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União das freguesias de Igreja Nova e Cheleiros

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

União das freguesias de Igreja Nova e Cheleiros had 4.693 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 19,1% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 6,2 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)
110920
Resident population (2021)
4.693
Area
37,07 km²
Density
126,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th of 11

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Igreja Nova e Cheleiros”.

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
2.320 (49,4%)
Women
2.373 (50,6%)
Portuguese nationality
4.461 (95,1%)
Foreign nationality
232 (4,9%)
Ageing index
128,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.801
Average household size *
2,60 people
Dwellings
2.349
Classic family dwellings
2.344
Buildings
2.087
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
19,1% (752)
Unemployment rate *
6,39% (H 5,58% · M 7,31%)
Active / employed population
2.299 / 2.152

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 754 (16,1%); 15-24 years: 488 (10,4%); 25-64 years: 2.485 (53,0%); 65+ years: 966 (20,6%)0-14754 · 16,1%15-24488 · 10,4%25-642.485 · 53,0%65+966 · 20,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.693).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years754391363
15-24 years488244244
25-64 years2.4851.2521.233
65+ years966433533

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
6,2 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
3.921
Voters
2.417
Turnout
61,64% (2021: 56,19%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
1.37756,97%6
PS
Partido Socialista
42317,50%2
CH
CHEGA
37815,64%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1074,43%0
Blank votes692,85%
Null votes632,61%

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 azul, torre sineira de prata com seu sino de ouro tendo, em campanha e movente dos flancos e de um pé ondado de três tiras de prata e azul, ponte de um arco de prata lavrada de negro; em chefe, duas armações de moinho de ouro vestidas de prata. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas: «UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE IGREJA NOVA E CHELEIROS».

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

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

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 374/2017, Diário da República n.º 108/2017, Série II de 2017-06-05 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Igreja Nova e Cheleiros). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua da Junta de Freguesia
Igreja Nova (MAFRA)
2640-335 IGREJA NOVA
Telephone
219674235
Fax
219270539
Email
geral@uf-igrejanovaecheleiros.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,91210, -9,33000
Wikipedia
Igreja Nova e Cheleiros
Wikidata
Q17294200

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