de Água
Wikidata
Q15835260

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