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União das freguesias de Camarate, Unhos e Apelação

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

União das freguesias de Camarate, Unhos e Apelação had 33.505 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 6,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Loures.

Population (inh.)
  • 2.639 – 3.216
  • 4.802 – 8.605
  • 20.922 – 24.672
  • 28.522 – 30.254
  • 33.505 – 44.453
Density (inh./km²)
  • 141,4 – 194,7
  • 226,9 – 302,9
  • 921,8 – 2.527,2
  • 2.895,9 – 3.100,2
  • 6.342,4 – 12.603,6
Area (km²)
  • 1,7 – 3,9
  • 9,2 – 11,6
  • 11,6 – 16,5
  • 17,6 – 28,4
  • 32,8 – 34,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Loures

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Bucelas4.80233,97141,4
2Fanhões2.63911,63226,9
3Loures30.25432,82921,8
4Lousa3.21616,52194,7
5União das freguesias de Camarate, Unhos e Apelação33.50511,572.895,9
6União das freguesias de Moscavide e Portela20.9221,6612.603,6
7União das freguesias de Sacavém e Prior Velho24.6723,896.342,4
8União das freguesias de Santa Iria de Azoia, São João da Talha e Bobadela44.45317,592.527,2
9União das freguesias de Santo Antão e São Julião do Tojal8.60528,41302,9
10União das freguesias de Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas28.5229,203.100,2
Code (DTMNFR)
110731
Resident population (2021)
33.505
Area
11,57 km²
Density
2.895,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
16,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 10

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Camarate, Unhos e Apelação”.

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
15.860 (47,3%)
Women
17.645 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
29.370 (87,7%)
Foreign nationality
4.133 (12,3%)
Stateless
2 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
127,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
12.975
Average household size *
2,55 people
Dwellings
15.929
Classic family dwellings
15.881
Buildings
5.996
Buildings with 7 or more floors
19
With higher education (15+)
8,8% (2.476)
Unemployment rate *
12,29% (H 11,06% · M 13,48%)
Active / employed population
15.106 / 13.249

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 5.445 (16,3%); 15-24 years: 3.901 (11,6%); 25-64 years: 17.215 (51,4%); 65+ years: 6.944 (20,7%)0-145.445 · 16,3%15-243.901 · 11,6%25-6417.215 · 51,4%65+6.944 · 20,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (33.505).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years5.4452.7862.659
15-24 years3.9011.9831.918
25-64 years17.2158.1199.096
65+ years6.9442.9723.972

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 Loures
6,1 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
27.213
Voters
12.982
Turnout
47,71% (2021: 41,99%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
4.44534,24%7
CH
CHEGA
3.68628,39%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS
2.03015,64%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1.75113,49%3
BE-L-PAN
CONSTRUIR O FUTURO
2732,10%0
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
2081,60%0
NC
Nós, Cidadãos!
1030,79%0
MPT
Partido da Terra
650,50%0
Blank votes2461,89%
Null votes1751,35%

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, faixa ondada azul carregada de duas burelas ondadas de prata, acompanhada por cruz florenciada de vermelho e aberta do campo em chefe e, em campanha, armação de moínho negro, encordada do mesmo e vestida de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com legenda a negro em maiúsculas: "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CAMARATE, UNHOS E APELAÇÃO".

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

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

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 952/2014, Diário da República n.º 202/2014, Série II de 2014-10-20 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Camarate, Unhos e Apelação). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo Engº Armando Bandeira Vaz, N.º 5 - Apartado 1065
Camarate (LOURES)
2685-103 CAMARATE
Telephone
219484160
Fax
219470459
Email
junta@jf-camarate-unhos-apelacao.pt
Website
www.jf-camarate-unhos-apelacao.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,80200, -9,12800
Wikipedia
Camarate, Unhos e Apelação
Wikidata
Q17513713

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