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União das freguesias de Ramada e Caneças

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

União das freguesias de Ramada e Caneças had 34.531 residents in the 2021 Census, 18,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 25,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 1,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Odivelas.

Population (inh.)
  • 18.806
  • 34.531
  • 35.111
  • 59.586
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3.574,6
  • 3.812,3
  • 7.150,6
  • 11.822,6
Area (km²)
  • 2,6
  • 5,0
  • 9,2
  • 9,7
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Odivelas

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Odivelas59.5865,0411.822,6
2União das freguesias de Pontinha e Famões35.1119,213.812,3
3União das freguesias de Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival Basto18.8062,637.150,6
4União das freguesias de Ramada e Caneças34.5319,663.574,6
Code (DTMNFR)
111610
Resident population (2021)
34.531
Area
9,66 km²
Density
3.574,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
23,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
3rd of 4

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Ramada e Caneças”.

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
16.376 (47,4%)
Women
18.155 (52,6%)
Portuguese nationality
32.568 (94,3%)
Foreign nationality
1.962 (5,7%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
115,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
13.195
Average household size *
2,57 people
Dwellings
15.335
Classic family dwellings
15.302
Buildings
5.506
Buildings with 7 or more floors
194
With higher education (15+)
25,3% (7.316)
Unemployment rate *
6,86% (H 6,74% · M 6,98%)
Active / employed population
17.260 / 16.076

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 5.641 (16,3%); 15-24 years: 3.713 (10,8%); 25-64 years: 18.656 (54,0%); 65+ years: 6.521 (18,9%)0-145.641 · 16,3%15-243.713 · 10,8%25-6418.656 · 54,0%65+6.521 · 18,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (34.531).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years5.6412.8642.777
15-24 years3.7131.8471.866
25-64 years18.6568.8409.816
65+ years6.5212.8253.696

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

Loures (Loures) · União das freguesias de Pontinha e Famões · Almargem do Bispo (Sintra) · Odivelas · Casal de Cambra (Sintra) · União das freguesias de Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas (Loures)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Odivelas
1,9 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
28.609
Voters
16.062
Turnout
56,14% (2021: 47,11%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		5.54834,54%7
CH
CHEGA		3.64322,68%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - Coligação PSD/CDS - ODIVELAS		3.41021,23%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1.4188,83%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		7764,83%1
BE.L.PAN
Odivelas com Futuro		6844,26%0
VP
Volt Portugal		960,60%0
Blank votes2721,69%
Null votes2151,34%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS.

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
Rua Vasco Santana, N.º 1 - C
Ramada (ODIVELAS)
2620-364 RAMADA
Telephone
219348270
Fax
219326300
Email
geral@uf-ramadaecanecas.pt
Website
www.uf-ramadaecanecas.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,80400, -9,19100
Wikipedia
Ramada e Caneças
Wikidata
Q18393363

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