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União das freguesias de Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário

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

União das freguesias de Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário had 3.979 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 6,3 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)
110919
Resident population (2021)
3.979
Area
31,65 km²
Density
125,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
10th of 11

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário”.

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
1.904 (47,9%)
Women
2.075 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality
3.778 (94,9%)
Foreign nationality
201 (5,1%)
Ageing index
140,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.479
Average household size *
2,63 people
Dwellings
1.933
Classic family dwellings
1.928
Buildings
1.703
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,0% (474)
Unemployment rate *
5,78% (H 4,58% · M 7,12%)
Active / employed population
1.903 / 1.793

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 592 (14,9%); 15-24 years: 457 (11,5%); 25-64 years: 2.100 (52,8%); 65+ years: 830 (20,9%)0-14592 · 14,9%15-24457 · 11,5%25-642.100 · 52,8%65+830 · 20,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.979).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years592288304
15-24 years457208249
25-64 years2.1001.0401.060
65+ years830368462

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
6,3 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
3.304
Voters
2.021
Turnout
61,17% (2021: 53,04%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
92545,77%5
PS
Partido Socialista
71335,28%3
CH
CHEGA
27513,61%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
643,17%0
Blank votes261,29%
Null votes180,89%

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 verde, mitra de ouro com seus Fanhões do mesmo, forrada e com pedraria de vermelho, e crescente de prata encimado por coroa real antiga, de ouro, com sua pedraria de vermelho, alinhados em faixa; em orla, rosário de ouro, realçado de negro. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro: "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE ENXARA DO BISPO, GRADIL E VILA FRANCA DO ROSÁRIO".

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

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei 53/91, com a legenda "União das Freguesias de Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 446/2016, Diário da República n.º 103/2016, Série II de 2016-05-30 (issuer: União das Freguesias da Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Junta Freguesia, N.º 19
Enxara do Bispo (MAFRA)
2665-053 ENXARA DO BISPO
Telephone
261786734
Fax
261788144
Email
geral@ebispogradilvfrosario.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,98180, -9,24740
Wikipedia
Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário
Wikidata
Q17294191

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