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Penha de França

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

Penha de França had 28.475 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 33,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 3,4 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)
110663
Resident population (2021)
28.475
Area
2,71 km²
Density
10.507,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th 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
13.280 (46,6%)
Women
15.195 (53,4%)
Portuguese nationality
24.225 (85,1%)
Foreign nationality
4.250 (14,9%)
Ageing index
214,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
13.248
Average household size *
2,12 people
Dwellings
17.710
Classic family dwellings
17.691
Buildings
2.425
Buildings with 7 or more floors
243
With higher education (15+)
33,3% (8.450)
Unemployment rate *
10,19% (H 10,47% · M 9,91%)
Active / employed population
14.393 / 12.926

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 3.076 (10,8%); 15-24 years: 2.593 (9,1%); 25-64 years: 16.222 (57,0%); 65+ years: 6.584 (23,1%)0-143.076 · 10,8%15-242.593 · 9,1%25-6416.222 · 57,0%65+6.584 · 23,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (28.475).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years3.0761.5661.510
15-24 years2.5931.3141.279
25-64 years16.2227.9898.233
65+ years6.5842.4114.173

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
3,4 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
23.424
Voters
12.220
Turnout
52,17% (2021: 45,20%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS-L-BE-PAN
VIVER LISBOA
4.83439,56%8
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Por ti, Lisboa - MOEDAS 2025
3.23226,45%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
2.01816,51%3
CH
CHEGA
1.69613,88%3
ADN
ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL
1080,88%0
Blank votes1931,58%
Null votes1391,14%

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 azul, pano de muralha "Vauban" de prata, lavrado de negro, com suas guaritas nas extremidades, entre dois conjuntos de dois ramos de duas espigas de trigo de ouro, com os pés passados em aspa e atados de prata, em chefe, e um cacho de uvas de púrpura sustido de ouro, em ponta. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: "PENHA DE FRANÇA".

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

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "Freguesia da Penha de França".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 530/2017, Diário da República n.º 145/2017, Série II de 2017-07-28 (issuer: Freguesia da Penha de França). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Travessa do Calado, N.º 2
Penha de França
1170-070 LISBOA
Telephone
218160720
Email
geral@jf-penhafranca.pt
Website
www.jf-penhafranca.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,73000, -9,13167
Official website
www.jf-penhafranca.pt
Wikipedia
Penha de França (Lisboa)
Wikidata
Q1786389

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