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União das freguesias de Lamas e Cercal

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

União das freguesias de Lamas e Cercal had 3.409 residents in the 2021 Census, 32,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 3,2 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)
110412
Resident population (2021)
3.409
Area
57,96 km²
Density
58,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
25,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 7

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Lamas e Cercal”.

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
1.649 (48,4%)
Women
1.760 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality
3.293 (96,6%)
Foreign nationality
116 (3,4%)
Ageing index
296,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.360
Average household size *
2,40 people
Dwellings
2.351
Classic family dwellings
2.344
Buildings
2.293
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,2% (310)
Unemployment rate *
6,01% (H 4,59% · M 7,70%)
Active / employed population
1.364 / 1.282

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 376 (11,0%); 15-24 years: 293 (8,6%); 25-64 years: 1.625 (47,7%); 65+ years: 1.115 (32,7%)0-14376 · 11,0%15-24293 · 8,6%25-641.625 · 47,7%65+1.115 · 32,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.409).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years376197179
15-24 years293154139
25-64 years1.625810815
65+ years1.115488627

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

Alcoentre (Azambuja) · Peral · União das freguesias do Cadaval e Pêro Moniz · Vilar · União das freguesias de Abrigada e Cabanas de Torres (Alenquer) · Alguber · Arrouquelas (Rio Maior)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Cadaval
3,2 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
3.229
Voters
1.981
Turnout
61,35% (2021: 58,31%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		83041,90%4
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		72036,35%4
CH
CHEGA		33616,96%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		391,97%0
Blank votes281,41%
Null votes281,41%

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 prata com pórtico de negro, encerrado por porta de azul, com ferragens de ouro e guarnecida de prata; entre dois montes de verde, moventes da ponta e dos flancos carregado o da dextra por pêra de ouro, folhada do mesmo e o da sinistra por cacho de uvas de prata folhado do mesmo, encimados por duas armações de velas de moinho de vermelho, vestidas de azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel de prata com legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE LAMAS E CERCAL".

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

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Lamas e Cercal".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital (extrato) n.º 960/2014, Diário da República n.º 205/2014, Série II de 2014-10-23 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Lamas e Cercal). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
E.N. 115-1 N.º 27, Chão de Sapo
Lamas (CADAVAL)
2550-362 LAMAS
Telephone
262695421
Fax
262691539
Email
geral@jflamasecercal.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,21500, -9,04240
Wikipedia
Lamas e Cercal
Wikidata
Q18468269

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