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União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés

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

União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés had 10.815 residents in the 2021 Census, 16,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 24,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 8,5 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)
110922
Resident population (2021)
10.815
Area
29,48 km²
Density
366,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 11

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés”.

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
5.237 (48,4%)
Women
5.578 (51,6%)
Portuguese nationality
10.348 (95,7%)
Foreign nationality
467 (4,3%)
Ageing index
100,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
4.004
Average household size *
2,65 people
Dwellings
4.831
Classic family dwellings
4.822
Buildings
3.069
Buildings with 7 or more floors
6
With higher education (15+)
24,7% (2.232)
Unemployment rate *
5,71% (H 5,18% · M 6,26%)
Active / employed population
5.464 / 5.152

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.785 (16,5%); 15-24 years: 1.276 (11,8%); 25-64 years: 5.958 (55,1%); 65+ years: 1.796 (16,6%)0-141.785 · 16,5%15-241.276 · 11,8%25-645.958 · 55,1%65+1.796 · 16,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (10.815).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.785886899
15-24 years1.276676600
25-64 years5.9582.9133.045
65+ years1.7967621.034

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
8,5 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
9.079
Voters
5.675
Turnout
62,51% (2021: 55,64%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
2.56345,16%7
PS
Partido Socialista
1.12219,77%3
CH
CHEGA
92616,32%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
4938,69%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
3325,85%0
Blank votes1552,73%
Null votes841,48%

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, dois pinheiros arrancados de verde com pinhas de ouro e campanário de azul lavrado de prata, aberto do campo, com seu sino de negro com badalo de vermelho, tudo bem ordenado; campanha diminuta ondada de quatro tiras ondadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro “União das Freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés”.

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

Seal: nos termos da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda: “União das Freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés”.

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 646/2026, Diário da República n.º 105/2026, Série II de 2026-06-01 (issuer: União das Freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Prof.ª Júlia Morais Costa Barros
Venda do Pinheiro (MAFRA)
2665-555 VENDA DO PINHEIRO
Telephone
219862022
Fax
219662831
Email
geral@uf-vpseg.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,90550, -9,23740
Wikipedia
Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés
Wikidata
Q17294285

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