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União das freguesias de Sacavém e Prior Velho

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

União das freguesias de Sacavém e Prior Velho had 24.672 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 24,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 8,3 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)
110727
Resident population (2021)
24.672
Area
3,89 km²
Density
6.342,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 10

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Sacavém e Prior Velho”.

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
11.514 (46,7%)
Women
13.158 (53,3%)
Portuguese nationality
21.866 (88,6%)
Foreign nationality
2.806 (11,4%)
Ageing index
129,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
10.191
Average household size *
2,41 people
Dwellings
12.063
Classic family dwellings
12.058
Buildings
1.425
Buildings with 7 or more floors
253
With higher education (15+)
24,3% (5.096)
Unemployment rate *
10,68% (H 10,19% · M 11,14%)
Active / employed population
12.170 / 10.870

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 3.691 (15,0%); 15-24 years: 2.889 (11,7%); 25-64 years: 13.300 (53,9%); 65+ years: 4.792 (19,4%)0-143.691 · 15,0%15-242.889 · 11,7%25-6413.300 · 53,9%65+4.792 · 19,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (24.672).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years3.6911.9071.784
15-24 years2.8891.4571.432
25-64 years13.3006.1817.119
65+ years4.7921.9692.823

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
8,3 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
19.999
Voters
10.414
Turnout
52,07% (2021: 47,45%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
4.36341,90%9
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS
1.85917,85%4
CH
CHEGA
1.70016,32%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1.27012,20%2
BE-L-PAN
CONSTRUIR O FUTURO
4694,50%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
4063,90%0
Blank votes2222,13%
Null votes1251,20%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo 1º de Maio, N.º1
Sacavém (LOURES)
2685-099 SACAVÉM
Telephone
219497020
Fax
219497025
Email
geral@uf-sacavemepriorvelho.pt
Website
www.uf-sacavemepriorvelho.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,79300, -9,10800
Wikipedia
Sacavém e Prior Velho
Wikidata
Q18468970

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