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União das freguesias de Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa

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

União das freguesias de Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa had 2.003 residents in the 2021 Census, 37,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 8,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Azambuja.

Population (inh.)
  • 955 – 973
  • 1.431
  • 2.003 – 3.133
  • 4.669
  • 8.257
Density (inh./km²)
  • 34,7 – 39,1
  • 66,6
  • 75,7 – 101,8
  • 141,9
  • 178,5
Area (km²)
  • 6,7 – 18,9
  • 24,9
  • 26,2 – 47,1
  • 57,8
  • 81,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 7 parishes of Azambuja

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alcoentre3.13347,0566,6
2Aveiras de Baixo1.43118,9075,7
3Aveiras de Cima4.66926,16178,5
4Azambuja8.25781,11101,8
5União das freguesias de Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa2.00357,8134,7
6Vale do Paraíso9556,73141,9
7Vila Nova da Rainha97324,9039,1
Code (DTMNFR)
110310
Resident population (2021)
2.003
Area
57,81 km²
Density
34,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
9,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 7

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa”.

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
963 (48,1%)
Women
1.040 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality
1.944 (97,1%)
Foreign nationality
59 (2,9%)
Ageing index
396,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
945
Average household size *
2,12 people
Dwellings
1.765
Classic family dwellings
1.765
Buildings
1.734
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,7% (231)
Unemployment rate *
7,89% (H 7,61% · M 8,20%)
Active / employed population
760 / 700

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 188 (9,4%); 15-24 years: 158 (7,9%); 25-64 years: 911 (45,5%); 65+ years: 746 (37,2%)0-14188 · 9,4%15-24158 · 7,9%25-64911 · 45,5%65+746 · 37,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.003).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1889692
15-24 years1588474
25-64 years911458453
65+ years746325421

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Azambuja
8,3 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
1.923
Voters
1.211
Turnout
62,97% (2021: 60,05%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
60850,21%5
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
24720,40%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
18915,61%1
CH
CHEGA
1109,08%1
Blank votes282,31%
Null votes292,39%

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 azul com uma faixa diminuta de prata conjugada com aspa diminuta do mesmo, tudo acompanhado nos flancos por 4 cachos de uvas de prata, folhados de ouro, em chefe armação de velas de moinho de prata, vestida de negro, e em campanha seis crescentes de prata, dispostos em círculo, com as pontas para o centro e tangentes com as dos adjacentes. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a maiúsculas de negro - "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE MANIQUE DO INTENDENTE, VILA NOVA DE SÃO PEDRO E MAÇUSSA".

Flag: esquartelada de azul e branco. Cordões e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 671/2015, Diário da República n.º 141/2015, Série II de 2015-07-22 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Praça dos Imperadores N.º 24
Manique do Intendente (AZAMBUJA)
2065-338 MANIQUE DO INTENDENTE
Telephone
263486679
Email
secretaria@uf-manique.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,21250, -8,86730
Wikipedia
Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa
Wikidata
Q18468306

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