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Misericórdia

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

Misericórdia had 9.658 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 37,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 3,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Lisboa.

Population (inh.)
  • 9.658 – 13.850
  • 13.956 – 18.028
  • 20.267 – 23.261
  • 23.645 – 33.309
  • 34.076 – 46.334
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.586,4 – 4.114,3
  • 4.405,9 – 4.912,5
  • 4.967,4 – 7.013,1
  • 7.037,2 – 7.943,1
  • 10.507,4 – 15.634,7
Area (km²)
  • 1,5 – 2,1
  • 2,2 – 2,9
  • 3,0 – 4,3
  • 4,6 – 6,6
  • 7,1 – 10,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 24 parishes of Lisboa

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Ajuda14.3062,884.967,4
2Alcântara13.8505,072.731,8
3Alvalade33.3095,346.237,6
4Areeiro21.1601,7212.302,3
5Arroios33.3022,1315.634,7
6Avenidas Novas23.2612,997.779,6
7Beato12.1832,484.912,5
8Belém16.54610,431.586,4
9Benfica35.3628,024.409,2
10Campo de Ourique22.1401,6513.418,2
11Campolide14.7872,775.338,3
12Carnide18.0283,694.885,6
13Estrela20.2674,604.405,9
14Lumiar46.3346,577.052,4
15Marvila35.4797,124.983,0
16Misericórdia9.6582,194.410,1
17Olivais32.1798,093.977,6
18Parque das Nações22.3825,444.114,3
19Penha de França28.4752,7110.507,4
20Santa Clara23.6453,367.037,2
21Santa Maria Maior10.0513,013.339,2
22Santo António11.0601,497.422,8
23São Domingos de Benfica34.0764,297.943,1
24São Vicente13.9561,997.013,1
Code (DTMNFR)
110661
Resident population (2021)
9.658
Area
2,19 km²
Density
4.410,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,8%
Rank in the municipality (population)
24th of 24

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
4.809 (49,8%)
Women
4.849 (50,2%)
Portuguese nationality
7.854 (81,3%)
Foreign nationality
1.803 (18,7%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
234,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
4.866
Average household size *
1,95 people
Dwellings
8.665
Classic family dwellings
8.657
Buildings
2.007
Buildings with 7 or more floors
27
With higher education (15+)
37,8% (3.287)
Unemployment rate *
10,27% (H 10,55% · M 9,95%)
Active / employed population
4.925 / 4.419

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 953 (9,9%); 15-24 years: 864 (8,9%); 25-64 years: 5.608 (58,1%); 65+ years: 2.233 (23,1%)0-14953 · 9,9%15-24864 · 8,9%25-645.608 · 58,1%65+2.233 · 23,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (9.658).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years953516437
15-24 years864435429
25-64 years5.6082.9842.624
65+ years2.2338741.359

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 Lisboa
3,7 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
9.095
Voters
4.176
Turnout
45,92% (2021: 44,15%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS-L-BE-PAN
VIVER LISBOA
1.59938,29%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Por ti, Lisboa - MOEDAS 2025
1.49535,80%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
57213,70%2
CH
CHEGA
3518,41%1
VP
Volt Portugal
821,96%0
Blank votes421,01%
Null votes350,84%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS-L-BE-PAN.

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 ouro com uma capa aberta rematada por dois cordões e respetivas borlas, tudo de azul, carregada por coroa real aberta de ouro com pedraria de sua cor; em chefe livro aberto de prata encadernado de vermelho tendo na página da dextra pincel de verde e pena de vermelho passados em aspa e na da sinistra escudete oval com as armas dos Mercedários; campanha ondada de cinco burelas ondadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: «MISERICÓRDIA - LISBOA».

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

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda «Freguesia da Misericórdia - Lisboa».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 503/2017, Diário da República n.º 137/2017, Série II de 2017-07-18 (issuer: Freguesia da Misericórdia). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo Dr. António de Sousa Macedo, Nº 7 D
Lisboa
1200-153 LISBOA
Telephone
213929800
Fax
213929809
Email
geral@jf-misericordia.pt
Website
www.jf-misericordia.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,71139, -9,14806
Wikipedia
Misericórdia (Lisboa)
Wikidata
Q1677202

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