Atalaia

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

Atalaia had 1.820 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 5,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Lourinhã.

Population (inh.)

1.486 – 1.506
1.565 – 1.671
1.820 – 2.031
2.160 – 3.479
10.522

Density (inh./km²)

67,3 – 74,9
95,3 – 178,7
221,1 – 244,3
269,6 – 270,1
353,5

Area (km²)

6,1 – 7,1
7,5 – 7,5
15,6 – 19,5
20,1 – 24,8
39,0

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The 9 parishes of Lourinhã

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Atalaia	1.820	7,45	244,3
2	Lourinhã	10.522	39,03	269,6
3	Moita dos Ferreiros	1.671	24,83	67,3
4	Reguengo Grande	1.486	15,59	95,3
5	Ribamar	2.160	6,11	353,5
6	Santa Bárbara	2.031	7,52	270,1
7	União das freguesias de Miragaia e Marteleira	3.479	19,47	178,7
8	União das freguesias de São Bartolomeu dos Galegos e Moledo	1.506	20,10	74,9
9	Vimeiro	1.565	7,08	221,1

Code (DTMNFR): 110815
Resident population (2021): 1.820
Area: 7,45 km²
Density: 244,3 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 6,9%
Rank in the municipality (population): 5th of 9

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: 868 (47,7%)
Women: 952 (52,3%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.757 (96,5%)
Foreign nationality: 63 (3,5%)
Ageing index: 178,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 721
Dwellings: 1.255
Classic family dwellings: 1.254
Buildings: 1.097
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 12,9% (202)
Unemployment rate †: 6,93%
Active / employed population: 750 / 698

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.820).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	260	121	139
15-24 years	174	84	90
25-64 years	921	463	458
65+ years	465	200	265

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Lourinhã · Ribamar · Santa Bárbara

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Lourinhã: 5,2 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: 1.639
Voters: 1.063
Turnout: 64,86%
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PS Partido Socialista	397	37,35%	4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP AD LOURINHÃ - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS	393	36,97%	3
CH CHEGA	210	19,76%	2
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	18	1,69%	0
Blank votes	28	2,63%
Null votes	17	1,60%

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: Estrada Nossa Senhora da Guia, n.º 81
Atalaia
2530-014 Atalaia LNH
Email: geral@jf-atalaia.pt

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 18 schools in the municipality of Lourinhã. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 18.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de São Bartolomeu dos Galegos — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:30; Localidade na fonte: S, Bartolomeu dos Galegos · Rua 24 de Agosto n,º 30 2530-701 Lourinhã 2530-701

There are 6 in the municipality in total.

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Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Cabo Carvoeiro / Farol (IPMA no. 531), 15,5 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	12,2	14,5	9,9	75,8
Feb	12,5	14,7	10,3	55,1
Mar	13,7	15,9	11,5	48,8
Apr	14,6	16,6	12,5	47,7
May	16,2	18,2	14,3	35,8
Jun	18,0	19,8	16,2	12,3
Jul	18,7	20,5	16,9	5,2
Aug	19,2	21,2	17,2	10,7
Sep	18,8	20,9	16,7	25,2
Oct	17,5	19,6	15,3	84,6
Nov	14,9	17,0	12,8	98,0
Dec	13,0	15,3	10,8	68,6
Year	15,8	—	—	567,7

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Ribatejo e Oeste. Station altitude: 32,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Lourinhã the median value in 2025 is 7,14 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 2530-014 (Estrada Nossa Senhora da Guia, n.º 81, Atalaia, 2530-014 Atalaia LNH).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Lisboa): 21. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database.

Public bodies

Junta de Atalaia — Estrada Nossa Senhora da Guia, n.º 81, Atalaia, 2530-014 Atalaia LNH · 2530-014 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Lourinhã — Presidente: Orlando Carvalho · Praça José Máximo da Costa, 2530-850 Lourinhã · 2530-850 · 261410100 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-lourinha.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Lourinhã

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026