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União das freguesias do Cadaval e Pêro Moniz

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

União das freguesias do Cadaval e Pêro Moniz had 3.697 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 9 parishes and its centroid is 5,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Cadaval.

Population (inh.)
  • 833 – 890
  • 1.248
  • 1.565 – 1.730
  • 3.409
  • 3.697
Density (inh./km²)
  • 43,3 – 54,1
  • 58,8
  • 92,4 – 96,2
  • 104,1
  • 124,7
Area (km²)
  • 12,0 – 13,9
  • 16,5
  • 16,9 – 19,3
  • 38,4
  • 58,0
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 Cadaval

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alguber83319,2643,3
2Peral89016,4654,1
3União das freguesias de Lamas e Cercal3.40957,9658,8
4União das freguesias de Painho e Figueiros1.73013,87124,7
5União das freguesias do Cadaval e Pêro Moniz3.69738,4396,2
6Vermelha1.24811,99104,1
7Vilar1.56516,9392,4
Code (DTMNFR)
110411
Resident population (2021)
3.697
Area
38,43 km²
Density
96,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
27,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 7

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Cadaval e Pêro Moniz”.

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
1.725 (46,7%)
Women
1.972 (53,3%)
Portuguese nationality
3.520 (95,2%)
Foreign nationality
176 (4,8%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
187,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.525
Average household size *
2,35 people
Dwellings
2.135
Classic family dwellings
2.133
Buildings
1.413
Buildings with 7 or more floors
3
With higher education (15+)
14,0% (449)
Unemployment rate *
6,08% (H 4,77% · M 7,41%)
Active / employed population
1.662 / 1.561

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 500 (13,5%); 15-24 years: 400 (10,8%); 25-64 years: 1.860 (50,3%); 65+ years: 937 (25,3%)0-14500 · 13,5%15-24400 · 10,8%25-641.860 · 50,3%65+937 · 25,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.697).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years500240260
15-24 years400213187
25-64 years1.860872988
65+ years937400537

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 Cadaval
5,3 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
3.363
Voters
1.898
Turnout
56,44% (2021: 50,02%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
72438,15%4
PS
Partido Socialista
70437,09%3
CH
CHEGA
35518,70%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
442,32%0
Blank votes492,58%
Null votes221,16%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

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, um pinheiro de verde, arrancado, frutado de vermelho entre dois machados de negro encabados de vermelho, o da dextra volvido; em chefe dois cachos de uvas de ouro sustidos de verde e em campanha pera de vermelho, folhada de verde. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: «união das freguesias do cadaval e pêro moniz».

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

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda «União das Freguesias do Cadaval e Pêro Moniz».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 57/2016, Diário da República n.º 15/2016, Série II de 2016-01-22 (issuer: União das Freguesias do Cadaval e Pêro Moniz). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Padre José Inácio Pereira, N.º 55
Cadaval
2550-163 CADAVAL
Telephone
262188977
Fax
262188978
Email
geral@ufcadavaleperomoniz.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,22210, -9,12800
Wikipedia
Cadaval e Pero Moniz
Wikidata
Q20061617

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