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São Domingos de Rana

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

São Domingos de Rana had 59.238 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 25,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 5,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Cascais.

Population (inh.)
  • 44.165
  • 46.529
  • 59.238
  • 64.192
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.110,5
  • 2.201,4
  • 2.909,5
  • 5.737,2
Area (km²)
  • 8,1
  • 20,4
  • 29,2
  • 39,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Cascais

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alcabideche44.16539,771.110,5
2São Domingos de Rana59.23820,362.909,5
3União das freguesias de Carcavelos e Parede46.5298,115.737,2
4União das freguesias de Cascais e Estoril64.19229,162.201,4
Code (DTMNFR)
110506
Resident population (2021)
59.238
Area
20,36 km²
Density
2.909,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
27,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 4

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
27.910 (47,1%)
Women
31.328 (52,9%)
Portuguese nationality
55.619 (93,9%)
Foreign nationality
3.619 (6,1%)
Ageing index
120,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
22.766
Average household size *
2,58 people
Dwellings
26.671
Classic family dwellings
26.657
Buildings
12.143
Buildings with 7 or more floors
221
With higher education (15+)
25,5% (12.712)
Unemployment rate *
7,89% (H 7,86% · M 7,93%)
Active / employed population
28.696 / 26.431

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 9.429 (15,9%); 15-24 years: 6.712 (11,3%); 25-64 years: 31.748 (53,6%); 65+ years: 11.349 (19,2%)0-149.429 · 15,9%15-246.712 · 11,3%25-6431.748 · 53,6%65+11.349 · 19,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (59.238).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years9.4294.8364.593
15-24 years6.7123.4643.248
25-64 years31.74814.72517.023
65+ years11.3494.8856.464

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 Carcavelos e Parede · Rio de Mouro (Sintra) · Porto Salvo (Oeiras) · Alcabideche · União das freguesias de Cascais e Estoril · União das freguesias de Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Paço de Arcos e Caxias (Oeiras) · União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim) (Sintra)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Cascais
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
50.708
Voters
25.948
Turnout
51,17% (2021: 45,73%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Viva Cascais		8.47432,66%8
PS
Partido Socialista		5.63821,73%5
CH
CHEGA		4.39116,92%4
Jonet
Jonet - Cascais para Viver		1.9977,70%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		1.3385,16%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1.3185,08%1
BE.L.PAN
Futuro em Comum		1.2404,78%1
ND/NC
ANTÓNIO PINTO PEREIRA - MUDAR CASCAIS		5922,28%0
ADN
ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL		920,35%0
Blank votes5942,29%
Null votes2741,06%

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

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Praceta D. Duarte de Menezes
S. Domingos de Rana (CASCAIS)
2785-582 SÃO DOMINGOS DE RANA
Telephone
214549190
Email
expediente@jf-sdranacascais.pt
Website
www.jf-sdrana.pt

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
Domingos de Gusmão
Coordinates
38,70000, -9,33333
Official website
www.jf-sdrana.pt
Wikipedia
São Domingos de Rana
Wikidata
Q1817065

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