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União das freguesias de Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira

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

União das freguesias de Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira had 4.434 residents in the 2021 Census, 24,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 12,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 4,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Mafra.

Population (inh.)
  • 2.848 – 4.396
  • 4.434 – 4.693
  • 4.918 – 7.645
  • 9.647 – 10.815
  • 12.359 – 20.781
Density (inh./km²)
  • 125,7 – 144,8
  • 172,5 – 177,0
  • 312,9 – 346,9
  • 366,9 – 433,4
  • 572,5 – 1.025,6
Area (km²)
  • 8,2 – 16,9
  • 24,4 – 24,8
  • 28,5 – 29,5
  • 30,6 – 31,7
  • 37,1 – 48,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 11 parishes of Mafra

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carvoeira2.8488,21346,9
2Encarnação4.91828,51172,5
3Ericeira12.35912,051.025,6
4Mafra20.78147,95433,4
5Milharado7.64524,43312,9
6Santo Isidoro4.39624,83177,0
7União das freguesias de Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira4.43430,63144,8
8União das freguesias de Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário3.97931,65125,7
9União das freguesias de Igreja Nova e Cheleiros4.69337,07126,6
10União das freguesias de Malveira e São Miguel de Alcainça9.64716,85572,5
11União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés10.81529,48366,9
Code (DTMNFR)
110918
Resident population (2021)
4.434
Area
30,63 km²
Density
144,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th of 11

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira”.

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
2.151 (48,5%)
Women
2.283 (51,5%)
Portuguese nationality
4.227 (95,3%)
Foreign nationality
207 (4,7%)
Ageing index
177,9 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.725
Average household size *
2,54 people
Dwellings
2.213
Classic family dwellings
2.211
Buildings
1.963
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
12,6% (483)
Unemployment rate *
4,69% (H 3,69% · M 5,84%)
Active / employed population
2.069 / 1.972

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 603 (13,6%); 15-24 years: 453 (10,2%); 25-64 years: 2.305 (52,0%); 65+ years: 1.073 (24,2%)0-14603 · 13,6%15-24453 · 10,2%25-642.305 · 52,0%65+1.073 · 24,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.434).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years603297306
15-24 years453237216
25-64 years2.3051.1311.174
65+ years1.073486587

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 Mafra
4,4 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
3.769
Voters
2.314
Turnout
61,40% (2021: 56,00%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
1.13849,18%6
PS
Partido Socialista
53823,25%2
CH
CHEGA
34614,95%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
1195,14%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
753,24%0
Blank votes592,55%
Null votes391,69%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

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, duas correntes de negro passadas em aspa, tendo nas extremidades grilhetas partidas do mesmo, entre, em chefe, ramo de oliveira de verde frutado de negro, em cada flanco um cacho de uvas de púrpura, folhado e gavinhado de verde, e, em ponta, um morango de vermelho, folhado de verde. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: «UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE AZUEIRA E SOBRAL DA ABELHEIRA».

Flag: esquartelada de vermelho e amarelo. Cordões e borlas de vermelho e ouro. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda «União das Freguesias de Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 517/2017, Diário da República n.º 141/2017, Série II de 2017-07-24 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo do Jardim, N.º 10
Livramento (MAFRA)
2665-015 AZUEIRA
Telephone
261961529
Email
secretaria@ufasa.pt
Website
www.ufasa.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,00659, -9,28213
Wikipedia
Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira
Wikidata
Q16495947

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