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União das freguesias de Malveira e São Miguel de Alcainça

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

União das freguesias de Malveira e São Miguel de Alcainça had 9.647 residents in the 2021 Census, 15,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 24,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 4,7 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)
110921
Resident population (2021)
9.647
Area
16,85 km²
Density
572,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
11,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 11

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Malveira e São Miguel de Alcainça”.

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
4.587 (47,5%)
Women
5.060 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
8.978 (93,1%)
Foreign nationality
669 (6,9%)
Ageing index
85,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.712
Average household size *
2,56 people
Dwellings
4.330
Classic family dwellings
4.324
Buildings
1.852
Buildings with 7 or more floors
6
With higher education (15+)
24,2% (1.926)
Unemployment rate *
6,50% (H 5,73% · M 7,28%)
Active / employed population
5.049 / 4.721

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.701 (17,6%); 15-24 years: 1.063 (11,0%); 25-64 years: 5.430 (56,3%); 65+ years: 1.453 (15,1%)0-141.701 · 17,6%15-241.063 · 11,0%25-645.430 · 56,3%65+1.453 · 15,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (9.647).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.701836865
15-24 years1.063526537
25-64 years5.4302.6052.825
65+ years1.453620833

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

União das freguesias de Igreja Nova e Cheleiros · União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés · Mafra · Milharado · União das freguesias de Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Mafra
4,7 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
7.783
Voters
4.431
Turnout
56,93% (2021: 49,10%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.99545,02%7
PS
Partido Socialista		1.05323,76%3
CH
CHEGA		68615,48%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		3227,27%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2024,56%0
Blank votes1062,39%
Null votes671,51%

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.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo da Igreja, 13
Malveira (MAFRA)
2665-226 MALVEIRA
Telephone
219666700
Fax
219666705
Email
geral@uf-malveira-alcainca.pt
Website
www.uf-malveira-alcainca.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,92790, -9,27020
Wikipedia
Malveira e São Miguel de Alcainça
Wikidata
Q17294205

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